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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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Baby Got Backlist: Backlist Backbones 2021
Booksellers say older titles are key to nurturing young readers.
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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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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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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 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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Bookselling Spotlight: Talk Story Bookstore
Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapepe, Hawaii, is the talk of the town for a reason.
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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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