Specialty Bookselling

The ABC Group at ABA’s new Facebook page is a place for children’s booksellers to share news about their stores as well as their knowledge of children’s books, bookselling, and literacy.

The Winter Institute will feature two “can’t-miss” educational panels developed specifically for children’s booksellers as well as a children’s booksellers roundtable and a wide-ranging selection of additional programming to help booksellers of all kinds strengthen their businesses.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending December 4, 2011.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 20, 2011.

The Women’s National Book Association is seeking nominations of bookstores in the U.S. that excel at inspiring kids’ interest in reading, as well as creatively bringing books and young people together.

With the recent arrivals of the ABC Best Books for Children catalog and the New Voices fliers, indie booksellers have two robust tools to help guide holiday shoppers toward a selection of outstanding books for children and teens.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 8, 2011.

Booksellers share their experiences of starting and building YA book clubs for adults and the challenges of introducing the uninitiated to the world of YA lit.

The full-color, 20-page ABC Best Books for Children Catalog is available in a PDF format that booksellers can use to promote sales via store websites and newsletters.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 23, 2011.

Giovanni’s Room, the oldest gay and lesbian bookstore in the country, has had its place in history officially recognized by the state of Pennsylvania.

With the Major League Baseball post-season now underway, we present the Indie Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 9, 2011.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 25, 2011.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 11, 2011.

Midnight tonight, September 1, is the deadline for ABA member stores to place orders for this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog. Orders of up to 5,000 copies can be placed via an online order form.