Industry News

An AIB infographic presenting key facts about shopping locally this holiday season is a powerful resource for talking to both the media and store customers.
 

To show its appreciation to booksellers and in support of the Indies First campaign, Lonely Planet has announced a limited-time stocking special.

Advocates for Independent Business has re-launched #efairnessnow, a grassroots social media campaign in support of e-fairness, in the hope that the campaign will go viral and catch the attention of members of Congress.

The Marketplace Fairness Coalition has sent a letter signed by more than 320 organizations to Speaker of the House John Boehner that urges him to tackle e-fairness in this legislative session.

The Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges for individuals and small businesses are slated to reopen for open enrollment on Saturday, November 15. This enrollment period will mark the first time that Small Business Health Options Programs will be available online for businesses in all states.

Amazon wins control of .book domain name; AMIBA offering buy local resources in Spanish; Indies Introduce author wins 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize; National Readathon Day to support NBF’s literacy efforts; First Amendment Groups express concern over Kings Canyon School Board review process; Courtney Muller named executive vice president at Urban Expositions; 2014 National Outdoor Book Award winners announced

Harbor Books to open in Sag Harbor; Award-winning year at Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe; Vroman’s marks 120 years in business; Green Toad has new owner; New owners, name, location for Monkey See, Monkey Read; Three generations celebrate Anderson's 50th anniversary

ABA CEO Oren Teicher will take part in the panel “Do Monsters Live in Our Laptops? The Dangers of Amazon and Other Monopolies” on Sunday, November 23, at Miami Book Fair International.

Booksellers can share the excitement of the 31st Miami Book Fair International with their customers through their store websites by embedding an online video player that will stream PBS coverage of panels, interviews, and on-the-street segments with a host of authors.

From now through the end of November, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation is conducting an auction on eBay of autographed books by prominent and celebrated authors.

Resources are now available to help booksellers promote this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog titles online and in store newsletters.

Ten e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include gardening, staying healthy, gluten-free cooking, and romance.

With the results of the midterm elections now in, the long-term status of federal sales tax fairness legislation has become muddled; however, the lame-duck session of Congress still offers the best opportunity to pass federal sales tax fairness legislation, according to the Main Street Fairness Coalition.

Roz Chast to design National Poetry Month poster; SIBA celebrates One Book, One South in November

Politics & Prose to open satellites at Busboys and Poets; Upshur Street Books opens in D.C.; Short Stories Community Hub welcomes customers in Madison, New Jersey; Penguin Bookshop turns 85; Anderson’s is 50; Watermark Books sports new outdoor mural