Industry News

Fellow booksellers and First Amendment and civil rights advocates paid tribute this week to J. Rhett Jackson, who died on Thursday, May 26, at the age of 91.

ABA will award the Avin Mark Domnitz Scholarship to attend the upcoming Winter Institute to the owner or an employee of a bookstore that submits its 2015 financial data to the ABACUS-15 Survey before the July 1 deadline.

ABA members are asked to complete a brief survey that will provide the Governance Review Committee with insights into the overall governance practices of the association.

Los Angeles romance bookstore The Ripped Bodice was featured in an episode of the reality TV show Rich Kids of Beverly Hills on Sunday, May 29.

Angela Schwesnedl, co-owner of Moon Palace Books, explains the origins of the Minneapolis bookstore’s name.

Publishing professional Joelle Herr plans to open Her Bookshop in Nashville, Tennessee, this June. The 400-square-foot store will have a special focus on illustrated gift books.

Former B&N staffers Vina Castillo, Natalie Noboa, and Holly Nikodem are seeking to raise $70,000 by June 23 to open a general-interest bookstore in Queens, New York.

IPG to import Cuban books; University of Georgia Press to outsource distribution to Longleaf; Bloomsbury to restructure, shift focus to non-consumer books; Isabel Allende to receive PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award; 2016 O. Henry Prize stories announced

ABA’s Governance Review Committee is seeking member input on the overall governance practices of ABA to determine whether they are in accordance with established policies and procedures.

ABA will present “Principles of Finance,” a six-hour workshop for booksellers involved in bookstore budgeting and financial forecasting, on Saturday, October 15, in Baltimore, Maryland, and on Wednesday, October 26, in San Francisco, California.

Bookstores that participate in the Indie Next List Years of Discovery promotion will have the opportunity to register an additional bookseller for Winter Institute 12. To participate, stores must share an initial Indie Next List display photo on social media or in an e-newsletter by June 30.

Main Street businesses, such as bookstores, that create relationships with their local farmers’ markets can benefit their own bottom lines while contributing to a community environment that nurtures social ties.

The ABC Children’s Group at ABA has revealed the art to be featured on the cover of the 2016 ABC Best Books for Young Readers catalog, scheduled to land in stores in early October.

Thousands of people showed up for the grand opening of Third Place Books in Seattle’s Seward Park neighborhood last Saturday.

Paul Combs will fulfill his childhood dream of having his own bookstore when The Last Word Bookstore opens on May 27 in Fort Worth, Texas.