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ABA member booksellers are encouraged to sign up to take advantage of two new opportunities to network with publishers at BEA: Meet the Editor Meetings and One-on-One Publisher Meetings.

Changing Hands celebrates 40 years; Beach Books honored; Anderson’s sold? April Fools’!; Santoro’s finds new owners

In a victory for the banking industry, a federal appeals court has overturned a July 2013 ruling by a U.S. district court that ordered the Federal Reserve to rewrite rules to lower the cap on debit card swipe fees.

The Small Business Administration has eliminated or revised several requirements for its two main loan programs to make it easier for businesses to secure SBA-backed financing and to encourage job creation.

Booksellers named National Book Awards judges; Michael Tamblyn appointed Kobo president; BEA Global Market Forum speakers announced; NCIBA Book of the Year winners, Christopher Award winners, NYPL Young Lions Awards finalists unveiled; Ingram adds two clients

For Indies First Storytime Day, this May 17, New York City’s McNally Jackson will host several middle grade authors who will perform a dramatic reading of the beloved Norton Juster title The Phantom Tollbooth (Knopf Books for Young Readers).

With nearly 300 followers each and a recent write-up in the Christian Science Monitor, two Pinterest boards created by Gary Robson of Red Lodge Books & Tea are an ideal place to share bookstore display ideas. Just this week, a third board was added for displays on banned books and censorship.

The Annual Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception to benefit ABFFE will be hosted this year by bestselling author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka. The auction will be held on Wednesday evening, May 28, at BEA.

To address the Drupal 7 upgrade and its effects on all IndieCommerce stores, ABA is expanding in-person IndieCommerce education at next month’s BEA and is encouraging all stores to send their employees who are involved in website administration.

April’s #1 Indie Next List pick, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, hit store shelves on Tuesday. Here, Algonquin Books’ Kathy Pories provides a behind-the-scenes look at the editing process for this bookseller favorite.

ABA bookstore members are reminded to cast their ballots to elect three directors to serve three-year terms (2014 – 2017) on the Board.

Every bookseller at an ABA member store can have a say in selecting the titles that best reflect the spirit of indie bookselling by casting their ballots for the Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud awards by midnight on April 11.

San Francisco’s Green Apple Books, owned by Kevin Hunsanger, Kevin Ryan, and Pete Mulvihill, has been named PW Bookstore of the Year for 2014.

To be entered into a drawing for free hotel nights at Hotel ABA (the Grand Hyatt New York) for BEA 2014, ABA member booksellers must book their rooms by midnight EDT on Monday, April 7.

Brazos readies to celebrate 40 years; Pilgrim’s Way named best of Monterey County; Bookseller campaigns for letterpress equipment; South Main bookstore featured; Books & Brews opens in Indianapolis; Main Street Books’ owners celebrate