June Bookstore Sales Show Slight Gain
In a month featuring the release of two new blockbusters, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Living History, and the first pick of Oprah's revived book club -- East of Eden, bookstore sales came in slightly ahead of last year's figure. June is the first month this year to show a gain over 2002.
Retail sales in bookstores in June of $1,178 million were 1.9 percent better than last Junes $1,156 million.