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25 Sep

International Podcast Day: Indie Bookstores With Podcasts

Monday, September 30, is International Podcast Day! Celebrate by listening to a bookish podcast from an indie bookstore!

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31 Jul

Black Business Month: Indie Publishers

For Black Business Month we're highlighting Black-owned indie publishers!

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19 Jun

Indie Bookstores Celebrate Juneteenth

This year for Juneteenth, indie bookstores put up displays, posted on social media, held events, and appeared at local celebrations. Here are how a few of our member stores celebrated Juneteenth. 

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08 May

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Featured Stores

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, so we’re highlighting our AAPI-owned member stores!
 
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01 Nov

National Native American Heritage Month: Featured Stores

November is National Native American Heritage Month, so we’re highlighting our Native-owned member stores!
 
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13 Sep

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Featured Stores

For National Hispanic Heritage Month we're highlighting our Hispanic-owned member stores.

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17 Aug

How Tubby & Coo’s Became a Traveling Book Shop

Tubby & Coo’s, a New Orleans queer-owned store, recently transitioned from a brick-and-mortar location to a traveling book shop. Owner Candice Huber told us more about the transition and their plans for the future.
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02 Aug

Black Business Month: Featured Stores

For Black Business Month we're highlighting our Black-owned member stores.

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03 May

LIBRIS Ready to Help Booksellers Interpret Lease Agreements

ABA’s LIBRIS insurance company can help protect bookstores from losses by making sure that store lease agreements include protections from certain types of claims, including slip, trip, and fall incidents.

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25 Sep

Banned Books Week Raises Awareness of Threats to Freedom to Read

Banned Books Week is being celebrated in bookstores throughout the country from September 21 – 27 with special events, displays, videos, and more. 

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01 Sep

Banned Books Week Celebration Grows at Literary Life

Inspired by last year’s positive response to its Banned Books Week display, Michigan’s Literary Life Bookstore & More has expanded plans for this year’s September 25 - October 2 celebration of the freedom to read.

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23 Jul

On the Front Lines for Midnight Magic

This past weekend, several ABA staff members joined front-line booksellers at celebrations marking the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Here are reports filed by ABA COO Oren Teicher at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona; ABA Information Director Dan Cullen at Other Tiger in Westerly, Rhode Island; and Book Sense Marketing Director Mark Nichols at The Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington Depot, Connecticut.

By ABA COO Oren Teicher at Changing Hands Bookstore

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About ABA

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