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Bookshop.org sales are rising sharply
I’ll grab my butt. Bookshop.org reported sales of 65% year-on-year in the first half of 2025. This is always an eye-opening number, but it’s particularly noteworthy as industry-wide sales have declined so far this year. CEO Andy Hunter attributes $1 million (5% of total sales) of additional revenues from the recent anti-prime sale, compared to a better rate than the base rate on Bookshop.org, which launched in January. What’s the rest of the growth? My best guess is that anti-Amazon sentiment and consumer boycotts have reached a turning point with things like left-leaning middle-class and upper-class readers who can be willing to pay premiums to avoid supporting companies that contradict personal and political values. And it’s not harmful that inflation and tariffs appear to have reduced Amazon’s ability to offer deeper discounts and faster shipping than other retailers.
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Percival’s Everett shine continues
Sterling K. Brown, Da’vine Joy Randolph, and Winston Duke appear in Percival Everett’s limited series adaptation of the 2022 novel treeWritten by Marcus Gardley (Kai, Foundation, Color purple). Tree is a crime thriller set with Mississippi money that deals with the history of racism, police violence and lynching. The project reportedly sparked a war of bidding. This is great news for all of us who can’t wait to see another Everett adaptation in a real professional hand. 2023 movies American fictionThe script that won an Oscar for the best adaptation script was based on his 2011 novel erase. tree Brown’s second appearance in the film inspired by Everett. He was nominated for an Oscar. American fiction.
Best ebook deals of the day
We put together the best ebook deals every day, and today it’s super tasty. Roundhouse by Louise Eldrich $2.99. George Sanders’ Bardo’s Lincoln is $1.99 (the best time comes in January to catch up with his new novel, Vigil and Bardo’s peers). Devil Copperhead for $2.99. Gulp by Mary Roach is $1.99. Root rust by Justina Ireland $1.99. It’s too hot to function. Stock up on your electriciander and have a lovely afternoon for yourself.
