Science Fiction & Fantasy

Follett names COO; Children’s Book Week expands staff; PEN World Voices Festival to focus on gender and power; PEN America Literary Award winners and Nebula, Norton, and Bradbury nominees announced

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 19, 2017.

Aaron’s Books opens Of Dice & Pen; Papercuts J.P. launches Cutlass Press; Kramerbooks to expand; The Lit. Bar to pop up at Bronx holiday market; Parnassus Books celebrates five years; Reading Frenzy owner wins city council seat; Phoenix Books to launch annual food drive 

George by Alex Gino receives NAIBA’s Carla Cohen Free Speech Award; 2016 Hugo Award and John W. Campbell Award winners announced; Marilynne Robinson wins 2016 Holbrooke Award

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 29, 2016.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 10, 2016.

Shawn Morin named CEO and president of Ingram; HarperCollins Publishers creates HarperCollins France; Columbia University Press Sales Consortium adds Harvard University Press; Imprisoned Egyptian novelist wins 2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award; Winners of 2015 James Tiptree Jr. Award, 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award announced; 2016 National Book Awards entry form open; 2016 Kirkus Prize judges named

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 7, 2016.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 20, 2015.

Hugo Award winners, Thurber Prize finalists announced; BISG reveals shortlists for most valuable volunteer, industry champion; HarperCollins India gets new CEO; Mississippi Book Festival exceeds expectations; IPS adds three publishers; Campaign asks bloggers to visit their local indie bookstores 

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 19, 2015.

2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals shortlist announced; College to take over management of Bryn Mawr Bookstore; Consortium signs two indie publishers; Oyster to sell e-books; Atticus Lish wins 2015 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction;  X.J. Kennedy wins Jackson Poetry Prize; Winners of the 2014 James Tiptree Jr. Award announced; Winners of 2015 Christopher Awards announced

NYT article on indie bookstores shared with millions of Twitter followers; SFWA announces 2014 Nebula Award nominees; Poets & Writers introduces mobile app; PEN releases 2015 Literary Awards calendar; Young people prefer print books to digital, Washington Post reports; May 2 announced as first Canadian Authors for Indies Day; Lerner Publishing Group acquires Egmont USA’s list

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 15, 2015.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 21, 2014.