Industry News

To build on  the success of the inaugural Indies First at bookstores across the country, ABA is asking booksellers to fill out a brief survey about the day’s events to help with planning for future celebrations.

 Indies First was widely embraced in communities across the country this past Saturday, with customers turning out, sometimes in droves, to meet authors who had signed on to become booksellers for all or part of the day at their local independent bookstores.

This week, ABA announces the presenters and panelists for the 2014 Winter Institute’s breakout sessions, to take place from Wednesday, January 22, through Friday, January 24, 2014.

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ABA hasy added information about Community Banking under the Banking and Merchant Services segment on the Business Services page of BookWeb.

ABA Regular bookstore members should be on the lookout for dues renewal notices arriving in the mail during the first week of January. Those who would like to get a jump on the process should check their inboxes for an e-mail with a link to renew online.

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According to the second installment of the 2013 Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey, consumer awareness of Small Business Saturday across the U.S. jumped to 71 percent from 67 percent during the same period a year ago.

Four e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include thrillers, steals and deals, and holiday themed books.

Joshilyn Jackson, author of Someone Else’s Love Story, discusses the development of her newest book, the influence of indie booksellers on her writing career, and the character from her latest novel who will be making a comeback in her next  book. 

Here’s the latest about the availability of the Winter Institute bookseller attendee list, discussion group assignments, and more.

ABA is sending bookstores a few follow-up requests to help keep the momentum of Indies First going.

ABFFE’s Holiday Children’s Book Art Auction on eBay will end on Tuesday afternoon, December 3. Buyers are competing for more than 80 pieces of art created for children’s books,

On Monday, December 2, in a resounding victory for sales tax fairness proponents, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear a legal challenge to New York State’s affiliate nexus law, which was brought by Amazon.com and Overstock.com.

AAUP’s Books for Understanding looks at JFK; Columbia University Press welcomes three distribution clients; Simon & Schuster to distribute for Victory Belt Publishing