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This Week’s Bestsellers: October 28, 2024
Ice Planet Barbarians author Ruby Dixon’s romantasy series launch, ‘Bull Moon Rising,’ debuts at #10 on our hardcover fiction list, John Grisham and Centurion Ministries founder Jim McCloskey team up to clear the ‘Framed,’ and more.
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Danny Caine Sells the Raven Book Store to Co-Owners
Caine, one of the country’s best-known independent booksellers and a prominent critic of Amazon, is selling his majority shares in the Lawrence, Kans., institution to a trio who are currently minority co-owners. The sale will take effect January 1.
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Trick-or-Treating with Children's Booksellers
PW checked in with a handful of booksellers around the country to find out which books have been flying off shelves in anticipation of Halloween.
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Postcard Bookshop Offers a Literary World Tour
In the Central Eastside Industrial District of Portland, Ore., Patrick Leonard has opened Postcard Bookshop, a store featuring global literature and culture, children’s titles, and sidelines including journals and games for people on the move.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: October 21, 2024
A pair of memoirs take the #1 & #2 spots in the country: ‘Melania’ by Melania Trump and ‘From Here to the Great Unknown’ by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough. Plus, Broma Bakey blogger Sarah Fennel shows off her ‘Sweet Tooth.’
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Monarch Books Launches GoFundMe Campaign to Pay Bills
Monarch Books & Gifts in Overland Park, Kans., launched a GoFundMe campaign after hackers drained the bookstore's bank account. The funds raised will be used to keep the store afloat after a summer of slow sales compounded the problems caused by the fraud.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: October 14, 2024
Ina “The Barefoot Contessa” Garten has the #1 book in the country with the memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens.’ Plus BookTok fave Lynn Painter returns with a new YA novel, and actor and comedian Kate McKinnon makes her middle grade debut.
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At MPIBA FallCon 2024, Booksellers Mingle, Meet Authors, and Talk Shop
The Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association wrapped up its annual FallCon on October 9 in Denver, reporting a strong showing of 234 booksellers plus an additional 24 librarians and others. Participants shared ideas, talked with publisher reps and vendors, and met dozens of authors.
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Two Dot-com Booksellers take Online Honors
'Newsweek' has included Seattle-based ThriftBooks and Nashville-based Lifeway in its annual list of the "500 Best Online Shops" for the sixth consecutive year.
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Heartland Fall Forum: Changing the World, One Book at a Time
After a day of celebration, the 250 booksellers attending Heartland Fall Forum focused on the business of bookselling, with a busy trade show followed by a day of education as veteran booksellers mixed with 114 first-time attendees.
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