Book sales increased in September
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Sales at bookstores jumped 7 percent in September 2009 over the same period last year, according to the American Booksellers Association. The Tarrytown-based trade group reviewed the recent Census Bureau statistics to report this finding.
“September 2009 bookstore sales are estimated at $1,580 million, compared to sales of $1,476 million for the same period last year,” reported the newsletter Bookselling This Week.
Some stores have said the publication of Dan Brown’s newest book spiked sales—let’s see how Sarah Palin’s new tome tallies up.
This is in contrast to a discussion from NYU technology professor Clay Shirky on GRITtv with Laura Flanders where he virtually proclaims that bookstores are a thing of the past. About midway (at roughly 11.13 minutes) in his interview with Flanders, Shirky says we are “starting to see the bookstore going away.”
He was someone who predicted the serious decline of newspaper adversting and the huge popularity of Twitter. ….
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