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Boswell Book Company’s Goldin honored; Bloomsbury Books turns 35; The Book Shelf mounts an Indiegogo campaign

Man Booker International Prize finalists announced; HarperCollins unveils Go Set a Watchman cover; Ferguson librarian to receive Lemony Snicket Noble Librarians Prize; English PEN Hessell-Tiltman 2015 shortlist announced; Russian publisher to receive International Freedom to Publish Award

Nina MacLaughlin is the author of the Spring 2015 Indies Introduce adult nonfiction title Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter, which Carol Schneck Varner of Schuler Books & Music called “an absolutely fascinating memoir.”

Sparta Books marks 50 years; Partners Village Store changes ownership; Bank Street Book Nook owner eyes mayoral seat

Erik Larson discusses his highly anticipated new book, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, his extensive research process, and what fascinated him about the 100-year-old story. 

Andrew Solomon elected president of PEN American Center board; Delegation from China to attend BookExpo America; PEN/Faulkner Award finalists announced; Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist revealed; HarperCollins launches Spanish-language imprints with Harper Lee novels; NACS CEO Brian E. Cartier to retire; Consortium to distribute Third Man Books

Elizabeth McCracken’s Thunderstruck wins annual Story Prize; Finalists announced for 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards; SIBA releases 2015 Book Award longlist; CBC names Jon Colman new executive director; HuffPo publishes list of nine studies that say print beats e-books

Becky Anderson running for Naperville City Council; Teaching for Change to hand reins to Politics & Prose; Bluebird Books makes plans to expand; The Bookman has new owners; New Bo Books becomes Next Page Bookstore; A Children’s Place relocates; Women & Children First to celebrate history; Phoenix Books makes good on food drive challenge

Booksellers have named Ian Caldwell’s The Fifth Gospel, a book that has been in the works for more than a decade, as their top Indie Next List pick for March. Here, Caldwell talks about his many years of research, his aim to provide readers with an unprecedented level of realism, and more.

The debut novel by bookseller Jeremy Hawkins of Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been named to April's Indie Next List. The Last Days of Video tells the tale of Star Video's quirky staff and owner, who try to keep their store in business after a Blockbuster moves in next door.

Author Steven Johnson kicked off ABA’s lineup of plenary speakers at the Winter Institute with a Monday morning keynote that discussed how serendipitous collisions of ideas have, throughout history, driven innovation and fostered creativity in unexpected ways.

To Kill a Mockingbird author to release second book; Government censorship may shutter independent Belarus bookstore; Anne Enright named first Laureate for Irish Fiction; Penguin inks sales/distribution deal with America’s Test Kitchen; BISG, ALA to survey library patrons’ digital preferences; Random House’s independent bookstore liaison expands duties to Penguin; Simon & Schuster introduces new multimedia imprint

Let’s Play Books! marks first year; King’s English’s Holman becomes partner; Denver’s BookBar named a “swoon-worthy sipping spot”; Lucy’s Books named best bookstore; Bethany Beach Books launches book subscription service; Merritt Bookstore’s Scott Meyer retiring; Women & Children First to celebrate grand reopening; Harvard Book Store accepting submissions for Microchondria II

This week, ABA announced the appointment of Robyn DesHotel as the organization’s new chief financial officer, effective March 2, 2015.

Diana Gabaldon and Poisoned Pen launch Writers-in-Residence program; Bookends & Beginnings raises funds for music therapy; East End Book Exchange highlighted for success