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If you play music in your bookstore, you need to understand what your legal responsibilities — and rights — are. Here's an up-to-date look at the major performing rights organizations, what they do, and the factors that dictate their licensing fees.

Laura McBride, author of We Are Called to Rise, recently spoke to BTW about how she developed three wildly different characters, what drew her to the varied and lively setting of Las Vegas, and her love for indie bookstores.

American Booksellers Association member bookstores are asked to complete the 2014 Member Satisfaction Survey to help ABA assess the value and relevance of its programs and benefits.

Carmichael’s to open dedicated children’s store; Third Tattered Cover location opens at Denver International Airport; Changes for Mysterious Galaxy; Iowa Bookseller profiled

In the face of the Hachette-Amazon controversey, ABA has produced digital banners and stickers for booksellers to use to promote the availability of all titles at their stores. A hi-res file of the “I didn’t buy it on Amazon” sticker featured on the June 4 episode of The Colbert Report is also available.

The American Booksellers Association’s Board of Directors met from May 26 – 27, 2014, in New York City, just prior to the start of BookExpo America, to work on a range of issues.

Customers who download the free Kobo app before June 18 will receive two complimentary eMagazines. Additionally, customers purchasing a Kobo Arc 7HD before June 18 will receive $30 off the list price and five free eMagazines.

Five e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include cooking, backyard exploration, and gardening. 

The recent call for an increase in the number of children’s literature titles that feature diverse, non-majority narratives is not a new one for booksellers.

All education documents from the IndieCommerce upgrade sessions at BEA are now available online. Within the next two weeks, stores in Group 1 will be receiving detailed instructions to begin their site transitions.

ABA’s Meet the Editor and One-on-One Publisher meetings at BEA provided new opportunities for booksellers, editors, and publishers to network and share information about how they operate on a day-to-day basis.

Seven Stories Press is making available to ABA members a commencement speech from the collection If This Isn’t Nice, What Is? written by Kurt Vonnegut and edited by Dan Wakefield. 

ABFFE and the national Banned Books Week planning committee have announced that this year’s celebration of the freedom to read will feature comics and graphic novels.

ABA is asking every member store to complete the 2014 Member Satisfaction Survey. Responses will help ABA assess the value and relevance of its programs and other benefits.

Once again this year, booksellers from ABC Children’s Group member stores took advantage of the unique opportunity to tour children’s illustrators’ studios in Manhattan and Brooklyn during BookExpo America.