Industry News

National Book Award winners, finalists to appear at Miami Book Fair; German authors protest Amazon retaliation tactics; 2014 Hugo Award winners  announced; Louise Erdrich named winner of Dayton Literary Peace Prize; Lambda Literary Awards submission period opens

With preparations for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Winter Institute well underway, ABA has announced plans to open registration in mid-September.

One e-book promotion was recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page, featuring titles from Hugo Award-winning author Ann Leckie.

The phone number for Christine Munroe provided in last week’s article on the Kobo Writing Life event at Fiction Addiction has changed.

The nine regional bookseller associations announced late last week that they were partnering to collaboratively support a national Independent Bookstore Day on May 2, 2015. 

Booksellers who place orders for 30 or more books from an expanded list of banned or challenged titles before October 3 will receive an additional discount from Ingram, as well as a free “Banned Books Week in a Box” display kit.

Help ABA and your fellow booksellers commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Winter Institute: Submit an original, fun, energetic T-shirt design by next Friday, August 29, and have a chance to win $150.

A Kobo Writing Life event at SIBA’s Annual Summer Revival brought booksellers and self-published authors together at Fiction Addiction in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 18.

Customers entering Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this week are being greeted by a display of the Authors United ad that ran in the August 10 edition of the New York Times.

RosettaBooks inks deal with Ingram Publisher Services; Best Little Bookshop goes beta; Binc Foundation honored, names new Board members; Finalists for 2014 Thurber Prize announced

breathe books’ Weis-Bohlen ready to turn the page; Oxford Exchange to feature Rizzoli “Studio” site; Florida stores plan Bookstore Day; Weller Book Works celebrates 85 years of bookselling; Strand launches Signed First Editions subscriptions; Carmichael’s Kids opens

Four e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include books from author Charles Bukowski, fiction, and celebrity memoirs.

Retail sales at bookstores were down by 7.5 percent in June 2014 compared to June 2013, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

Orders for additional copies of this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog must be placed by September 1 via BookWeb’s online order form.

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation will be holding used cell phone recycling drives at each of this fall’s regional trade shows. Proceeds from the drives will help pay emergency expenses for booksellers in need.