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Shipping Delays Continue for Some Indie Booksellers

By Alex Green | 12/19/2019 @ 12:00AM

With just days to go before Christmas, independent booksellers are adapting to persistent delays from UPS and FedEx in a number of regions across the country, particularly the Northeast.
BookScan Reports 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Is Bestselling Book of the Decade

By Calvin Reid | 12/18/2019 @ 12:00AM

E.L. James's salacious novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is the bestselling book in the U.S. book market over the past decade, according to NPD BookScan.
Vroman's Names Cowlishaw CEO

By Ed Nawotka | 12/17/2019 @ 12:00AM

Julia Cowlishaw has been named the new CEO of Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, Calif., and Book Soup in West Hollywood, Calif., She begins on January 6.
ABPA Looks at Nonfiction Trends

By Calvin Reid | 12/13/2019 @ 07:00PM

At an American Book Producers Association panel in New York City last week, four book editors predicted which nonfiction trends would drive acquisitions in 2020. Here are their bets.
This Week's Bestsellers: December 16, 2019

By Carolyn Juris | 12/13/2019 @ 07:00PM

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has the #5 picture book title with 'The Serious Goose,' which he wrote and illustrated. Plus 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse,' the B&N book of the year, is the #5 book in the country, and authors serve up the latest batch of Instant Pot cookbooks.
Employees at McNally Jackson Vote to Unionize

By Ed Nawotka | 12/13/2019 @ 09:13AM

The 90 employees at McNally Jackson, with five New York City locations including three bookstores and two Goods for the Study stationery stores, voted to join the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union on Thursday.
October Bookstore Sales Fell 1.7%

By Jim Milliot | 12/13/2019 @ 09:00AM

According to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales dropped 1.7% in October compared to 2018 and were down 5.3% for the first 10 months of the year.
Shipping Delays Frustrate Indies’ Holiday Season

By Alex Green and Claire Kirch | 12/11/2019 @ 10:00AM

Across the country, booksellers described mounting frustration with late deliveries this week as split and unfulfilled orders caused confusion and concern.
NYC's McNally Jackson Staff Looking to Unionize

By Ed Nawotka | 12/10/2019 @ 04:00PM

Some 80% of employees at McNally Jackson, which has four bookstores and three stationery stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn, are supporting a move to join the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union.
This Week's Bestsellers: December 9, 2019

By Carolyn Juris | 12/06/2019 @ 07:00PM

James Patterson has two new books on our list, one centered on staple character Alex Cross and the other starring Ali Cross, the detective's son. Plus the Trump White House and WWII remain fertile ground for authors.
'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' Named B&N Book of the Year

By Calvin Reid | 12/06/2019 @ 12:00AM

Barnes & Noble booksellers around the country have voted to name Charlie Mackesy’s illustrated fable 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' Barnes & Noble’s 2019 Book of the Year.
Rain, Snow Don’t Dampen Indie Holiday Spirits

By Claire Kirch, with reporting by Alex Green, Jason Boog, and Ed Nawotka | 12/05/2019 @ 10:00AM

Indie booksellers report a solid start to this year’s abbreviated holiday season, with many customers preferring fiction to nonfiction.
'Crawdads,' 'Becoming' Top Amazon 2019 Lists

By Calvin Reid | 12/05/2019 @ 09:00AM

Led by sales of such of powerhouse titles as Delia Owens's wildly popular novel 'Where the Crawdads Sing' on the fiction list, and Michelle Obama's memoir 'Becoming' for nonfiction, Amazon released lists of the e-tailers top selling books of 2019.
B&N Education to Begin Strategic Review

By Jim Milliot | 12/05/2019 @ 09:00AM

Barnes & Noble Education's board has approved the hiring of a financial advisor to help the company review its strategic options as it continues to look for ways to keep pace with a rapidly changing market for college materials.
Amazon Reports Record Early Holiday Sales

By Jim Milliot | 12/03/2019 @ 09:00AM

Led by such categories and toys and fashion, Amazon had record sales between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. One book managed to make it onto the company's top-selling items over the period.
New Edelweiss Tool Will Create Personalized Emails

By Jim Milliot | 12/02/2019 @ 05:00PM

Edelweiss360 is a bookstore-to-consumer marketing tool that will allow booksellers to create and send store-branded, personalized emails to customers based on individual purchase behavior and staff knowledge of customers.
Bookselling Too Hard To Pass Up: New England Bookstores

By Alex Green | 12/01/2019 @ 07:00PM

Boston-area booksellers prove that pop-ups are no passing fad.
Daunt Tweaks B&N for the Holidays

By Jim Milliot | 11/29/2019 @ 07:00PM

The new B&N CEO has made some merchandising changes but says the real work to refurbish the stores will start in January.
San Diego's Mysterious Galaxy Seeks New Owner and New Location

By Jason Boog | 11/26/2019 @ 09:45AM

San Diego's Mysterious Galaxy bookstore must find a new owner and a new location before its lease expires in less than 60 days.
Booksellers Offer Promos for Holiday Shopping Kickoff

By Ed Nawotka | 11/26/2019 @ 09:00AM

Store owners from BXsellers, PW's bookstore Facebook group, are prepping special promotions for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, focusing on loyalty discounts and gift card bonuses.

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