Book Sales

'Independent Booksellers Have Never Faced Anything Like Amazon'

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2012

Steve Rosenbaum

For all the talk about 'monetization' -- the actual business of media often gets shorted on the industry conference circuit.

A New Way To Sell Books?

Posted 05.21.2012

If you're struck by wanderlust but are short a few vacation days this summer, reading can transport you anywhere: the west coast, the Himalayas, Europ...

Infographic: How A Book is Born

Madeleine Crum | Posted 05.15.2012

There's much romantic talk about a writer's process. An epiphany, some procrastination, an extended trip to an isolated wooded area, immense frustrati...

The Most Well-Read Cities In America

Posted 05.16.2012

Amazon has released their second annual list of the most well-read cities in the country, based on their book, magazine and newspaper sales data in bo...

Two Hats For Today's Writers (and 10 Awful Truths)

Christopher Meeks | Posted 02.17.2012

Christopher Meeks

Today's writer needs to wear two hats: those of the artist and of the marketer.

Madeleine Crum

Does Beautiful Design Turn Novels Into Accessories?

HuffingtonPost.com | Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.09.2011

Retailer Anthropologie has a myriad of holiday gift suggestions on their website: "brrrilliant" polka-dot gloves, misshapen mugs made of blown glass a...

Which New Book Sold More Copies Than Steve Jobs Biography?

AP | Posted 01.11.2012

NEW YORK -- The conclusion to Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" fantasy cycle sold nearly 500,000 copies on its first day of release, one of the yea...

Borders' Liquidation Sales an Unexpected Boon for Authors

Karen Dionne | Posted 11.29.2011

Karen Dionne

When a bookstore closes, it's always a loss -- for the community, for readers, and most especially, for authors. The impact of the closing of 600 Borders bookstores is incalculable.

Look Who Might Benefit From Demise Of Borders

Posted 09.18.2011

NEW YORK (Phil Wahba) - Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS.N) will eventually feel a modest boost from the liquidation of its largest rival, ...

WBEZ Asks: What's Killing Feminist Bookstores?

WBEZ | WBEZ | Posted 09.12.2011

A few weeks ago a reporter friend of mine who grew up in Portland, OR shared an article on Facebook that appeared in the June 22nd edition of the Wila...

Amazon: eBook Sales Surpass Printed Books

AP | Posted 07.19.2011

NEW YORK -- Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said that, after less than four years of selling electronic books, it's now selling more of them than printed ...

eBook Sales Increase, Paperback and Harcover Book Sales Plunge

eBookNewser | Jason Boog on March 17, 2011 9:52 AM | Posted 05.25.2011

In January's Association of American Publishers (AAP) report, they revealed that eBook net sales went from last year's 32.4 million dollars to 69.9 mi...

Do Negative Book Reviews Actually Increase Book Sales?

mhpbooks.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Morris at The Millions drew our attention to this Marketing Science research paper that explores the impact of negative New York Times book revi...

Where Will Books Find Their Champion?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Hoenig

I was part of a staff that helped open a Borders on Long Island. Back then, employees were required to take an intensive test to assess our knowledge about the products we'd be selling.

'True Grit' Book Sales Up, Thanks To Movie

usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011

For True Grit, Oscar buzz intersects with book buzz. And there's more buzz: Angelina Jolie pens a blurb for Gayle Lemmon's Dressmaker of Khair Khana, ...

Books Sold By Their Covers: New Market In Digital Age

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Book lovers, you can exhale. The printed, bound book has been given a stay of execution by an unlikely source: the design community. In this Kindle-an...

Simon And Schuster Year End Results: Children's Division 'Strongest In Their History'

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

In a year-end letter to employees that dealt heavily with digital developments and its impact on the industry and Simon & Schuster, company CEO Caroly...

Amazon Grants Nielsen BookScan Information To Authors

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

In a move to provide authors with a service their publishers have not, Amazon is making current Nielsen BookScan sales data available to authors on it...

Best Of The Year

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

Following our first round of the best book covers of 2010, we have another 25 outstanding covers from 2010.

The Demise of the Bookstore

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

Are traditional bookstores headed for the same demise as Blockbuster? If the traditional brick and mortar book stores cease to exist, it will be blame...

Earnings Up At Simon And Schuster, Despite Decline In Sales

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Despite a 5.5% decline in sales, adjusted operating income at Simon & Schuster rose 10.9% in the third quarter, to $29.5 million. Revenue in the perio...

News Corp Buries HarperCollins' Earnings

DailyFinance | SARAH WEINMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

A number of major book publishers reported earnings this week and, by and large, the news was good, if not spectacular. But HarperCollins, which was s...

Despite Gloomy Outlook Major Publisher Reports Sales Up 5 Percent

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

In an update on its nine month results, Pearson said that sales for Penguin rose 5%. A tough retail environment, Pearson said, has been offset by "str...

Picture Books Getting The Heave-Ho

Posted 05.25.2011

Picture books are on their way out, according to The New York Times. Parents are encouraging their children to pick up chapter books as early as kind...

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Arielle Ford | Posted 05.25.2011

Arielle Ford

Studies have shown that we decide how much a book relates to us in 10 to 25 seconds. Book buyers and book sellers often make decisions and draw conclusions based solely on the look and feel of the cover.