Specialty Bookselling

The Teaching for Change Bookstore in Washington, D.C., was called racist and bigoted by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show for not carrying copies of his children’s books, but the store is receiving words of support from across the country.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 15, 2014.

Jennifer Mathieu is the author of The Truth About Alice, a Summer/Fall 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices pick for young adults and a top 10 title on the Summer 2014 Kids’ Indie Next List.

UPS survey shows support for shopping local; BEA releases preliminary attendance figures; Children’s Book Council offers summer reading lists; Lambda Literary Awards winners announced; Jack Covert retires from 800-CEO-READ; Penguin Random House reveals new branding; De Gruyter to distribute Princeton University Press; Bookmasters to distribute h.f.ullmann

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 1, 2014.

Nine speakers took to the stage at the inaugural BookCon to discuss the absence of diverse characters in modern literature and the role booksellers can take in the #WeNeedDiverseBooks movement.

The newest video from last month’s ABC Children’s Institute features bookseller, storyteller, and TEDx speaker Anastasia McKenna, aka “Miss Anastasia,” of The Twig Book Shop in San Antonio, Texas.

Booksellers who attended a session on expanding author events at last month’s Children’s Institute left with a variety of ideas for creating enticing and exciting in-store and offsite events for kids.

At last month’s Children’s Institute, booksellers shared best practices for welcoming area teachers and librarians into their stores for productive, community-building events.

Thanks to a grant from author James Patterson, all ABA member booksellers can take advantage of last month’s ABC Children’s Institute education offerings through a series of online videos of the event’s breakout sessions and plenaries.

The four-page, full-color Summer Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Children’s White Box, features the top 10 children’s titles for the summer publishing season and an additional 40 titles organized by age group.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 4, 2014.

BookExpo America is just weeks away, and time is running out for ABC Children’s Group members to register for three unique opportunities to meet many of their favorite children’s book authors and illustrators at the show.

Rebecca Petruck is the author of Steering Toward Normal, a spring 2014 New Voices selection for middle grade readers and a Kids’ Indie Next List pick.

Videos of the ABC Children’s Institute plenary sessions featuring authors Brad Meltzer and Tim Federle, as well as a four-minute highlights reel featuring booksellers and authors, are now available to all ABA member booksellers.