Industry News

BTW will be on hiatus next week and will return on Thursday, January 8, 2015. The Indie Bestseller Lists will be produced and e-mailed to booksellers as usual on Tuesday, December 30. Reporting deadlines remain unchanged.

Three communities will be welcoming indie booksellers next year as Third Place Books, HugoBooks, and Anderson’s Bookshops each make plans to open an additional branch store. 

Macmillan returns to agency pricing on e-books, plans to test subscriptions; Nielsen Children’s Book Summit highlights growing market; Cameron Post wins again with help of Kids’ Right to Read Project; Duncan, Ellroy named Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters

Author James Patterson has announced the final 81 bookstores that will be receiving a total of $473,000 in grants as part of his $1 million Saving Bookstores, Saving Lives campaign.

Left Bank holiday book drive for Ferguson students met with overwhelming support; Phinney Books’ owner shares insights on his first holiday season; Taylor Books adds used book room

Retailers that previously opted out of the Visa/MasterCard credit card swipe fee class action settlement have until this Friday, December 19, to rejoin the cash settlement class.

To give waiting booksellers a better chance of attending the Winter Institute, ABA will refund the conference fee for booksellers who cancel their registrations by December 31.

Booksellers can still add to their bottom lines this holiday season by taking advantage of expedited order fulfillment programs offered by HarperCollins, Random House, and Simon & Schuster through the Indies First initiative.

The Consultation Station, featuring representatives from ABA’s affiliated business solution partners, POS vendors, and others, returns to the Winter Institute on Tuesday, February 10, and Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Booksellers who are interested in meeting with specific vendors are encouraged to set up appointments in advance.

Due to the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays, this year’s final issue of Bookselling This Week will arrive in subscribers’ inboxes next Tuesday afternoon, December 23.

On December 4, bookstore members should have received an e-mail from ABA with updated information regarding the recent notice sent to them by the Visa/MasterCard interchange class settlement administrator.

Brookline Booksmith customer wins A.J. Fikry sweepstakes; NPR’s Morning Edition announces first book club pick; BookCon grows partnership with We Need Diverse Books; Kobo launches “buy more, save more” program; Consumers look to shop local this holiday season; Scholastic report details kids’ reading habits; Chronicle Books to distribute Quadrille Publishing

Late last week, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner dashed any hopes Main Street retailers had of getting a federal e-fairness solution passed during the lame-duck Congressional session.

Everyone’s Books’ 30th anniversary benefits local shelter; Loganberry Books turns 20; Classic Lines Bookstore opens in Pittsburgh; Stone Alley Books and Collectibles to move