Industry News

World Book Night U.S. Executive Director Carl Lennertz has announced the independent bookstore (single location) with the most givers for World Book Night 2014.

At the Winter Institute advanced learning session “Managing the Changing Workplace,” Ryan Coonerty, co-founder of the shared-workspace community NextSpace and co-author of The Rise of the Naked Economy: How to Benefit From the Changing Workplace, discussed the opportunities and challenges facing bookstore owners and managers amidst a workplace environment in transition.

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has added IndieBound buy buttons to its website’s authors and performers page in response to last week’s outcry over the exclusive Amazon purchasing links provided for each of the event’s participating authors.

Here are news and instructions for the new Kobo Windows 8 app, reminders about Kobo Arc pricing and reporting deadlines, new resources, and a new Kobo logo.

ABA’s Spring Forum schedule will continue with three programs between March 26 and March 30 for booksellers and prospective booksellers in the Southern California, Northern California, and Pacific Northwest regions.

These FAQs were provided by James Patterson to help answer booksellers’ questions about his $1 million pledge to independent bookstores with children’s sections that are committed to fostering a love of reading among children and young adults.

In celebration of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin, the #1 Indie Next List pick for April, an Algonquin sweepstakes will award three lucky ABA member booksellers a customized Storied Life print with their name emblazoned on the book cover.

All ABA bookstore members in good standing are entitled to four free two-week Classified Ad insertions in Bookselling This Week each year.

Booksellers look for answers from L.A. Times Festival of Books; Small Business Majority offers free media training; Supreme Court to hear workers’ case against Amazon; Linda Matthews retires from Chicago Review Press; Sylvan Dell becomes Arbordale Publishing; PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction finalists revealed; Lambda Literary Award finalists announced; Children’s Africana Book Award winners chosen

Due to the snowstorm on March 3 in Washington, D.C., the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary hearing on sales tax fairness legislation scheduled for March 4 has been postponed until March 12. The postponement forced ABA to cancel its Advocacy Day planned for March 4.

As titles featured in the Spring 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices/Debut Authors promotion begin appearing on bookstore shelves, booksellers are finding ways to not only promote the new books but also highlight their unique role in introducing customers to new authors.

Since the launch of Indies First Storytime Day just two weeks ago, more than 50 authors have signed on to read at independent bookstores across the country on May 17, as part of this year’s celebration of Children’s Book Week (May 12–18).

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is asking members of the book community to respond to a short survey about overall awareness of its services, possible improvements, and additional ways to assist booksellers.

Booksellers attending next month’s Children’s Institute in San Antonio, Texas, will be in the running to win an original piece of artwork by award-winning illustrator M. Sarah Klise. 

Preregistration for the 2014 Find Waldo Local campaign, co-sponsored by ABA and Candlewick Press, ends next Saturday, March 15. Candlewick will once again be providing bookstores with a kit for their Find Waldo Local celebrations.