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20 Dec

Wi13 Keynote Amy Webb on Why Booksellers Should Start Thinking Like Futurists

Quantitative futurist Amy Webb, author of The Signals Are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream, will appear as a morning keynote speaker at ABA’s 2018 Winter Institute.

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19 Dec

Binc Supporters Have Until Year’s End to Double Their Donation

As the Book Industry Charitable Foundation ends an unprecedentedly busy year of helping booksellers, its #MoreThanEver year-end campaign has unlocked another potential $5,000 in matching funds.

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13 Dec

A Q&A With Jesse Mecham on Hacking Your Bookseller Salary

“Hacking Your Bookseller Salary,” a Bookselling 101 education session to be delivered at Winter Institute by You Need a Budget author Jesse Mecham, will give booksellers tips for managing their money.

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13 Dec

Sarah Jessica Parker to Appear at Winter Institute in Conversation With Pamela Paul

The January 23 Winter Institute keynote breakfast will feature New York Times Book Review Editor Pamela Paul and actress and founder of the SJP for Hogarth imprint Sarah Jessica Parker.

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13 Dec

Save Your Energy for Wi13’s Final Event: The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour

The special Winter Institute performance will feature authors Charles Frazier, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Dar Williams as well as Memphis soul band The Bo-Keys. “It’s going to rock!” said host Jim Dees.

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06 Dec

Bookstores Brave Ventura County Wildfires as Flames Spread

The wildfires raging through Ventura County, California, this week continue to grow, prompting mass evacuations and damaging hundreds of homes and buildings. 

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06 Dec
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Binc’s #MoreThanEver Campaign Makes Strong Initial Showing

“It feels tremendous to know that people know we’re here,” said Binc Executive Director Pam French. “On the other hand, it’s heartbreaking knowing the level of need that is out there right now.”

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28 Nov
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Join the ABC Children’s Group to Start Receiving “Flashlight” Newsletter

Upcoming issues of Flashlight, a monthly e-newsletter full of exciting, exclusive content for ABC Group members, will feature publisher promotions, guest posts, social media shout-outs, and more.

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28 Nov

A Q&A With John Green, Author of the #1 Winter Kids’ Indie Next List Pick

Author John Green talks about book recommendations he’s received from indie bookstores, where he first heard the phrase “turtles all the way down,” and the difficulty of finding words to describe pain.

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29 Nov

Zenith Bookstore to Honor Icelandic Tradition With Free Chocolate for Customers

This December, Zenith Bookstore is bringing the Icelandic tradition of “Jólabókaflóð,” or “Yule Book Flood,” to Duluth, Minnesota, for two weeks of books and chocolate.

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