BTW Articles

20 Sep

IndieCommerce Institute Participants Find Plenty to Put Into Action

In addition to learning how to maximize their websites, booksellers at last week’s IndieCommerce Institute heard from representatives of Kobo and Ingram about ABA’s new e-book solution, open to all member stores.

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27 Sep

Booksellers Enthusiastic About Thanks for Shopping Indie

At the regional trade shows and via BookWeb.org, booksellers have been enthusiastically signing up for Thanks for Shopping Indie, the first-ever multi-publisher promotion exclusively for ABA member stores. To participate, stores must sign up by October 22.

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27 Sep

Acorn Takes Root With Help From SBA

The opening of Acorn Books in Dover, Delaware, earlier this month was made possible with help from YWCA’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Division and SCORE — community resources funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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04 Oct

My Bookstore: The Toadstool Bookshop

Joan Wickersham describes her relationship with New Hampshire’sToadstool Bookshop in an excerpt from Black Dog & Leventhal’s forthcoming My Bookstore, and Toadstool co-owner Willard Williams shares his thoughts about being included in the collection, the key to his bookstores’ longevity, and more.

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04 Oct

Banned Books Week Celebrations Underway

Booksellers at Chapter One, Vintage Books, and City Lights are marking this week’s 30th anniversary celebration of Banned Books Week with creative displays, banned book read-outs, and engaging censorship conversations.

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10 Oct

“One Institute, One Read” Title Revealed

For the second year in a row, the Winter Institute will feature “One Institute, One Read,” an initiative that encourages booksellers to read and discuss a title chosen by ABA for its insight into the culture and character of the event’s locale.

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11 Oct

Harleysville Mixes Books With Fashion for a Cause

Pennsylvania’s Harleysville Books teamed up with a neighboring boutique to host an event that highlighted both indie businesses and raised money to fight breast cancer.

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17 Oct

My Bookstore: Alabama Booksmith

In Black Dog & Leventhal’s My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read Shop, author Rick Bragg pays tribute to his favorite bookstore, Alabama Booksmith, and his favorite bookseller, Jake Reiss.

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17 Oct

Bookstore Sales Slip in August

After four consecutive months of sales increases, August retail sales at bookstores were down 0.8 percent compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

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23 Oct

Books on Broad Adds to Surge in Local Shopping

Books on Broad opened on June 12 in Camden, South Carolina, and owners Bill Funderburk and his wife, state Rep. Laurie Slade Funderburk, are happy to be a part of the downtown’s revitalization project.

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