Industry News

One e-book promotion was recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page featuring titles available for preorder from Hachette Book Group.  

Fifty students have each been awarded a $100 gift certificate to be used to purchase books at an ABA member bookstore as part of author James Patterson’s Winter Book Bucks program.

Here’s a round-up of details about Kobo’s summer reads promotion, the new and improved Discover Kobo, and a preorder promotion from Hachette, as featured in the June 25 edition of the Kobo: What You Need to Know newsletter.

Etsy, the popular online source for unique, handcrafted products, has launched a wholesale venture that allows retailers to buy items in quantity for sale in brick-and-mortar locations.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is touring to promote her new book, Hard Choices, has visited independent bookstores spanning the length of the country over the past few weeks.

In a deal announced on Tuesday, Hachette Book Group is buying the publishing division of Perseus Books Group and Perseus’ client-service business is heading to Ingram Content Group. The deal, which is subject to government approval, is expected to close by July 31.

Through a new Matching Grant Pilot Program, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation will match funds raised by a bookstore dollar-for-dollar up to a maximum of $2,000 to help a bookseller in need in situations not covered by Binc’s existing financial assistance programs.

The July Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

The Teaching for Change Bookstore in Washington, D.C., was called racist and bigoted by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show for not carrying copies of his children’s books, but the store is receiving words of support from across the country.

One e-book promotion was recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page featuring titles from Hachette Book Group.  

ABA main store members should be on the lookout for an e-mail arriving at the beginning of next week from the National Association of College Stores’ OnCampus Research with instructions for participating in ABACUS-13.

Changing Hands welcomed the public through the doors of its new location in Phoenix, Arizona, with a soft-opening celebration on May 30. The nearly 5,000-square-foot bookstore features dark walls and shelving, concrete floors, and exposed ceiling ducts, as well as First Draft, a 30-seat beer, wine, and coffee bar.

Two auctions of children’s book art held in conjunction with this year’s BookExpo America have raised more than $56,000 to help the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression defend the free speech rights of kids.

On Monday, June 16, the National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association urged an appeals court to overturn a federal judge’s approval of a controversial lawsuit settlement over Visa and MasterCard’s credit card swipe fees.