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04 Jan
E-commerce update

IndieCommerce Reports Strong Online Sales in 2021 For Independent Bookstores

Based on 2021 sales data from 570 IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites, these independent bookstores averaged a 387% increase in their online sales revenue when compared to pre-Covid 2019 sales.

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04 Jan

On ABA's Disability Meetup: "If You're Out There, We Need You!"

Breaking into the book and bookselling industries can be more than a challenge for many of us who are disabled, either visibly or invisibly," said booksellers Sarah Hollenbeck and Annie Carl. "So how do we as an independent industry create bookselling jobs that are more inclusive?"

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03 Jan

The February 2022 Indie Next List Preview

Here are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the February 2022 Indie Next List flier.

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15 Dec
ABA's gift picks

What Books are the ABA Team Gifting This Year?

This year, Bookselling This Week surveyed the staff of the American Booksellers Association to find out what books and non-book items they are giving as gifts this holiday season. 

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