Specialty Bookselling

11 Oct

Community Responds to Eso Won in Time of Need

Last weekend, sales at Eso Won Books in Los Angeles were up 500 percent compared to a typical weekend, according to store co-owner James Fugate.

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10 Oct

A Greenwich Village Landmark Turns 40

Over the course of its four decades, Oscar Wilde Bookshop has played a key, though shifting, role in the LGBT literary world. The store opened for business when there were few, if any, venues where gays and lesbians could find books reflecting their lives. It grew into a meeting place, and today is a destination bookstore with an international reputation. On November 27, Oscar Wilde celebrates its 40th anniversary.

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10 Oct

The Book Sense Mind/Body/Spirit Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending October 7, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707

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20 Sep

Creating a Model for Business-to-Business Book Sales: 800-CEO-READ

In the early 1980s, Jack Covert was hired by the late David Schwartz to run Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop's business book and computer section. Over the next two-plus decades, Covert helped transform and grow that section into what is now Schwartz's e-commerce business-book division, 800-CEO-READ.

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19 Sep

The Book Sense Sci/Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending September 18, 2007, and based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

1.

The Children of Hurin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642

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12 Sep

Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe: 360 Degrees of Humanity

When Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe in New York City turned five years old last month, the owners and staff of the Harlem cultural landmark were busy doing what they always do: finding creative ways to meet the reading needs of one of the nation's best known and largest African-American communities.

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12 Sep

The Book Sense All About Music Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending September 11, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522

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29 Aug

The Book Sense Three-Part Illustration Bestseller List

For sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide during the eight-week period ending August 28, 2007.

Anime/Manga

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22 Aug

The Book Sense Travel Literature Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending August 21, 2007, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

1.

1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910

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15 Aug

Booksellers Befriend MySpace

Part I of a Bookselling This Week miniseries about online endeavors that will keep you on trend and put you in touch with the tens of millions of people who engage in online social networking. Coming up next week: bookseller-bloggers, and why you might want to become one.

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01 Aug

The Book Sense Gardening & Nature Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending July 31, 2007, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559

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11 Jul

The Book Sense Mind/Body/Spirit Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending July 8, 2007, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

The Book Sense Mind/Body/Spirit Bestseller List

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12 Jun

The Book Sense Cooking, Nothing But Cooking, Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending June 13, 2007, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

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11 Jun

Catching the Wave: Graphic Novels

"Graphic Novels 360 Degrees," a BookExpo America panel, held on Saturday afternoon, June 2, offered nothing but optimism for a category that continues to prosper in the book industry.

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