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Indie Bookseller Panel Tackles Free Expression
As questions about freedom of speech continue to spark heated debate across the book business, the nation’s regional independent bookselling associations convened a panel on Tuesday to discuss how the issue impacts independent booksellers.
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This Week's Bestsellers: November 22, 2021
Jocko Willink hits #10 on the hardcover fiction list this week with 'Final Spin,' Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich lands at #11 on our hardcover fiction list with her latest, 'The Sentence,' and Academy Award–nominated actor and Grammy-winning rapper Will Smith’s memoir is an instant success.
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Print Units Rose 11.7% in Mid-November
Gains in all categories led to an 11.7% increase in unit sales of print books in the week ended Nov. 13, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Twin Cities Booksellers Bounce Back
The pandemic, coupled with the protests that followed George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis last year, has transformed the Twin Cities bookselling scene in the last 20 months.
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GLIBA Holds Virtual Meeting; Members Look Forward to In-Person Gatherings
Much of the discussion during GLIBA's annual membership meeting, held virtually, centered upon upcoming in-person gatherings. GLIBA also reported a spike in new members, with 205 stores, the highest in many years.
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Print Book Sales Rose 11.7% Last Week
Gains in all categories led to a 11.7% increase in unit sales of print books last week over the week ended November 14, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. It was the second consecutive week of double-digit sales increases compared to 2020.
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Amazon Names 'The Lincoln Highway' Best Book of Year
'The Lincoln Highway' by Amor Towles (Viking) was named the Best Book of the Year by Amazon Books editors.
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Bookstore Sales Recovery Continued in September
Bookstore sales jumped 42.1% in September, to $881 million, over 2020 when September sales were $620 million. Through the first nine months of 2021, bookstore sales rose 38.6%
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Bookselling Spotlight: Parable
Inspired by Octavia Butler’s Parable novels, the hybrid bookstore/cultural center Parable in Tacoma, Wash., aims to be a community gathering space.
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Print Sales Jumped 17% in Early November
With all categories posting solid gains, unit sales of print books rose 17.3% in the week ended Nov. 6, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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