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Each fall, Dorothy, a Publishing Project, the independent feminist press run by Danielle Dutton and Martin Riker and based in St. Louis, publishes just two books. They are mostly thin, mostly experimental volumes, many of which have been translated, all but one, by the French author Antoine Volodine, written under the female heteronym Manuela Draeger …

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Since the end of the Easter shopping season, print book unit sales have followed a fairly steady weekly trajectory, down about 6% from a year ago. This was again the result during the week ended May 14, 2022, when sales fell 6.9% from the comparable week of 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. …

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Print book unit sales fell 6.9% last week compared to the week ended May 8, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Units fell in all major categories, including adult fiction, which is the only category to see an increase in sales through May 7, 2022. No major blockbuster drove up sales a year …

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