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This Week's Bestsellers: April 16, 2018

By Carolyn Juris | 04/13/2018 @ 07:00PM

‘Laguna Beach’ graduate Kristin Cavallari has the #1 book in the country with the cookbook ’True Roots.’ Plus 'The Female Persuasion,' Meg Wolitzer’s first novel for adults since 2013’s 'The Interestings,' lands at #10 in hardcover fiction, and new middle-grade and children’s titles hit our list.
This Week's Bestsellers: April 9, 2018

By Carolyn Juris | 04/06/2018 @ 07:00PM

‘This Is Us’ star Chrissy Metz debuts at #5 in hardcover nonfiction with the self-help title ‘This Is Me.’ Plus the first book from Rick Riordan’s new Disney imprint lands at #10 in children’s frontlist fiction, and several books show how authors and readers keep the faith.
Monthly StatShot, November 2017

| 04/06/2018 @ 07:00PM

According to AAP’s StatShot report, adult book sales fell 2.2% in November compared to a year ago. Sales of mass market paperbacks declined 36.7% and e-book sales dropped 5.1%.
Book Units Rose 22% in Easter Week

| 04/06/2018 @ 07:00PM

The last week before Easter proved to be a great one for publishers, with print unit sales jumping 22% in the week ended April 1, 2018, over the comparable week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
A New Generation of African-American-Owned Bookstores

By Alex Green | 04/06/2018 @ 07:00PM

After a steep decline, the number and types of black-owned independent bookstores are growing.
Midwest Booksellers Association Announces Bookseller Award

By Claire Kirch | 04/02/2018 @ 09:40AM

The new Midwest Bookseller of the Year award will honor excellence in bookselling and be awarded, annually, to a bookseller affiliated with any indie in the MIBA region.
This Week's Bestsellers: April 2, 2018

By Carolyn Juris | 03/30/2018 @ 07:00AM

'Clinton Cash' author Peter Schweizer has the #1 book in the country with 'Secret Empires.’ Plus two books about vice-president Mike Pence’s family rabbit debut on our lists, and the biopic ‘I Can Only Imagine’ boosts sales of the memoir of the same name.
PW Launches a New Gathering Place For Booksellers to Connect

By Maran Amo | 03/28/2018 @ 10:00AM

'Publishers Weekly' introduces "BXsellers" as a new virtual meeting place for booksellers.
Boulder Book Store Named 2018 PW Bookstore of the Year; Mesjak Rep

| 03/28/2018 @ 08:00AM

The innovative Colorado bookstore is the 26th recipient of the PW Bookstore of the Year Award. Among the store's firsts, it is the first store to buy on Edelweiss and one of the first to offer consignment sections by publisher. John Mesjak with Abraham Associates was named this year's PW Sales Representative of the Year.
Boston Literary Coalition Gets Boost for Cultural Hub Plan

By Alex Green | 03/27/2018 @ 12:00AM

Led by the writing non-profit Grub Street, a Boston literary coalition proposal for a cultural center along the city's waterfront got a boost this week with the announcement of a $2 million grant from the Calderwood Charitable Foundation should their plan be approved.
Booksellers Outraged by Chronicle’s Rollout of John Oliver Book

By Alex Green | 03/26/2018 @ 12:00AM

Chronicle president Tyrrell Mahoney sent an e-mail to regional indie bookseller association board members apologizing for the rollout of 'A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,' which left most indies with no copies of the surprise hit last week.
Easter Books Contribute to 8% Sales Gain in Mid-March

| 03/23/2018 @ 07:00PM

With Easter occurring two weeks earlier this year than in 2017, unit sales of print books rose 8% in the week ended March 18, 2018, over the comparable period in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
This Week's Bestsellers: March 26, 2018

By Carolyn Juris | 03/23/2018 @ 07:00PM

'Russian Roulette' by Michael Isikoff and David Corn is the #1 book in the country. Plus Peter Brown’s wild robot gets loose, and sales soar for Stephen Hawking’s 'A Brief History of Time.'
Publishers Are Urged to Monitor Amazon Buy Buttons

By Jim Milliot | 03/23/2018 @ 07:00PM

The e-tailer's year-old strategy of letting third party sellers compete for buy buttons is here to stay.
Bookseller Anderson Loses Congressional Primary

By Claire Kirch | 03/21/2018 @ 09:00AM

Becky Anderson of Anderson's Bookshops was knocked out of the campaign to unseat the Republican incumbent in Illinois' Sixth Congressional District after receiving 6% of the vote in a Democratic primary.
Novelist Alex George to Open Bookstore in Columbia, Mo.

By Claire Kirch | 03/20/2018 @ 09:00AM

George, who is also the founder and director of the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, will open an indie bookstore in the college town in August.
Booksellers Come Out in Support of University Press of Kentucky

By Claire Kirch | 03/19/2018 @ 06:00PM

The Midwest Indie Booksellers and the Great Lakes Indie Booksellers associations have issued a joint statement condemning Kentucky's governor for cutting the funding for the University Press of Kentucky.
Sales in Juvenile Categories Continued to Rise in Early March

| 03/16/2018 @ 07:00PM

Unit sales of print books in the week ended Mar. 12, 2018, inched ahead 1% over the comparable week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
This Week's Bestsellers: March 19, 2018

By Carolyn Juris | 03/16/2018 @ 07:00PM

Madeleine L’Engle has the #1 and #7 book in the country with the conventional and tie-in editions of ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’Two ‘Today’ hosts have books debuting on our lists, and a novel related to ‘The Shape of Water’ debuts just after the movie’s Oscar win.

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