Industry News

Retail sales at U.S. bookstores were up by 1.9 percent in April 2017 compared to April 2016, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced the 27 recipients of scholarship awards amounting to $109,000 as part of the organization’s 2017 Higher Education Scholarships program.

Inspired by author Jeff Kinney's bookstore, An Unlikely Story, the Ullom family opened Brick & Mortar Books, a new independent bookstore in Redmond, Washington, earlier this month.

Cellar Door Books has been using the store’s remaining copies of the Independent Bookstore Day Literary Map of the United States to provide a summer reading challenge for customers.

During an ABA education session at BookExpo, three bookseller panelists discussed the ways they have dealt with difficult decisions regarding controversial books or authors.

Booksellers can now access a list of suggestions generated during ABA education sessions aimed at helping stores develop strategies for strengthening the unique role they play in their communities.

Jim and Staci Stuart of Albion, Michigan, will open Stirling Books & Brew in July, despite an accident during renovations last month that left Staci paralyzed.

ABA members participating in the bingo-style summer reading challenge can visit BookWeb to find downloadable promotional materials.

On May 24, the chair of the House of Representative’s Financial Services Committee announced that backers of the Financial CHOICE Act would drop a provision that would have repealed a cap on debit card swipe fees.

The ABC Children’s Group at ABA has revealed the art to be featured on the cover of the 2017 ABC Best Books for Young Readers catalog, scheduled to land in stores in early October.

This Friday, June 9, is the last day for bookstores to sign up to take advantage of publisher specials on adult and children’s debuts chosen by booksellers as the best of the upcoming season.

Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge will open Riffraff, a bookstore/bar, in Providence, Rhode Island’s artsy West Side neighborhood later this year.

PRH acquires Out of Print; HarperCollins, Harlequin make leadership changes; C-SPAN coverage of Hillary Clinton at BookExpo now online; Audie Award winners, NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award winner announced

ABA’s BookExpo education session “For Authors: Working With Independent Bookstores” featured a discussion of best practices for creating events that benefit both the bookstore and the author.

WordsWorth Books & Co. in Little Rock, Arkansas, is now under the ownership of former customers Lia Lent and Tom McGowan, who are taking over from retiring owner Jean Cazort.