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30 Apr

Fourth Independent Bookstore Day a Nationwide Hit

More than 500 bookstores celebrated this year’s Independent Bookstore Day on April 28. BTW spoke with several stores that reported a bump in sales and high energy and enthusiasm among customers.

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02 May

Last Call to Vote for Indies Choice Book Awards

Today, May 2, is the deadline for all staff at ABA member stores to cast their votes for the winners of the 2018 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards.

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27 Apr
Callout for ABC Best Books catalog titles

Recommendations Sought for 2018 ABC Best Books for Young Readers Catalog

The ABC Children’s Group is opening the floor for booksellers to submit their recommendations for children’s books to be featured in the 2018 ABC Best Books for Young Readers catalog.

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27 Apr

May Indie Next List e-Newsletter to Deliver to 468,000+ Customers

Hundreds of thousands of customers at more than 120 ABA member stores will receive the May Indie Next List e-newsletter, powered by Shelf Awareness, in their inboxes on Thursday, May 3.

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27 Apr

Want to Show Off Your Store? Direct Your Own HarperCollins’ Facebook Live Video

Opportunities for booksellers interested in creating their own HarperCollins Facebook Live video are available on five Saturdays in November and December 2018.

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24 Apr
A Lucky Man cover

A Q&A With Jamel Brinkley, Author of May’s #1 Indie Next List Pick

A Lucky Man, Jamel Brinkley’s debut story collection, “marks the arrival of a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction,” said Jason Foose of Changing Hands Bookstore.

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25 Apr

ABA Education at BookExpo to Highlight Diversity and Inclusion Tactics for Booksellers

At this year’s BookExpo, member booksellers can participate in a roundtable discussion to learn new ways to implement diversity and inclusion in their stores.

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24 Apr

Inventor and Autism Spokesperson Temple Grandin to Speak at Children’s Institute

Temple Grandin, author of the forthcoming Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor, will discuss her childhood love for inventors and the importance of kids having time to tinker.

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24 Apr
Bookseller Katy at Seminary Co-op on St. Jordi's

Indie Bookstores Celebrate St. Jordi’s Day

On April 23, indie bookstores around the world marked St. Jordi’s Day, a Spanish holiday celebrating the Catalonia region’s patron saint in which people exchange a book and a rose with a loved one.

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24 Apr
Maria Peroni

Introducing Maria Peroni, ABA Advocacy and Public Policy Coordinator

“I believe working in the interests of independent booksellers is inherently working in the interest of free expression,” said Peroni, who joined the ABFE, advocacy, and public policy team this month.

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