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Atria Pushes Summer Read with Exclusive Indies Promotion
Simon & Schuster imprint Atria is supporting indie bookstores' efforts to pump up pre-orders by offering indies promotional materials, including a custom-made enamel pin to give to customers who pre-order one of its lead summer releases.
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Teicher to Retire from ABA at Year's End
Oren Teicher, who has led the American Booksellers Association since 2009, has announced that he will retire as CEO of the organization at the end of 2019.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 18, 2019
Rachel Hollis has the #1 book in the country with ‘Girl, Stop Apologizing,’ her follow-up to her 2018 blockbuster, ‘Girl, Wash Your Face.’ Plus ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid is the latest Reese’s Book Club pick, and Jenna Hager Bush launches a book club of her own with Tara Conklin’s ‘The Last Romantics.’
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Unit Sales Flat in Early March
Unit sales of print books were flat in the week ended Mar. 9, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookstore Sales Rose 1.7% in 2018
Bookstore sales in 2018 rose to $10.28 billion, up from $10.11 billion in 2017, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 11, 2019
Don Winslow completes his Cartel trilogy with ‘The Border,’ #3 in hardcover fiction. Plus 'New Yorker’ staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe delves into a long-unsolved murder with ‘Say Nothing,’ and middle-grade fantasy writer Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fantasy series gets its second graphic novel adaptation.
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B&N Feels the Post-holiday Blues
A good holiday season for the retailer was dampened by soft early 2019 sales.
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Unit Sales Close Out February On Down Note
With the four largest categories posting high-single-digit declines, unit sales of print books fell 7% in the week ended Mar. 2, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Culinary Bookstores Feed Local Appetites
Print cookbook unit sales were up 21% in 2018 compared with 2017. That’s good news for the modest but dedicated coterie of culinary bookshops across the country.
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Print Units Fell Again in Mid-February
Unit sales of print books fell 6.4% in the week ended Feb. 23, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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