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18 Mar

ABA to Independents: Let's Be Counted

The book industry and the press are increasingly depending on Nielsen BookScan for figures on book sales from across all retail channels, and Nielsen BookScan estimates that currently its data represents between 70 and 75 percent of the entire bookselling market.

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17 Mar

Bookstore Sales Pick Up in January

January 2003 retail sales for bookstores showed signs of life after three months of decline. January bookstore sales of $2,253 million improved 3.0 percent over the $2,188 million of January 2002.

Overall retail sales of $280 billion for January 2003 was 5.7 percent better than the $265 billion of the previous year.

January is the 12th month in a row in which bookstore sales failed to keep pace with overall retail sales.

2002-2003 RETAIL SALES for BOOKSTORES (unadjusted)

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17 Mar

Good Morning America Announces Ninth 'Read This!' Pick

On Friday, March 14, Good Morning America's "Read This!" book club made its ninth pick. The ABC morning show's book club's latest choice is What Should I Do with My Life? (Random House), by Po Bronson.

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17 Mar

USA Today Book Club Picks Two: The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway

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