Industry News

The U.S. Department of Justice has reaffirmed protections for the privacy of bookstore and library records that may be targeted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Stores selling Kobo eBooks should take note of several new and upcoming content price promotions.

Registration is now open for Winter Institute 12’s Bookstore/Publisher Tours, IndieCommerce Institute, Leadership Workshop, Advanced Learning Sessions, and Finance Seminar.

Seventy-nine authors will travel to Charleston, South Carolina, for the sixth annual YALLFest, a Young Adult book festival hosted by Blue Bicycle Books. 

Industry experts and executives discussed important issues in children’s publishing at the annual Nielsen Children’s Book Summit on October 27.

Effective November 1, Diamond Book Distributors will be offering, as an ongoing special offer, free freight on independent bookstore orders placed by accounts within the contiguous U.S.

Friday is the deadline for booksellers at ABA member stores that did not have a Winter Institute scholarship winner in 2015 or 2016 to apply for a scholarship to the 2017 Winter Institute.

Bookstores are encouraged to sign up between now and November 15 to provide their customers with the opportunity to receive the December Indie Next List e-newsletter powered by Shelf Awareness.

The third quarter of 2016 saw 16 ABA member store openings and three sales of existing businesses to new owners.

Nominations of independent booksellers for James Patterson’s 2016 Holiday Bonus Program must be received by midnight EDT on Tuesday, November 1.

150-plus independent bookstores now offer Libro.fm digital audiobooks; CBC introduces ABA institute scholarships for publishing staff; Nominations open for National Small Business Week Awards; Ingram Academic Services to distribute Stanford University Press and University of Ottawa Press; Association of American University Presses moves central office

The American Library Association has announced the six books on this year’s shortlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

A bookstore in a small town in upstate New York is fighting efforts to force it to remove a banner from its front window that contains a message critical of Donald Trump.

“Stories to Share,” a new marketing resource for ABA members, provides ready-made graphics and logos for booksellers to use on social media. 

October 31 is the deadline for ABA member stores that are new to the Indies Introduce program to register for publishers’ Winter/Spring 2017 promotions on 10 adult and 10 children’s titles.