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Retailers setting earlier shipping deadlines this holiday season; Report highlights top cities supporting African American literature; Marvel Comics now available on Kobo; 2014 Kirkus Prize winners announced

Baker & Taylor, the lead sponsor of the April 2015 ABC Children’s Institute, has awarded one scholarship to the institute to an ABA member store at each of this fall’s eight regional shows.

After busy days on Sunday, February 8, and Monday, February 9, at Winter Institute 2015, booksellers are invited to relax and socialize at publisher-sponsored parties.

Consortium adds four distribution clients; AmEx Open study looks at state of women-owned businesses; Lonely Planet names senior sales manager

Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize for Fiction; First Amendment groups challenge Idaho school’s parental consent form; Eric Schwartz joins Columbia University Press as editorial director

HarperCollins, Random House, and Simon & Schuster have each announced some form of expedited order fulfillment for the holiday season.

The Association of American University Presses and its members are inviting booksellers to join in the celebration of the third annual University Press Week, from Sunday, November 9, through Saturday, November 15. 

The American Booksellers Association’s 10th annual Winter Institute is made possible by the generous support of Ingram Content Group, the event’s lead sponsor, with additional support from more than 60 publishers large and small. 

France’s Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize for Literature; Mary Rasenberger named Authors Guild executive director; Policy research institute says Amazon should collect sales tax in Ohio; Free speech groups caution Waukesha School Board; Ingram Content Group opens POD facility in California; Winners of European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt

Baker & Taylor has created its new Indie Retail website with the goal of making all of the company’s resources easily accessible to booksellers through one central location. 

Egmont USA for sale; Authors Guild seeks investigation into Amazon’s practices; Persepolis reinstated in Ball-Chatham classrooms; Kirkus announces finalists for 2014 prize; John Kenney wins Thurber Prize for American Humor; National Book Foundation names 5 Under 35

Simon & Schuster is teaming up with Baker & Taylor to offer expedited shipping on reorders to West Coast independent booksellers from October 1 through March 2015.

The Random House Two-Day Transit holiday shipping program will be back for a third year, beginning November 1 and running through January 30, 2015.

Authors United to ask Justice Department for Amazon inquiry; Women’s National Book Association selects Great Group Reads; NCAC announces winners of Cameron Post Essay Contest; Penguin Random House in partnership with Universal Pictures

In light of the push to make more diverse books available to all interested readers, Lee & Low Books aims to expand its reach and establish new relationships with the independent bookselling market.