In advance of Book Expo, the American Booksellers Association told the AP that the organization added 78 members in the last year, growing to 1,835 members overall. Members store locations totaled 2,470, an increase of 149 from a year ago. That follows a quieter year, in which core membership had declined by 18 and member locations had grown by only 10 stores. ABA ceo Oren Teicher says in that in the first four months of 2018, ABA member stores reporting sales to Bookscan grew unit sales by over 5 percent — more or less in line with (actually slightly below) […]