Bookstore sales fell 3.7% in March, to $922 million, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday morning by the Census Bureau. For the first quarter of 2012, bookstore sales fell 2.3%, to $3.94 billion. Store sales fell in every month of the quarter. For the entire retail segment, sales rose 7.7% in the month and 9.8% for the quarter.
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