Bookin' Along: Bookstore Sales Up for Third Consecutive Month
Preliminary figures released by the Bureau of the Census show an increase in retail sales at bookstores in September 2007 of 2.7 percent compared to September 2006. September bookstore sales are estimated at $1,562 million, compared to sales of $1,521 million for the same period last year.
The September figures represent the third consecutive month that bookstore sales outpaced the previous year's results. However, bookstore sales over the first seven months are still slightly lagging behind last year total.