Industry News

Eight e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include holiday favorites, young adult, and entertaining.

The organizers of BookExpo America 2015 are inviting ABA member booksellers who have not attended the trade show since 2012 to fill out an application to win one of 60 BEA Scholarships of $435 each to help defray hotel and travel costs to the show.

Before the holiday rush reaches fever pitch, ABA is urging Winter Institute 10 registrants to make their travel arrangements or to let ABA know if they are no longer planning to attend.

For the second year in a row, Indies First on Small Business Saturday was a strong day for independent bookstores, which saw unit sales of books rise 4.6 percent over 2013 for the week.

The second annual Indies First on Small Business Saturday marked the kickoff of the holiday shopping season for Main Street businesses, and with more than 420 bookstores hosting 1,200-plus author volunteers on Saturday, November 29, independent booksellers across the nation were celebrating in full swing. 

With just a few weeks left in the congressional session, the Advocates for Independent Business is urging indie businesses to participate in a grassroots social media campaign in support of e-fairness.

BookCon opens ticket sales; J.K. Rowling’s Harvard speech to go to print in 2015; Arizona anti-nudity law on hold; BA’s Tim Godfray honored; Brian Murray named PW Person of the Year

Afterwords, Califon, and Jan’s in finals for national small business of the year award; Book Culture celebrates grand opening of third store; Left Bank launches online personal shopping program; Phoenix Books hosts food drive; Mysterious Galaxy on the move

Just days ahead of the November 29 celebration of Small Business Saturday, more than 1,200 authors have signed on to support their local bookstores for Indies First, and more than 250 authors are partnering with bookstores under the Upstream initiative.

Skylight’s Slattery to hand reins to new G.M.; Left Bank publishing program celebrates first release; Books Unlimited marks anniversary during Window Wonderland

Registration for BookExpo America 2015 is scheduled to open by December 4, and for ABA member booksellers who have not attended the trade show in the last two years there will be an added incentive to make plans to attend.

At the Miami Book Fair International panel discussion “Do Monsters Live in Our Laptops?,” book industry experts, including ABA CEO Oren Teicher, discussed whether the promise of digitization as a democratizing force has instead led to large corporations dominating the book industry.

ABA expects to have a recommendation next week regarding the recent notice sent to bookstores that opted out of the Visa and MasterCard credit card swipe fee settlement in 2013.

DIY materials from Read Russia are available to help stores promote the inaugural celebration of Russian Literature Week, from December 1 – 5.

ABA has announced the winners of 60 scholarships to the February 2015 Winter Institute in Asheville, North Carolina. Fifty-two of the scholarships have been awarded to booksellers by the Winter Institute’s publisher sponsors.