Bookstores & Bookselling

The New York Times reports that Costco will stop stocking books regularly in January 2025, except for the holiday season.

What does it take to place a book on shelves nationwide? A panel at the US Book Show offered insights.

Self-publishing authors were shocked to find that B&N had removed some, and sometimes all, of their print editions for sale through BN.com.

SPD supported small publishers who don’t always qualify for commercial distribution.

Rose Metal is owed at least $40,000—about 60 to 70 percent of their annual book sales revenue—by SPD for sales in 2023 and 2024.

Bull City Press had close to 50 titles with SPD, with a couple thousand books warehoused that they need to get back.

Small presses must choose quickly from a number of distribution options; some urge forming distribution co-ops.

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While the functionality is welcome, it basically replaces what Ingram took away in January 2023 when it shut down Aerio.

Barnes & Noble ended 2023 with 609 stores, or an annual increase of 10 stores. CEO James Daunt’s goal for this year is 50 additional stores.

The initiative was announced by outgoing CEO Michael Pietsch as part of his annual letter to authors.

After Indigo’s recent board upheaval and sad earnings report, the CEO is returning to bookselling after a costly detour into lifestyle retail.

Fran Littlewood’s Amazing Grace Adams has two different ISBNs: one for a cover showing a full middle finger;, and one with a quote burst.

Big publishers find it hard to change long-held processes for bringing books to market.

Bookshop, the online retailer that competes against Amazon for print book sales, will begin beta testing ebook sales in November 2023.

The change is prompted by demands from some booksellers and online retailers that purchase through Ingram’s wholesale distribution network.

One of them said she was resigning because she had lost confidence in board leadership.

The ABA says it added 173 members last year and increased bookstore businesses by 9 percent to a grand total of 2,185.

CEO James Daunt discusses the necessarily slow journey to improve, store by store, after the chain was run by “numpties.”

According to Circana BookScan, 2023 print sales are down by 2 percent in the US versus last year—but running 15 percent ahead of 2019.

In a profile of James Daunt, it’s revealed that the chain now has returns down to 7 percent from its previous average of 30 percent.

Kobo Plus is so far available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, the UK, and the US.

Spotify users in Canada can now purchase audiobooks through the service.

After hosting a virtual US Book Show for two years, Publishers Weekly will now offer a hybrid event in May 2023.

Bookshop, launched in 2020 as a virtuous alternative to Amazon, has until now sold primarily print editions.