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A new event hosted by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance featured creative talks by booksellers, authors, and industry professionals on topics from social media to branding to goal-setting.

The City of Trenton is offering financial incentives for an independent bookstore willing to open a location in a section of the city’s downtown area.

Throughout February, booksellers are hosting authors, creating displays, and sharing reading recommendations on social media while also reflecting on their role in providing access to diverse voices.

The New Press seeks to enlist booksellers to help bring Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women to thousands of incarcerated people across the country.

Bookstores using ABA’s IndieCommerce platform experienced increased online sales this holiday season, with revenues, transactions, and the percent of visitors who placed an order all on the rise.

Indie booksellers have shared their goals for the New Year — whether big, small, serious, fun, or somewhere in between — to help inspire colleagues to set their own resolutions for the coming year. 

As the New York Times Book Review prepares to announce its top picks for 2017, booksellers should keep in mind last year’s list when thinking about backlist favorites to sell this holiday season.

The nine regional bookseller associations have launched new initiatives and improvements for their 2017 holiday catalogs to increase distribution and bookseller participation and provide wider online access.