Industry News

Downloadable fliers and shelf-talkers are now available to promote the May Indie Next List’s Next Great Reads, Now in Paperback titles, and Revisit & Rediscover backlist favorites.

Tom Campbell, co-owner of The Regulator Bookshop, explains the origins of the Durham, North Carolina, store’s name.

To celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, April 30, booksellers in Vermont and New Jersey are launching programs to showcase the range of indie bookstores each state has to offer. 

Clare McNeill aims to open Bel & Bunna’s Books, “a literary wonderland for children and young adults,” in Lafayette, California’s downtown shopping district by Memorial Day.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, bookstore owner David Sandberg met protestors at an April 19 author appearance with sympathy and respect and a statement that explained why it was important for the event to go on as planned.

ABA’s Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch at BEA is currently booked to capacity; however, booksellers can add their names to a waitlist.

The BEA speed-dating session presented by ReadingGroupGuides.com will give booksellers, librarians, bloggers, and book group leaders a sneak peek at upcoming titles from 21 publishers that are ideal for book groups.

On Friday afternoon, May 13, at BEA, ABA member booksellers and friends of the Children’s Book Council will have two opportunities to connect with children’s book authors and illustrators.

All registrants for the ABC Children’s Institute in June should be thinking about a favorite children’s book to share with colleagues at the Welcome Reception and Backlist Book Swap Party on opening night.

Registration is now open for the Paz & Associates workshop “Owning a Bookstore: The Business Essentials” to be held from August 23 to 26 in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Marlene England, who owns Curious Iguana in Frederick, Maryland, with her husband, Tom, explains how they chose the store’s name.

A key part of the Indie Next List “Years of Discovery” Campaign, launched last week to celebrate more than a decade and a half of passionate handselling by ABA member booksellers, is a customer sweepstakes, which will be featured on a coupon on the June, July, and August Indie Next List fliers.

Kepler’s Books recently received Sustainable San Mateo County’s Sustainability Award in recognition of the bookstore’s transformation into a sustainable cultural institution.

Booksellers and their customers are invited to take advantage of a 20 percent discount on most events during the 12th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, taking place next week in venues around New York City.

Several ABA member bookstores in the Houston, Texas, area experienced fallout from heavy rains and massive flooding that hit the region on Monday, April 18.