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In a letter released this week, authors Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer are calling on their fellow authors to show their support for Indies First by signing up to be booksellers at their favorite independent bookstores on November 29, Small Business Saturday.

Stephen Cogil Casari, who founded the Tattered Cover Book Store in 1970 in Denver, died in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 15, 2014, at the age of 66.

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and five independent bookstores are among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in federal court this week challenging a new Arizona criminal law that bans nude images.

Any ABA member may nominate candidates for the ABA Board of Directors by October 20, 2015.

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Registration for ABA’s 10th anniversary celebration of the Winter Institute and the ABA room block at the Grove Park Inn (an Omni Resort) are now booked to capacity and waiting lists are forming.

To help booksellers spread the spirit of the ever-growing Indies First campaign, ABA has created brand-new Indies First designs, which can be used to create in-store materials and to promote the movement online.

A new social media forum has been launched on BookWeb.org at the request of ABA member booksellers. 

More than 1,000 authors have signed off on a letter to Amazon’s board of directors to request that each member look at Amazon’s actions against Hachette Book Group and consider whether they support them.

Located just a few miles from Ferguson, Missouri, Left Bank Books is initiating the #FergusonReads book group to help foster discussions about the recent shooting of Michael Brown Jr.

ABA is urging booksellers to help make a new social media campaign go viral. The campaign #efairnessnow was launched last week by Advocates for Independent Business.

Asheville and the Grove Park Inn provide a unique, fun, and rewarding setting for the Winter Institute’s 10th anniversary. While getting there may be a little bit more challenging than flying into a hub city, there are a number of options that can lessen the cost and the complications.

From November 3, 2014, through January 16, 2015, HarperCollins is offering a Holiday Express Shipping program for independent bookstores in the U.S. for all HarperCollins and HarperCollins Christian Publishing titles.

After more than 25 years as the chief financial officer of the American Booksellers Association, Eleanor Chang will be retiring at the end of this year.

Retail sales at bookstores were down by 5.1 percent in July 2014 compared to July 2013, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.