Book News

The winners of the National Book Awards were announced on Wednesday night, November 14, at the National Book Foundation’s 63nd National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 4, 2012.

Here’s a preview of the titles on the December Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 21, 2012.

The November Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

On Thursday, October 11, the Swedish Academy announced Chinese author Mo Yan as this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The 20 finalists for the National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature were announced on Wednesday morning, October 10, on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

In celebration of the Major League Baseball post-season, we present the Indie Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 7, 2012.

For the second year in a row, the Winter Institute will feature “One Institute, One Read,” an initiative that encourages booksellers to read and discuss a title chosen by ABA for its insight into the culture and character of the event’s locale.

Just two weeks after registration for the ABA’s Eighth Annual Winter Institute opened, the event is approaching its cap of 500 bookseller registrants.

The October Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 23, 2012.

Here is a preview of the titles on the November Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

My Bookstore, a collection of tributes to America’s indie booksellers by more than 80 well-known writers, will be published on November 13. Over the next several weeks, BTW will be featuring excerpts from the collection alongside interviews with featured booksellers. First up is author Michael Tisserand and Octavia Books’ co-owner Tom Lowenburg.

House and Senate work on compromise e-fairness legislation; NRF to go to court to block swipe fee lawsuit settlement; MIBA names interim president; Kobo inks deal with U.K. booksellers association; Hachette to host Reading Group Day in NYC; Entertainment moguls enter world of book publishing; Business book finalists announced