Industry News

ABA has revealed the topics for nine breakout sessions to be presented in three tracks at the 2016 ABC Children’s Institute, to be held from June 21 to 23 in Orlando, Florida.

Here are some reminders about Kobo’s gift card survey, revenue share reports, the reporting deadline for Valentine’s Day promotional sales, and daily deals on e-books.

Under ABA’s Bylaws, any bookstore member may submit petitions to have the names of additional candidates added to the ballot for the 2016 Board of Directors elections.

ABA’s Board of Directors, which met last month just prior to Winter Institute 11, approved the ABA Nominating Committee’s recommendation of four candidates to stand for election to three-year terms (2016 – 2019) as directors on the ABA Board.

The IndieCommunication newsletter of February 10 presents a one-question survey on web traffic, a new schedule for IndieCommerce webinars, an update on the “Advanced Search” feature, and more.

East City Bookshop to open in Washington, D.C.; New look for Main Street Books; Clues Unlimited a mainstay in Tucson

New Harry Potter play to be released in print, e-book form; Germany fixes e-book prices to protect bricks-and-mortar stores; Agate Publishing launches children’s imprint with African American focus; National Book Foundation appoints Lisa Lucas executive director; Ingram names new COO for VitalSource; NAACP Image Award winners in literature announced; Audio Publishers Association names award finalists 

Independent businesses experienced healthy sales growth in 2015, buoyed by their strong community ties and growing public awareness of the benefits of locally owned businesses, according to the Independent Business Survey, released today by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in partnership with Advocates for Independent Business.

Award-winning authors Julia Alvarez, Dave Barry, and Kate DiCamillo will be the keynote speakers at the 2016 ABC Children’s Institute, to be held June 21– 23, at the Wyndham Orlando Resort International in Orlando, Florida.

Former English Literature doctoral student Kiren Valjee plans to open Third House Books & Coffee in Gainesville, Florida, this spring.

ABA is in the midst of a new initiative to ensure that its e-mail communications, which cover a wide range of topics and specialties, are reaching the right personnel at member stores.

To encourage bookstores not currently using the IndieCommerce platform to give it a try, ABA is offering a special six-month promotion as well as a chance to win an entire free year.

ABA is currently accepting applications for publisher-sponsored scholarships to the 2016 ABC Children’s Institute, to be held in June in Orlando, Florida.

The Women’s National Book Association is accepting nominations for the 2016 WNBA Pannell Awards, honoring a general bookstore and a children’s specialty store that enhance their communities by using exceptional creativity to foster a love of reading and books among their patrons.

Amazon’s plans to open new physical bookstore locations throughout the U.S. are “modest,” according to the New York Times, despite earlier media reports that Amazon was looking to open up to 400 bricks-and-mortar storefronts.