Since it went on sale Oct. 17, the book has sold 182,000 copies, according to Nielsen BookScan, which accounts for about 60 to 70percentt of a new hardcover book's sales by tracking purchases at large booksellers like Barnes & Noble, online retailers and independent bookstores.
Indeed, there have been rumors swirling for months now that B&N will partner with large booksellers here to move ahead on such a strategy.
The latest development in that scheme: a proposal to tax large booksellers to help French independent bookstores impacted by the rise of online giants like Amazon.
Acquired in 1995 by the Thorn EMI group, Dillons was the UK's second largest bookseller behind Waterstones and was the bookselling arm of EMI's retail division, which included HMV.
It's no wonder that the world's largest bookseller, with 720 stores around the country, has been wobbling.
With 130 specialist bookshops, Oxfam is the third largest bookseller in the UK, selling £1.6m worth of books a month.
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Its clubs have 25m members and supply 700,000 volumes daily, making the company easily the world's largest bookseller.
Stephen Riggio, chief executive of Barnes & Noble, the largest bookseller in the country, said the book business had upstaged even Hollywood.
[C3.] Barnes & Noble Inc., the nation's largest bookseller, posted a 17percentt increase in fourth-quarter earnings, meeting forecasts.
