Booksellers Weigh In on Black Friday Sales
It turns out that shoppers were purchasing more than plasma flat-screen televisions on Black Friday. As more than 140 million Americans began checking items off their holiday shopping lists, many were browsing, and buying, in bookstores, according to independents nationwide contacted by Bookselling This Week. Sales were up for many, while, for others, Black Friday was more gray than solid black.
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