Industry News

Publishers exhibiting at BookExpo America 2016 can now submit titles for consideration by show organizers for the BEA Adult Editors’ Buzz, BEA Young Adult Editors’ Buzz, and BEA Middle Grade Editors’ Buzz.

The American Booksellers Association’s Board of Directors met from September 26 – 28, 2015, in Denver, Colorado, and over the course of the meeting worked on a number of issues of concern to members.

Monday, October 19, is the deadline for ABA members to submit nominations of qualified candidates for the 2016 ABA Board of Directors to the Nominating Committee, chaired by Jamie Fiocco of Flyleaf Books.

Query Books launches Kickstarter to reprint forgotten LGBT classics; A Brief History of Seven Killings wins 2015 Man Booker Prize; Ingram Content Group to offer Global Connect in China, India, and Italy; 12 U.S. publishers sign PEN’s pledge to address Chinese censorship

Following the completion of the Drupal 7 upgrade in July, the IndieCommerce team has been busy on a number of improvements, large and small, to the platform. Here’s a look at what has been done over the past few months and what’s upcoming for October and November.

Registration is now open for the next IndieCommerce webinar, Order Processing, Part 2. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, October 21, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and is limited to the first 30 booksellers to register.

October 31 is the last day for all stores to take advantage of Indies First publisher offers and for stores that are new to Indies Introduce to sign up to participate in the debut title program.

Harvey Finkel, owner of The Clinton Book Shop, is coordinating Clinton, New Jersey’s first Apple ‘n’ Pumpkin Harvest Festival to be held this Sunday, October 11.

The latest edition of IndieCommunication features tips on color coding events calendars and highlighting the ABC Best Books for Young Readers catalog on IndieCommerce sites, as well as information about registration for the next training webinar.

The American Booksellers for Free Expression is asking booksellers to evaluate this year’s Banned Books Week by replying to a brief survey.

Hachette Book Group announced on Tuesday that it has created a new program to speed the delivery of the publisher’s titles to independent retailers in the continental U.S.

Media Coalition has created a foundation that offers individuals and other entities the opportunity to make tax-deductible contributions to help further its work protecting the public’s right to access the broadest possible range of information, opinion, and entertainment.

In response to a surge in demand for vinyl, book industry veteran Carl Lennertz has founded the Turntable Project, through which booksellers can stock their stores with new vinyl and turntables and also nominate a local school in need to receive a record player of its own.

The Perseus Books Group has announced an agreement with FedEx that will significantly improve shipments to bookstores and other outlets nationwide.