Bookstore Sales Dipped in August

October 16, 2012

Bookstore Sales Dipped in August Bookstore sales dipped less than 1% in August, falling to $2.38 billion from $2.40 billion in August 2011, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. For the first eight months of 2012 sales were virtually flat with the comparable period in 2011 at $10.3 billion. more » Optimism at Pacific Northwest Despite financial concerns about the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, which have been bubbling up since last year's annual meeting when the organization announced that it faced a five-figure loss for the year, there was a surprising amount of optimism at this year's annual trade show. Moved to the weekend, the three-day show (Saturday through Monday Oct. 13-15) was back in Tacoma for the first time in a decade at the Hotel Murano, where it got high ratings from booksellers and vendors. more » ADVERTISEMENT Educational Development Corp. Posts Modest Gains Sales for the second quarter ended August 31 inched up at Educational Development Corp. from $5.4 million to $5.5 million, while net income rose to $138,200 from $126,200 in the comparable period in 2011. The sales increase was due to a 10% gain in EDC's publishing division that offset declines in its UBAM division. more » The PW Review: 'The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden' The Black Hawk Down author takes on the mission to kill the U.S.'s enemy number one in a book where "the action takes place mostly in comfortable government offices far from the tip of the spear." more » Today's Job McGraw Hill Education is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. 20,000 Turn Out for the Southern Festival of Books The digital Bookmobile and over 200 authors that included Junot Diaz, Gillian Flynn and R.L. Stine were among the attractions that drew about 20,000 people to the Southern Festival of Books, held October 12 -14 in Nashville's Legislative Plaza. more » » Obituary: Larry Sloan, 89 Book publisher Larry Sloan, best known for the "non-book" and humor titles from Price Stern Sloan, the press he co-founded with comedy writers Leonard Stern and Roger Price in 1953, died in Los Angeles on October 14. He was 89. After Stern and Price created the self-published Mad Libs humor series Sloan, a publicist and old high school friend of Stern's, became a partner in what would become Price Stern Sloan. The company grew into the largest publisher on the west coast at the time, with Sloan's The Elephant Book, The World's Worst Jokes series, and Droodles joining the PSS backlist of perennial bestsellers such as How to Be a Jewish Mother and over 70 Mad Libs titles. more » » Job Moves: October 16, 2012 Emily Baar has joined the Florida-based Oceanview Publishing as editorial assistant. Baar, since graduating from Florida State, has worked for Barnes & Noble in a variety of roles. more » » THE ROUNDUP The Booker...By the Numbers: The Guardian has a handy chart laying out how an author wins the coveted literary award, the winner of which will be announced later today. HC Gives Johnny Depp an Imprint: The actor is putting his name behind an imprint at HarperCollins called Infinitum Nihil (also the name of his production company). Pope Lands Book Deal: Benedict XVI has signed with Crown to do a book about Jesus. Amazon Staffs Up for X-Mas: The retailer is reportedly hiring 50,000 seasonal employees. WSJ Recommends Chinese Lit: Following news that Chinese novelist Mo Yan is being awarded the Nobel in literature, the paper lists five other Chinese novelists you should be reading. VIEW ALL » BLOGS PWxyz Blog James Grimmelmann HathiTrust: A Landmark Copyright Ruling Authors Guild's lawsuit against Google's HathiTrust library partners has produced a definitive ruling from Judge Baer in little more than a year. What started as a sideshow has become the main event. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Meet Gin & Tonic Looking for new book suggestions? Look no further than the person next to you. more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt Ask And You Shall Receive A computer-savvy customer saves a bookseller. more » Genreville Rose Fox The Future of Medicine Where should one look for good medical SF? more » ListenUp Adam Boretz And The Gun Seller Giveaway Winners Are… We're giving two lucky winners autographed Hugh Laurie audiobooks today. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Booksellers Descend on SF for NCIBA '12 At the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association show in San Franciso, which took place last week, Dee Ellmann (Linden Tree Books); Lauren O'Niell (Booksmith); and Roshee Golden (Linden Tree) posed for a picture.	OF NOTE Schulte Tribute Set for October 30 A tribute to Tony Schulte has been set for 5:30 on October 30 at The Quaker Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place, in New York City. The former Simon & Schuster and Knopf executive died in June at age 82. After a formal program, time will be set aside for remarks from friends and colleagues. more »

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