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This Week’s Bestsellers: Week of June 30, 2024
‘Reckless’, the latest YA romantasy from Lauren Roberts, is the #1 book in the country. Plus some new book clubs picks make strong showings on our lists, and we’ll get right to reading them after mixing up some ‘Freezer Door Cocktails.’
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Customer Traffic Improving at Books-A-Million, Half Price Books
Data from Placer.ai shows that, while both bookstore chains have had some successes in increasing customer traffic, their gains in 2024 trail that of Barnes & Noble.
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Book Club Picks for July 2024
Barnes & Noble and Read with Jenna pick two distinct titles featuring kidnappings in the year 1975—the former in the Adirondacks, the latter in Missouri—and more in this month's selections.
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With Fantasy on Fire, Print Book Sales Are Catching Up to 2023
Books by Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, among the bestselling books of 2024 so far, sparked a huge increase in the adult fantasy category and helped keep print sales roughly flat with the first half of 2023.
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The Future of Children’s Bookselling
Forward-thinking booksellers are reinventing community programming staples, from author visits to subscription boxes.
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Barnes & Noble Education Puts a Wrap on a Turbulent Fiscal 2024
The college bookstore operator closed the fiscal year ended April 27, 2024, with a smaller loss than fiscal 2023, new financing, a new CEO, and a new board.
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Report Finds Customer Traffic Rising at Barnes & Noble
A new report by a market intelligence firm, whose services include store foot traffic analysis, found that customer visits at Barnes & Noble locations have increased every month but one since November 2023 compared to the prior year.
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Bookstores Challenge Amazon with Olympic Campaign
The ABA has unveiled "Indies Take The Gold," an Olympics-themed marketing campaign encouraging people to shop at independent bookstores on Amazon Prime Days, July 16 and 17. The Paris summer Olympics begin July 26.
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Cover to Cover Books for Young Readers Announces New Owner
The Columbus, Ohio–based children's bookstore, one of the country's oldest, has announced that it was sold to store manager Bryan Loar, a former librarian, in December.
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Print Book Sales Rose 5% in May
After a lackluster start to the year, unit sales of print books have improved in recent months, and were up 5% in May over a year ago at outlets that report to BookScan. A BookScan analyst said that if current trends last, summer sales could top those in 2023.
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