Industry News

ABA’s reenergized social media strategy was put into play on behalf of bookstore members during last month’s Banned Books Week celebrations.

ABA and CBC have announced plans to bring back the silent auction to benefit the American Booksellers for Free Expression and Every Child a Reader, featuring the Children’s and Teen Book Awards.

Publishers Weekly continues to offer ABA member booksellers a free one-year subscription to 51 print and digital issues, special editions, and access to online premium content.

Independent booksellers in the U.S. can take advantage of the HarperCollins 2016 Holiday Express Shipping Program from Monday, October 31, through Friday, January 13, 2017.

Nominations of independent booksellers for the holiday bonus program sponsored by bestselling author and literacy advocate James Patterson can be submitted online until  midnight EDT on November 1.

Retail sales at bookstores were up by 2 percent in August 2016 compared to August 2015, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

The October 11 edition of IndieCommunication includes information about the ABC Best Books catalog, a new checkout stepper, one-on-ones at the regional shows, and fall eBook price promotions.

Hurricane Matthew took a big bite out of Columbus Day weekend business but several booksellers in the Southeast who spoke to BTW were relieved to have come through the storm without major damage.

California Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang plans to submit a letter to the state legislature stipulating that a new law covering the sale of collectibles does not apply to general bookstores.

Toolkit promotes 2016 National Reading Group Month selections; SIBA trade show merger with GABBS off; U.K. bookshops celebrate first Bookshop Day; NetGalley acquires Bookish; Doug Jones named Harper’s senior VP/deputy publisher; Submissions sought for Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award; Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced; Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology voted BuzzBooks champion at PNBA

The American Booksellers Association’s Board of Directors met from September 25 – 27, 2016, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and worked on a number of issues.

Two New Orleans bookstores have won their legal challenge to a Louisiana law that would have required them to verify the age of visitors to their websites.

California has become the fifth state to mandate that private-sector companies enroll their workers in a state-based retirement program if they do not offer a retirement program themselves.

Indies First on Small Business Saturday is November 26 but stores can already take advantage of special offers from an array of publishers in support of the celebration.

Here are just a things to keep in mind in the coming weeks regarding Winter Institute 12.