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From February 25 to March 1, Los Angeles’ Skylight Books will be operating two offsite stores as part of the spring 2013 TED Conference entitled “The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.”

From craft making and speed dating to gift baskets and the perfect book, indie booksellers will be part of Valentine’s Day, one of the biggest gift-giving holidays of the year. Last year, the National Retail Federation estimated spending at an all-time high of at least $17.6 billion

ABA welcomed 43 indie bookstores that opened in 2012 in 25 states. Among them were six branches of existing businesses and seven selling primarily used books. California is home to seven new stores; New York, five; Florida and Texas, three; and Kansas, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina, two.

Reston’s celebrates 35 years; Five Stone Bookstore opens Five Stone Kids; New owner takes over That Bookstore in Blytheville

In February, the Queen Anne Book Company will open its doors to the residents of Seattle’s  Queen Anne neighborhood, which has been without an independent bookstore since Queen Anne Books closed in October of last year.

Brooklyn, New York’s WORD is slated to open a branch store in Jersey City, New Jersey, by late spring/early summer.

Politics and Prose’s Meade retires; Dog Ears adds café; BookCourt to host Sandy Benefit; Literati to open in Ann Arbor

Booksellers who hold in-store sales on New Year’s Day agree that it has numerous benefits. From how to handle inventory and merchandising decisions, to learning the best ways to promote the event, booksellers talked to BTW about how they make the most of a New Year’s Day sale.

After an enthusiastic and profitable kickoff to the holiday season, sales and spirits remained high through the end of the year at a number of indie bookstores surveyed by Bookselling This Week.

Westport booksellers named Women of the Year; Word Up reaches fundraising goal; Prairie Lights to launch publishing program; River Lights becomes wedding venue for owner’s daughter

Jill Curcio and Dianne Edmonds, the owners of Los Altos, California’s Linden Tree Books, are winners in the Small Business Big Wishes campaign sponsored by software company Intuit.

NYT reports indie bookstores thriving; Monte Cristo opens; New indie eyes space in downtown Ann Arbor; Cash mob descends on Readers’ Books

In Riverside, California, in early November Linda Nurick opened Cellar Door Books, a 1,745-square-foot general bookstore with a hand-selected inventory and big plans to engage the area’s entire community of readers.

Bookseller launches fundraiser to buy Learned Owl; Red Lodge has best year; Elliott Bay hosts same-sex marriage

ABA President Becky Anderson writes about the kickoff of the holiday season and some of the special events and initiatives at Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, Illinois.