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Backlist Drives Print Book Unit Gains Higher Through February
Driven by strong backlist sales, unit sales of print books rose 26% last week over the week ended February 29, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. It was the largest week-over-week gain compared to 2020 so far this year, helping unit sales finish the first two months of 2021 with a 21.2% increase over the first two months of 2020.
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Union Booksellers Protest at NYC's Strand
Union booksellers held a rally outside the Strand Book Store's flagship location in New York City on Monday afternoon, protesting the store’s labor practices. Negotiations for a new contract are set to begin this summer after a number of years of a tense relationship between the union and management.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 1, 2021
Sarah J. Maas has the #1 book in the country with ‘A Court of Silver Flames,’ fifth in the series she began with ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses.’ Plus ‘The Sum of Us’ by Heather McGhee, which PW called an “astute and persuasive debut,” is #6 in the country, and ‘Priestdaddy’ memoirist Patricia Lockwood lands at #20 in hardcover fiction with her first novel, ‘No One Is Talking About This.’
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Print Units Rose 10.9% in Mid-February
Unit sales of print books rose 10.9% in the week ended Feb. 20, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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At WI16, Booksellers Were 'Very Engaged'
The American Booksellers Association’s virtual Winter Institute attracted 1,971 participants last month, up from the 1,500 people who attended last year’s live meeting in Baltimore.
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Baby Got Backlist: Backlist Backbones 2021
Children’s booksellers say they tend to reach for beloved older titles to start kids on the path to becoming lifelong readers.
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Print Book Sales Rose Nearly 11% Last Week
Unit sales of print books cooled somewhat last week, but still managed to increase 10.9% over the week ended February 22, 2020.
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Congressman and Others Vow to Fight Amazon, Monopolies
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance hosted a seminar on the topic of "Reining in Monopoly Power," where Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) and others vowed to level the playing field for small businesses competing against Amazon and other dominant tech companies.
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WI16: Booksellers Told to Prepare for Constant Disruption
Author Brené Brown offered the keynote talk on the final day of the ABA's Winter Institute and urged booksellers to improve their communication skills and not to anticipate a return to normalcy, but to prepare for a future of constant disruption.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 22, 2021
“Life, Interrupted” columnist Suleika Jaouad debuts at #15 on our hardcover fiction list with ‘Between Two Kingdoms.’ Plus a revamped edition of Sonya Renee Taylor’s ‘The Body Is Not an Apology’ lands at #7 on our trade paperback list, and Adam Grant’s latest, ‘Think Again,’ is the #8 book in the country.
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Print Unit Sales Up 21.3% in Mid-February
For the week ended Feb. 13, 2021, unit sales of print books increased 21.3% over the week ended Feb. 15, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling Spotlight: Talk Story Bookstore
Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapepe, Hawaii, is the talk of the town for a reason.
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WI16: Booksellers Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best
The second day of this year’s virtual Winter Institute was true to the conference’s founding spirit with a streamlined series of sessions aimed to address indie booksellers' core business needs, particularly finances.
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WI16: Indies Look Back While Charting the Future
Winter Institute 16 kicked off yesterday as a virtual gathering of booksellers. Inspired by such high wattage speakers as Barack Obama and Amanda Gorman, booksellers celebrated their past while charting their future.
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Print Units Have Another Big Sales Week
For the week ended February 13, 2021, unit sales of print books increased 21.3% over the week ended February 15, 2020, at outlets that report to BookScan. It was the second consecutive week that unit sales rose by more than 20% over the comparable week last year.
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Bookstore Sales Fell 28.3% in 2020
Bookstore sales fell 15.2% in December, the smallest monthly decline since February, but sales fell 28.3% for the year, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 15, 2021
Kristin Hannah has the #1 book in the country with ‘The Four Winds.’ Plus February book club picks include a pair of bestsellers, and manga makes its presence known on our lists.
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Literati Gets Big Money for Book Boxes
The Austin, Tex.–based book box subscription service has pulled in more than $50 million recently. Here's what's happening.
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New Releases Spark Another Big Book Sales Week
Unit sales of print books jumped 25.7% last week over the first week in February 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Kristin Hannah's 'The Four Winds' was the #1 title in the week, selling more than 115,000 copies.
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Villarosa Joins Tattered Cover to Curate BIPOC Books
Clara Villarosa, the founder of the Hue-Man Experience in Denver, who also at one time was a partner in the Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe in New York City, will curate BIPOC books for the Tattered Cover Bookstore.
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