Industry News

Kristen McLean, the founder and CEO of Bookigee and co-chair of Nielsen’s Children’s Book Summit, will present a review of the U.S. children’s book market, with a deep-dive into the latest trends in pricing, volume, genres, gifting, and more, at the 2015 ABC Children’s Institute.

In celebration of the 96th annual Children’s Book Week, running this year from May 4 to 10, booksellers are once again invited to participate in the Children’s Book Week Display Contest.

The Academy of American Poets offers several resources and initiatives that booksellers can use to help customers celebrate National Poetry Month this April.

On Tuesday, a group of U.S. senators reintroduced the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that would level the playing field for Main Street retailers.

On March 5, the European Union’s top court ruled that EU countries must charge the full value-added tax on e-books. The court found that e-books are not subject to the same tax reductions as physical books, as they are considered a service.

With the launch this week of ABA’s BookExpo America program page on BookWeb.org, registration for two exclusive bookseller-publisher networking opportunities for ABA member stores is now open.

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has expanded its list of qualifying events for which booksellers can apply for grants to include childcare or eldercare emergencies.

ABA member stores have just a few days left to sign up for the 2015 Find Waldo Local campaign, co-sponsored by Candlewick and ABA.

Forty booksellers have been named the recipients of scholarships to the April 19 – 21 ABC Children’s Institute, to be held in Pasadena, California.

The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates will be offering a weeklong retreat for new and prospective bookstore owners from April 13 – 17, 2015, on Amelia Island, Florida.

Registration for the 2015 ABC Children's Institute is now closed; however, booksellers can add their names to a waitlist.

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation wants to remind booksellers of the assistance available to help individual booksellers who have lost income due to a weather-related store closing or because the bookseller is physically unable to get to work.

The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York has ruled in favor of a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit brought against American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company for violating antitrust laws by imposing “anti-steering” rules on merchants.

The ABA Booksellers Forum schedule includes programs on March 24, 25, and 26 in Colorado, Michigan, and Wisconsin, respectively. Each is free and open to all booksellers, including non-ABA members.