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Reports that the American Booksellers Association (ABA) will stop selling paper Book Sense certificates to stores as of December 31, 2004. Validity of the certificates; Steps to be taken by booksellers to protect their customers; Statement released by ABA marketing director Jill Perlstein on the issue.

Reports on the interest of university presses in printing books on acid-free, or permanent paper. Costs; Availability of acid-free paper.

Reports that book paper prices, which have been low for some time, promise to remain so throughout the remainder of 1992, and whatever growth there is this year will be in recycled paper. American Paper Institute's 32nd annual survey; Recycled growth; New products; Patriot Paper's big promises; Combined processes; Long-term plans; Details.

The article reports on the sales performance of the book "Kings of New York," by Michael Weinreb. The book examines a top Brooklyn high school chess team. Despite positive reviews and extensive press attention, the book flopped in bookstores. According to Gotham Books publisher Bill Shinker, the book is one of the Penguin imprint's best reviewed books of 2007 and one of its biggest underperformers.

The article informs that integrated sales and operations planning can help publishers deal with manufacturing and distribution issue. It mentions supply chain whiplash effect can be addressed only by building a closer relationship among all supply chain participants, especially publishers, printers, paper mills, and transportation companies.

Reports on this week's trade paperback list, which reflects sales made post-Christmas through the first week in January. Trade paperbacks expanded to 15 books; The problem with having only 10 trade paperbacks on the list; New design for the list being developed.

The article discusses the growing market for gift books and the process of publishing gift books. Topics include how gift books are designed with aesthetics such as paper quality, embellishments, and foil, as well as editorial content in mind, why publishers want gift books to be sold in physical stores and focus on gift books that can be sold in retail stores other than bookstores, and the popularity of gift cookbooks such as "Tequila Sunrise" by Tim Federle.

The article reports on booksellers switching from paper to electronic catalogues. Private companies are using versatile quick-start, high-capacity T300 and T350 inkjet webs from Hewlett- Packard Co. to deal with unpredictable title popularity. Digital production is said to be burning holes in order processing, production, and inventory management systems of book manufacturers.

The article reports that though more books have made it to the 2006 weekly charts than ever before, a majority of the bestsellers stayed on the charts only for four weeks or less. With title output in the U.S. approaching 200,000 copies per annum, making in on the lists was easier in 2006, but staying was harder. Several factors contributed to this trend. These include costly publication and publicity efforts, high acquisition costs, money spent on jackets and paper, a hefty advertising and marketing budget. INSET: Applause, Applause.

Reveals the plan of publishers in the U.S. to release paperback originals due to consumer demand. Attitude of book reviewers toward trade paper originals; Comments from proponents of paperback originals; Publishers which have started publishing paperback originals.

Presents the results of a new Book Industry Study Group (BISG) study, which found popular fiction dominating book sales. Hardcover books, distribution of unit sales by category; Trade paper, distribution of unit sales by category; Adult hardcover,distribution of unit sales by price points; Adult trade paper, distribution of unit sales by price points; More.

Features some of the products exhibited at the National Stationery Show in New York City in May 1996 and the American Booksellers Association's show in Chicago. Includes a line of writing and computing accessories from Traffic Work; Journals, albums and organizers by Pamela Barsky Wholesale; Colorful designs from Yaza; Carta Paper Products' invitations and note cards.

The article reports on the debut of tie-ins to the movie adaptations of "The Girl in the Spider's Web," the first Lisbeth Salander novel written by David Lagercrantz, at number nine in trade paper and number 20 in mass market, in October 2018.

The article offers news briefs on the book industry in the U.S. as of August 22, 2016. Bookstore sales increased by 6.1 percent to 5.44 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2016. "New York Times Book Review" editor Pamela Paul has expanded her role to include all book coverage for the paper. Online reading and writing community Wattpad has launched the advertising revenue program Futures for writers.

A chart is presented that lists the best-selling books for the week of April 13, 2015, including "The Girl on the Train," by Paula Hawkins, "Paper Towns," by John Green and "I've Got You Under My Skin," by Mary Higgins Clark.

The article reports on booksellers switching from paper to electronic catalogues. Carole Horne, general manager of Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says that electronic catalogues save publishers on printing and mailing costs. HarperCollins Publishers LLC first took the plunge in 2009 to go all digital.

The article reports on an increase in the sales of books by and about U.S. President-elect Barack Obama after his victory in the 2008 election. His two memoirs, "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams From My Father," as well as his call to action, "Change We Can Believe In," are included in the trade paper bestseller list of "Publishers Weekly," as of November 11, 2008. Sales of "The American Journey of Barack Obama" by the editors of "Life" magazine jumped 300% from 2,000 to 8,000 after Election Day.

Focuses on the Wooden Books series from Walker & Company. Price of each book in the science and mathematics book series; Features of the jackets and paper of books under the series; Sales of the book series.

Reports on the release of the book "Out of the Blue" by the "Chicago Tribune" in October 2003. Overview of the book; Number of copies to be distributed by the paper.

Presents information related to distribution of books as of January 24, 2000. Topics of the white papers published by Publishers Marketing Association; Area of the distribution center of National Book Network in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania; Agreement of Dufour Editions with John Jones Publishing and John Donald Books for the rights to distribute their books in the United States and Canada.

Reports on the success in recent years of movie tie-ins having the potential of getting on the bestseller list. Both the trade and mass paper editions of `A River Runs Through It' continue to be reported by independent and chain book outlets across the country. The success of James Fenimore Cooper's `The Last of the Mohicans'; Books on Malcolm X are popular due to the upcoming movie `Malcolm X,' produced and directed by Spike Lee.

Discusses booksellers and bookselling as of May 18, 1998. Domination of the trade paper charts by Health Communication with `Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul' in the lead; Successful paperback sales of the book `The God of Small Things,' by Arundhati Roy; Children's book `Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!,' written by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Lane Smith, that in it's first month of publication zoomed to the top of the picture book list; More.