Industry News

Politics and Prose has continued to receive threatening messages since the December 4 incident at a nearby pizzeria involving a bizarre conspiracy theory, but sales and customer support have soared.

Fourteen mostly small- and mid-size companies will have a representative available for face-to-face conversations with booksellers on Monday afternoon, January 30, at Winter Institute 12.

To ensure that store favorites are nominated for next year’s Indie Next Lists, owners and managers are encouraged to post the schedule of 2017 nomination deadlines where all staff members will see it.

The Consultation Station at Winter Institute 12 will feature representatives from ABA’s affiliated business solution partners, POS vendors, and others.

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is close to its goal of raising $100,000 to help booksellers in need; however, in the past month it has received a record number of requests for assistance.

Magic City Books, a project of the nonprofit Tulsa Literary Coalition, will offer a curated book collection as well as author appearances, panel discussions, and writing workshops.

At least nine IndieCommerce stores recently received fraudulent orders using stolen credit card numbers. Because the amounts were under $40, they were hard to detect.

Nominations sought for Anna Dewdney Read Together Award; Screen-Free Week to partner with Children’s Book Week; LendingTree launches Small Business Grant Competition; New York Public Library and Macmillan partner for new publishing program; Publishers Lunch introduces Monthly Buzz Books; Binc receives $10,000+ holiday donation from Ingram; Chronicle Books announces leadership changes; Andy LeCount to join HarperCollins; 2017 PEN longlists announced

Booksellers attending Winter Institute this January are invited to donate books to any of three Minneapolis-based charities.

With the news that Development Officer Mark Nichols will be retiring after Wi12, ABA announced a series of staff promotions and changes that will go into effect on January 1.

Retail sales at bookstores were down by 1 percent in October 2016 compared to October 2015, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

Restless Books is an independent publisher of international writers of fiction, journalism, memoirs, travel writing, and illustrated books.

Registration for BookExpo 2017 opened last week. The trade show and ABA programming will held at New York’s Javits Convention Center from Wednesday, May 31, through Friday, June 2.

Kobo is running a $20 off price promotion on the Kobo Aura and the Kobo Aura H20 through December 25.

Any bookseller currently working in an ABA member store can sign up for Libro.fm’s Audiobook Listening Copy program to gain access to more than two dozen complimentary audiobooks each month.