It's a bit tricky, but not impossible.

First, you need to set up your selection criteria. 

(BookSoldDate BETWEEN ?StartDate AND ?EndDate) OR
    (BookSoldDate BETWEEN DATEADD(y,-1,?StartDate) AND DATEADD(y,-1,?Enddate))


Then, you'll need to collapse the data a bit, to make it the fit the desired format.  The simplest way to do this is with a couple formulae.  (A cross-tab will also work, but getting the variance in there is trickier.)  Create a formula (let's call it CurrentYear) that is simply:

IF Year({MyReport.BookSoldDate}) = Year(Date()) THEN
    {MyReport.BookSoldAmt}
ELSE
    0

Create another formula (PastYear) that is similar:

IF Year({MyReport.BookSoldDate}) <> Year(Date()) THEN
    {MyReport.BookSoldAmt}
ELSE
    0

and add it to the report.  In the footer section, put these three formulae:

SUM(@CurrentYear)  //this will be the "Current Yr" total

SUM(@PastYear) //this will be the "Previous Yr" total

SUM(@CurrentYear) - SUM(@PastYear) //this will be the "Variance"