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Being the sole bookseller for the 14th Annual Library of Congress National Book Festival “far exceeded our expectations,” said Politics & Prose co-owner Bradley Graham.

Colgate Bookstore in Hamilton, New York, will participate in Hug a Book Week, from September 6 – 14, to encourage a love for reading and to raise money and support for local literacy programs. 

The Magic Tree Bookstore was recently honored with a proclamation from Oak Park, Illinois, which recognized the 30-year-old indie for its service to the community and for introducing children to a lifelong love of reading.

Kickstarter campaign underway for new bookstore in D.C.; Giovanni’s Room to reopen in September; The Bookworm plans to relocate; Laurel Book Store to move to downtown Oakland

Copperfield’s Books’ Napa branch and Napa Bookmine are on the mend after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked both stores and sent hundreds of books tumbling to their floors. 

Randy Smith, co-owner, with Ann Baumgartle, of Indiana’s Destinations Booksellers, explains in a letter to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression why he thinks it is important to fight censorship and what he’s doing about it.

BookPeople’s first National Bookstore Day for the BookPeople Nation celebrated the local spirit of Austin, Texas, during one of the store’s quieter sales seasons. “We got terrific local press,” said co-owner Steve Bercu, and “we were the number-one pick in the daily paper for what to do over the weekend.”

Boston makes way for Ducklings Storytime Store at Faneuil Hall; Candlewick, Porter Square bring children’s books to farmer’s market; Knoxville’s Union Avenue Books thrives

In Pages of the Past, Julie and Lucas Cade have created a history bookstore that holds equal appeal for local community members and visitors to the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, area.

Earlier this month while on vacation in Alaska, ABA CEO Oren Teicher and his wife, Alison Greene, punctuated their exploration of the area’s natural beauty with stops at 10 ABA member stores in Alaska, Canada, and Washington State.

National Book Award winners, finalists to appear at Miami Book Fair; German authors protest Amazon retaliation tactics; 2014 Hugo Award winners  announced; Louise Erdrich named winner of Dayton Literary Peace Prize; Lambda Literary Awards submission period opens

A Kobo Writing Life event at SIBA’s Annual Summer Revival brought booksellers and self-published authors together at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 18.

At this month’s National Book Festival, official bookseller Politics & Prose will be sharing the spotlight with fellow indie bookstores through a specially created wallpaper showcasing all of ABA’s member stores.

Customers entering Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this week are being greeted by a display of the Authors United ad that ran in the August 10 edition of the New York Times.

breathe books’ Weis-Bohlen ready to turn the page; Oxford Exchange to feature Rizzoli “Studio” site; Florida stores plan Bookstore Day; Weller Book Works celebrates 85 years of bookselling; Strand launches Signed First Editions subscriptions; Carmichael’s Kids opens