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Employees at McNally Jackson Vote to Unionize
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.
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October Bookstore Sales Fell 1.7%
According to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, bookstore sales dropped 1.7% in October compared to 2018 and were down 5.6% for the first 10 months of the year.
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Shipping Delays Frustrate Indies’ Holiday Season
Across the country, booksellers described mounting frustration with late deliveries this week as split and unfulfilled orders caused confusion and concern.
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NYC's McNally Jackson Staff Looking to Unionize
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.
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This Week's Bestsellers: December 9, 2019
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.
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'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' Named B&N Book of the Year
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.
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Rain, Snow Don’t Dampen Indie Holiday Spirits
Indie booksellers report a solid start to this year’s abbreviated holiday season, with many customers preferring fiction to nonfiction.
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B&N Education to Begin Strategic Review
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.
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'Crawdads,' 'Becoming' Top Amazon 2019 Lists
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.
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Amazon Reports Record Early Holiday Sales
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.
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