BTW Articles

08 Jun

Turning Mind Share Into Market Share in Children's Bookselling

In a Day of Education session entitled “Turning Mind Share Into Market Share in the Children's Market,” Kristen McLean, a consultant to the ABC Children’s Group at ABA, asked booksellers the important question: “What is your Why?”

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09 Jun

Subterranean Books Remains Open

When Kelly Von Plonski, owner of Subterranean Books, in St. Louis, Missouri, sent an e-mail informing her customers that the store might have to close, the community responded.

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15 Jun

Devaney, Doak & Garrett Celebrates 20 Years

Old friends of the literary kind were featured during a celebration of books, community, and friendship marking the 20th anniversary of Devaney, Doak & Garrett.

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16 Jun

E-Book Sales Boom During Unbridled Promotion

Last week, independent bookstores experienced a significant jump in e-book sales thanks to Unbridled Books’ partnership with ABA, which featured the promotion of 25 e-books for 25 cents.

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23 Jun

Tea for Two

Coffee shops may be ubiquitous, but Red Lodge Books and The Voracious Reader have found their niche in serving tea.

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28 Jun

Minnesota Bookstores Plan “Indie Bound ’Round” Shop Hop

Jennifer Wills Geraedts, manager of Beagle Books & Bindery, is taking advantage of the recent trend in bookstore tourism to join with other Northern Minnesota booksellers in creating the “Indie Bound ’Round” shop hop, to take place in August.

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30 Jun

Algonquin to Offer New Hillary Jordan Bundled With E-Book

This October, ABA member bookstores will be able to offer customers who purchase a hardcover copy of the new Hillary Jordan title, When She Woke, a free e-book version as well, thanks to a special promotion from Algonquin Books.

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07 Jul

Barrington Books: More Than Just a Bookstore

This month, Barrington Books begins a yearlong celebration of its role as a meeting place for the Barrington, Rhode Island, community for the past 25 years.

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14 Jul

MRM Spotlight: Kaitlin Pitcher

Kaitlin Pitcher, ABA member relationship manager for stores in the NEIBA, NAIBA, SCIBA, and NCIBA, thinks it’s important for members to know that “they have the support of a larger network behind them, people who are working on their behalf to ensure that their businesses survive and thrive.”

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14 Jul

June Retail Sales Increase, But Remain Weak

On Thursday, the Commerce Department released figures that showed retail and food service sales in June rose by 0.1 percent from the previous month. Although the increase surprised economists, it was still “further evidence of the reluctance of consumers to spend,” said the Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch.

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