Industry News

The September Indie Next List e-newsletter, featuring the month’s 20 titles with bookseller quotes in addition to a Q&A with the #1 pick, was sent to more than 694,000 customers at 180 ABA member stores.

Booksellers can share with customers recordings of all of the author events that took place on Independent Bookstore Day, August 29.

Stores used this Independent Bookstore Day to celebrate community and a love of reading both in-person and online. 

On Saturday, August 29, online sales were up more 30 percent over the previous Saturday, resulting in a sales revenue increase of 19.6 percent for the week ending September 1.

Booksellers are invited to join in on Tuesday, September 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET as Sharpton presents his book Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads.

Although both the conversion rate and traffic dropped slightly last week, those decreases were offset by the increase in the average order value.

Over the past two weeks the conversion rate (the number of online customers that complete a sale) has remained fairly stable.

The Indie Shindig is aiming to raise $15,000 for Binc by hosting weekly events that introduce booksellers to new and upcoming titles. All participating publishers split a donation of $10 per bookseller attendee.