Book News

A variety of tools are available to help booksellers promote the ninth annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards. Voting continues through April 25, and the winners will be announced during Children’s Book Week, May 2–8. 

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s debut novel, The Nest, the number one Indie Next List pick for April, is “funny, thoughtful, and filled with unique and complex characters,” said Jennifer Oleinik of University Book Store in Seattle.

BEA to debut new networking tools for attendees; NBCC award winners announced; Inaugural Walter Awards for diverse YA presented; James Patterson to launch BookShots

Jennifer Baumgardner, Feminist Press’ executive director and publisher, talks about the nonprofit’s history, mission, and upcoming titles. 

Off the Shelf’s video compilation of bookseller interviews from Winter Institute’s first annual Backlist Book Swap is now available on YouTube. 

On Wednesday, March 16, booksellers at independent bookstores across the country began casting their ballots to choose the winners of the 2016 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards.

Antitrust lawsuit filed over EMV chip card transition; BookCon 2016 unveils slate of YA authors; Consortium signs distribution deals with six publishers; Phaidon Press and The Met Store to launch pop-up bookstore; Edwidge Danticat to deliver keynote at children’s book writers’ conference

More than 150 writers from 30 countries will gather in New York City for the 12th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. Booksellers are invited to use a special discount code for online ticket orders and to share the code with their customers.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 6, 2016.

We Need Diverse Books partners with Penguin Young Readers for writing contest; Author Pat Conroy dies at 70; Poll examines barriers millennials face in starting a business; 28th Annual Lambda Literary Award finalists announced; Adam Johnson wins 2016 Story Prize; 2016 NAIBA Legacy Award winner announced; Amazon Books to open in San Diego mall this summer

Tin House Books, an offshoot of the highly regarded Portland, Oregon, literary magazine Tin House, publishes debut authors, translations, essay collections, and reissues of out-of-print books.

Children and teens are invited to submit their votes for the ninth annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards through April 25.

BookExpo America has announced the titles to be featured at this year’s adult, YA, and middle grade Editors’ Buzz Forums at BookExpo America in Chicago.

Simon & Schuster creates Muslim-themed children’s book imprint; We Need Diverse Books opens internship grant applications process, expands partnership with Scholastic Reading Club; Ingram Publisher Services adds Aperture; SIBA presents the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize longlist

PEN American Center has announced the winners of its 2016 PEN Literary Awards, which span fiction, drama, sports writing, biography, translation, poetry, and more.