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19 Jul

Two Physicians Open Rebel Heart Books in Jacksonville, Oregon

Doctors Eileen Bobek and Natalya Miller have opened Rebel Heart Books, a new general-interest independent bookstore specializing in adult, children’s, and young adult books.

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19 Jul

Booksellers Focus on Implementing Eco-Conscious Practices

Independent bookstores continue to implement new environmental initiatives and practices, in step with how ideas of green living, sustainability, and climate change have permeated the public consciousness in recent years.

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19 Jul

Video of Webinar on Managing Large-Scale Off-Site Events Now on BookWeb

A video of the July 11 webinar on managing large-scale off-site events, along with related handouts, is now available to all ABA member booksellers on BookWeb.org.

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11 Jul

Sententia Vera Cultural Hub Opens in Texas

Cultural consultant and Spanish linguist Teresa Carbajal Ravet recently opened the Sententia Vera Cultural Hub, an independent bookstore, coffee bar, and co-working space, in Dripping Springs, Texas.

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11 Jul

Small Press Profile: Dundurn Press

Toronto-based Dundurn Press is the largest independent publisher in Canada, publishing fiction, mysteries, biographies, books for young adults, and business, history, and current affairs titles.

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07 Jul

Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship Announced

The new Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists, to be managed by the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, will honor the late Carla Gray of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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05 Jul

Introducing Akira McKinzie, ABA’s New Social Media Coordinator

Akira McKinzie has joined the American Booksellers Association as the organization’s new Social Media Coordinator.

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05 Jul

Cath Crowley on Summer Kids’ Indie Next List Pick “Words in Deep Blue”

Australian author Cath Crowley’s Words in Deep Blue is one of booksellers’ top picks for the Summer 2017 Kids’ Indie Next List.

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27 Jun

2017 Silent Art Auction Proceeds Total Nearly $34,000

The 2017 Silent Art Auction to benefit ABFE and Every Child a Reader was a success at this year’s BookExpo, with more than 300 attendees and net proceeds of nearly $34,000.

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27 Jun

A Q&A With Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland, Authors of the #1 Indie Next List Pick for July

Booksellers across the U.S. have chosen The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland, an offbeat time travel thriller, as their top pick for the July 2017 Indie Next List.

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