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Reporting to the Indie Bestseller Lists each week showcases the strength of the indie channel in the publishing industry and enables everyone to see what independent booksellers are recommending — and what their customers are buying.

HarperCollins restructures sales department; Ingram names COO; Holtzbrinck reorganizes; Free speech groups defend graphic novel’s place in library; Rock Bottom Remainders on final tour; Sacramento record store to open stand-alone bookstore

ABA President Becky Anderson of Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, Illinois, writes to members about last week’s BEA, the Children’s Institute, Why Indies Matter, the Department of Justice’s agency model lawsuit, and more.

Candlewick Press’ new campaign, “We Believe in Picture Books!,” offers booksellers generous CHIRP terms, tools to bolster merchandising, and handselling incentives for frontline staff.

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates will award a bookstore makeover to one deserving bookseller.

American booksellers learned about the challenges and opportunities facing bricks-and-mortar bookstores in other countries at the Monday afternoon Day of Education session “Indies International: Bookselling in Other Countries.”

On Monday, ABA kicked off is 10th annual Day of Education with an interview-style event featuring award-winning author Richard Russo and journalist and author Lynn Sherr. The focus of the discussion was “Why Indies Matter.”

Apple calls DOJ case “fundamentally flawed”; NRF launches 60-day sales tax fairness campaign; Waterstones to sell Kindles; Center for Fiction benefit to feature Richard Ford and Joyce Carol Oates; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt files for bankruptcy

Gail F. Goodman, president and CEO of Constant Contact, explains why companies should consider online tools an essential part of maintaining and strengthening relationships with customers and how bookstores in particular can put her advice into practice.

In response to the growing number of self-published authors seeking shelf space at indie bookstores, savvy booksellers are establishing programs that clearly define their requirements and streamline the consignment process.

Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, an Arizona institution with six locations, is one of the top 10 finalists in NRF’s video contest, “What is Retail?” The 30-year-old company has a business model based on recycling and is largely reliant on the communities it serves for a unique and extensive inventory.

Christine Onorati of WORD and Kelly Justice of Fountain Bookstore offer tips to increase online sales and to ensure your customers know that your website is always open for business.

In her bimonthly letter to member stores, ABA President Becky Anderson writes about some of things that Anderson’s Bookshops are doing “to keep the momentum going in our stores,”  and encourages others booksellers to do the same.

The IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page currently features seven active promotions.

With less than three weeks to World Book Night, plans are well underway at indie bookstores across the country for book “pickup parties” to be held in the week leading up to the April 23 celebration.