BTW Articles

23 Oct

Indies First 2017: Get Your Store on the Map!

Bookstores participating in Indies First on Small Business Saturday (November 25) are asked to submit their event details to the Indies First Activity Registry so that they show up on IndieBound’s searchable map.

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23 Oct

Bookstore Staff Changes? Send ABA an Update!

ABA is asking all bookstore members to keep the association updated on personnel changes, including ownership, buyers, and other staff, so that e-mails are sent to the correct person at each store.

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25 Oct

ALA Announces Shortlist for 2018 Carnegie Medals

The American Library Association has announced the six books chosen to appear on the shortlist for the association’s 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

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18 Oct

Booksellers Band Together as Firefighters Continue to Battle Wildfires

Booksellers in Northern California’s wine country and beyond have banded together to help others who have been affected by the wildfires that continue to ravage Sonoma and Napa counties.

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11 Oct

Booksellers Take Shelter as Wildfires Rage in Northern California

The wildfires currently ravaging Northern California have destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and resulted in at least 17 deaths so far.

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17 Oct
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A Q&A With Megan Hunter, Author of November’s #1 Indie Next List Pick

Booksellers have chosen the dystopic debut novel The End We Start From by Megan Hunter (Grove Press) as their November #1 Indie Next List pick.

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13 Oct

Recommended for Indies First: More University Press Titles Ideal for General-Interest Stores

To demonstrate the wide range of titles available, indie booksellers and publishers have provided recommendations for a number of books from the university presses offering specials for Indies First.

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05 Sep

SIBA Discovery Show to Feature Two ABA Education Sessions

The American Booksellers Association will present education sessions on diversity and promoting backlist at the September 15–17 SIBA Discovery Show in New Orleans.

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06 Sep

Indie Bookstores and Indie Hardware Stores Share Competitive Strengths

In the age of Amazon, the current strength of both the indie hardware retail and indie bookselling industries can be attributed to superior customer service, convenience, and ongoing business innovation.

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06 Sep

“Read-Aloud-a-Thon” to Celebrate Twain’s “The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine”

Random House Children’s Books is inviting stores to participate in “Celebrating Twain: A National Read-Aloud-A-Thon” to promote the release of Mark Twain’s new never-before-published children’s book.

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