BTW Articles

07 Mar

New Book Site Aims for Twenty-Somethings

Carol Fitzgerald, president of the TheBookReportNetwork.com, encourages indie booksellers to submit their handselling favorites for twenty-somethings to 20SomethingReads.com, and to ask friends and customers to write profiles of their stores to be showcased on the site.

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08 Mar

Kids’ Booksellers Take Fight for Literacy to Hospitals and Schools

Booksellers Leslie Reiner, Carol Chittenden, Roxanne Coady, Sam Droke-Dickinson, Valerie Koehler, Ellen Mager, and Kenny Brechner talk about their efforts to close the widening literacy gap between the rich and the poor.

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08 Mar

Indies Invited to Jump on Board The Boxcar Contest

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Boxcar Children Mysteries series, Albert Whitman & Company is sponsoring The Boxcar Children Contest, open to all ABA member stores.

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14 Mar

Toolkit Promotes Children’s Choice Book Award Voting

The Children’s Book Council’s Digital Toolkit offers resources to encourage voting among children and teens for this year’s Children’s Choice Book Awards.

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14 Mar

January Retail Sales at Bookstores Flat

January retail sales at bookstores were nearly flat compared to January 2011, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

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15 Mar

Celebrate National Poetry Month

The Academy of American Poets has several suggestions for booksellers to market, merchandise, and plan events for April’s national celebration of poetry.

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21 Mar

BEA’s 2012 Special Event Author Roster

Among the authors scheduled to appear at this year’s BEA breakfasts are Junot Diaz, John Green, and Michael Chabon. Masters of ceremonies include Stephen Colbert, Chris Coffer, and Kirstie Alley. A newly added, free lunchtime event will feature musician and upcoming author Neil Young.

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22 Mar

Authors Abound at ABC Children’s Institute

Among the highlights of ABA’ s June 6 ABC Children’s Institute are two events offering booksellers the opportunity to meet and discuss new projects with established and upcoming authors.

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22 Mar

Constant Contact Offers Coupon-Based Deal Marketing

E-mail marketing service provider Constant Contact has launched SaveLocal, a program that allows merchants to offer their customers coupon-based discounts, while maintaining control of each deal.

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29 Mar

A Pennsylvania Bookstore With a Mission

Bryan Foster, a retired senior logistician for the United States Army, has joined forces with fellow book lover T. Charles “Chuck” Garman to open a bookstore in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

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