BTW Articles

17 Mar

Spring Book Awards Season Revs Up

Here's a look at some of the book awards winners and finalists announced in the past week.

The National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

On Thursday, March 11, at the New School's Tishman auditorium in New York, the National Book Critics Circle announced its award winners for the 2009 publishing year.

The NBCC winners are:

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17 Mar

ABFFE Encourages Booksellers to Oppose Alaska Censorship Bill

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) is working with Alaska booksellers and other free speech organizations to oppose House Bill 298, which bans the sale of sexual material to minors, because two provisions of the bill remain unconstitutional.

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17 Mar

Will Britain's Bookstores Survive?

On World Book Day, the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the U.K. and Ireland, Scotland's The Big Issue asked if browsing in a book shop is an endangered pastime.

By Vicky Davidson

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18 Mar

ABA Announces BEA "Day of Education" Lineup

The American Booksellers Association today unveils the programming for its eighth annual Day of Education, to be held on Tuesday, May 25, at BookExpo America. This year's trade show will be held from Tuesday, May 25, through Thursday, May 28, at New York's Javits Convention Center.

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18 Mar

A Capital Showing: Booksellers Go to Hartford in Support of E-Fairness

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18 Mar

Board Ballots to Arrive Via E-Mail on March 22

All ABA Regular Bookstore members should be on the lookout for an electronic ballot for the 2010 election of ABA officers and directors to arrive via an e-mail from the American Booksellers Association on Monday, March 22. All voting is being conducted electronically, as authorized by a 2009 amendment to the ABA Bylaws.

One person per ABA Member ID number may vote, and a BookWeb log -in and the store ABA Member ID number are required.

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18 Mar

Spring Booksellers Forums Underway

The American Booksellers Association kicked off its 2010 Spring Forum Tour last weekend in conjunction with the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and the National Association of College Stores' Campus Market Expo (CAMEX) in Orlando, Florida. At the forum, led by ABA CEO Oren Teicher, booksellers shared their thoughts and concerns about e-books and how indies can participate moving forward, as well as ideas for alternative business models and new ways to find customers.

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18 Mar

Six Bookstores Off to a Good Start

In 2009, 40 ABA member stores opened across the U.S. Bookselling This Week recently checked in with six of those new stores for a report on their first year.

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13 May

Dozens of Indie Favorites to Attend Celebration of Bookselling

More than 40 of indie booksellers' favorite authors will be at this year's ABA Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon at BookExpo America. The May 26 event, sponsored by Baker & Taylor, is open exclusively to the owners and staff at ABA member stores, and will feature the presentation of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards.

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13 May

ABC and ABA Agree on Steps for Merger Proposal

The Boards of Directors of the Association of Booksellers for Children and the American Booksellers Association today released the following letter of agreement detailing the principles under which the two organizations will pursue further development of a merger proposal. In spring 2009, ABC began exploring a merger with ABA as an option to keep the organization viable in the face of unprecedented change in the industry.

To Whom It May Concern:

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