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Booksellers are celebrating Black History Month with a range of interesting and educational book displays, events, and activities that celebrate African Americans’ contributions to society.

HarperCollins is showing its love for indie bookstores by highlighting a different independent bookstore on Facebook Live each Saturday in 2017. Interested booksellers should contact the publisher.

Enchanted Passage opens in Massachusetts; Paul Ingram retires from Prairie Lights; Lucy’s Books named readers’ choice; The Red Door on the move

PW announces finalists for Bookseller and Rep of the Year awards; SIBA to offer discount to publishers to promote books by persons of color; Gene Luen Yang announces launch of Reading Without Walls Month; Authors Guild to honor Morrison, Patterson, IngramSpark

At the Digital Book World panel “Will Bars Save Bookstores?” representatives of the bookselling and publishing industries discussed strategies that are helping bookstores not only survive but also thrive.

2017 Children’s Book Week poster unveiled; Anna Dewdney Award nominations close February 5; Letter from S&S CEO explains Yiannopoulos book deal; Ben Sevier named publisher at Grand Central; Ingram announces promotions, new associates; Walter Dean Myers Award winner revealed; Edgar Award nominees named

East End Books Ptown opens; Neighborhood Reads to open in Missouri; Blue Manatee expanding; Joe’s Place relocating; The Lit. Bar launches fundraiser

The current issue of Martha Stewart Living includes a six-page feature on reading and independent bookstores, titled “Hit the Books! Our Reading List for 2017.”

BookBar to launch Mavis the Magical Bookmobile; Interabang Books coming to Dallas; Read With Me to open in Raleigh

City of Asylum bookstore to open January 14; Bookmarks signs lease, plans partnership with local brewery; East Bay Booksellers nears fundraising goal; East City Bookshop to host industry meetup following January 21 March on Washington

To inspire customers to read books outside their comfort zones and to get to know the world around them, Curious Iguana has launched the year-long Read Broader initiative.

Zandbroz Variety marks 25 years; Afterwords Books to swap buildings with bakery; R.J. Julia launches “Just the Right Book!” podcast; Wild Fig’s Crystal Wilkinson among top 50 Southerners of the year

On December 1, sisters Susan Bush and Laura Parsons became the owners of Island Bound Bookstore on Block Island, a popular summer tourist destination off the coast of Rhode Island. 

Despite a slow start and some weather challenges, indie booksellers who spoke to Bookselling This Week reported a strong end to the holiday shopping season.

In the face of growing ideological polarization, bookstores offer hope for the future, writes ABFE Director Chris Finan.