Industry News

Attendees of ABA’s 2015 Winter Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, can show up in style this year when they wear custom-designed T-shirts featuring logos created by the winner and runners-up in Wi10’s T-shirt design contest.

Booksellers can find a wide range of new products and take advantage of special ABA member savings at five, free Urban Expositions gift shows this month.

The Grand Hyatt New York, located at 42nd Street and Grand Central Station, will once again be the exclusive hotel for ABA member booksellers attending BookExpo America.

The deadline to secure the special ABA rate for accommodations at Winter Institute 10’s overflow hotel, the Asheville Renaissance, has been extended to Friday, January 16.

In late December, sales tax fairness proponents in Michigan won a big victory when the state legislature voted to pass e-fairness legislation.

John McNamee, past president of the European and International Booksellers Federation, died suddenly on January 4, 2015.

To help ABA estimate production quantities, member stores are being asked to indicate their favorite “Eat Sleep Read Local” poster design.

Penguin Random House extends #GiveaBook campaign; Author Jeffrey Stayton gives $1,500 to independent bookstores; Wiley Chairman Peter Booth Wiley to retire

The Booksellers to open in Dayton, Ohio; Aspen’s Explore Booksellers to sell for $4.6 million; Flying Pig to be featured in Wall Street Journal; That Bookstore in Blytheville launches campaign to fund renovations

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression has been reconstituted as the American Booksellers for Free Expression Group at ABA, starting January 1, 2015. With the change come a new address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

Claire Anderson-Ramos of The Book Cellar in Chicago, Illinois, has created a colorful, inspiring logo for Independent Bookstore Day.

Two important Winter Institute deadlines are drawing near: December 31 is the last day for booksellers to cancel their conference registration and still receive a refund; January 9 is the deadline to secure the special ABA rate for accommodations at the overflow hotel, the Renaissance Asheville.

Here are reminders of how to reach IndieCommerce staff when ABA’s offices are closed and what to do if you don’t know your store’s assigned start date for the Drupal 7 content upgrade.

This week, ABA notified Kobo program participants that Kobo was no longer producing the Kobo Aura HD.

Booksellers regrouping after the busy holiday season now have until Monday, January 5, to submit nominations for the March 2015 Indie Next List.