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Bookselling Profile: Baker Book House
By quickly embracing social media platforms, Baker Book House, which claims to be the oldest and largest indie Christian bookstore in North America, has successfully raised its visibility far beyond its community in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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The Bestselling Books of 2021 (So Far)
The first six months of the year may have seen sales of adult fiction buoy print sales week after week, but the year's only runaway bestseller to date is a children's book.
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Print Book Sales Soar in Year's First Half
Strong fiction sales drove an 18.5% increase in print unit sales during the first six months of 2021.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 12, 2021
A pair of BookTok favorites, 'They Both Die at the End' and 'The Song of Achilles,' are among the 10 bestselling books of the week. Plus Riley Sager's 'Survive the Night' lives to have a strong opening week, and two authors tell one historical woman's story in the novel 'The Personal Librarian.'
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Fiction Titles Dominated Last Week's Bestseller List
The top 15 bestsellers last week were all fiction, led by Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood,' which sold more than 48,000 copies in its first week on sale. Overall, unit sales increased 4% over the week ended July 4, 2020.
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Bookshop.org Continues to See Strong Sales
With the reopening of bookstores across the U.S. to in-store customers, Bookshop.org has seen sales slip in the April-June period compared to the second quarter of 2020, but sales for the entire first half of 2021 are still up 17%.
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Print Sales Rose 6.4% at the End of June
Unit sales of print books rose 6.4% in the week ended June 26, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Quarto Group CEO Resigns
Polly Powell, CEO of Quarto Group since September 2020, has resigned. The U.K.-based publisher, which also has a large U.S. presence, will look for a successor on "both sides of the Atlantic," a Quarto executive said.
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Fiction Sales Continue to Rise
Sales of adult fiction rose 28.1% last week and young adult fiction jumped 49.6%, driving a 6.4% increase in total unit sales of print books last week over the week ended June 27, 2020.
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Retail Sales Finish Fiscal 2021 Down 22.5% at B&NE
Sales in Barnes & Noble Education’s retail division, by far its largest group, showed some improvement in the final quarter of fiscal 2021 ended May 1, 2021, but sales for the full year declined 22.5%, to $1.33 billion.
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Bookselling Profile: Homer Bookstore
The Homer Bookstore is the oldest continually operating bookstore in Alaska, and one of the few places to buy new books within several hundred miles.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 28, 2021
Alex Michaelides has the #3 book in the country with 'The Maidens,' his follow-up to 'The Silent Patient.' Plus Nathan Harris lands an Oprah nod and the #19 spot in hardcover fiction with his debut novel, 'The Sweetness of Water,' and a pair of new books offer different pandemic perspectives.
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Unit Sales Had Small Gain Last Week
Despite nonfiction sales being down in all major categories, unit sales of print books managed to eke out a 1.1% increase last week over the week ended June 20, 2020, in outlets that report to BookScan.
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Binc Gives $1.1 Million to Bookstores, Comic Shops
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced that its Survive to Thrive grant program will award a total of $1.1 million to 115 bookstores and comic shops: 99 stores will receive $10,000 and 16 will receive $7,500.
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Fall Regionals Will Mix Live, Virtual Events
This year's bookseller association shows are mixing it up as the country opens back up; some will be held in-person, while others will stay virtual.
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Print Unit Sales Rose 4.8% in Early June
Unit sales of print books rose 4.8% in the week ended June 11, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 21, 2021
Bill Clinton and James Patterson have the #1 book in the country with 'The President's Daughter.' Plus Megan, the Duchess of Sussex, pays tribute to fathers with the help of illustrator Christian Robinson, and novelist Don Bentley takes up Tom Clancy's mantle.
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ABA Brings Back #BoxedOut Marketing Campaign
Ahead of Amazon's Prime Day sales event, set for June 21 and 22, the ABA is reviving its #BoxedOut campaign, which is aimed at highlighting the danger that Amazon's dominance of online retailing continues to pose for local communities and independent stores.
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Fiction Leads Another Week of Sales Gains
Unit sales of print books rose 4.8% last week over the week ended June 12, 2020, as adult fiction sales rose 23%. 'The President's Daughter' by James Patterson and Bill Clinton was the week's top seller.
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April Bookstore Sales Skyrocketed
Rebounding from the worst month of the 2020 sales collapse, April bookstore sales soared 204% over last year, jumping to $514 million, from $169 million in April 2020.
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