Specialty Bookselling

The American Booksellers Association is seeking booksellers and other industry professionals to serve on a task force that will offer input on the world of Spanish-language bookselling, in both Spanish-language stores and within general trade stores. The goal of the task force will be to explore possible new ABA programming and services to meet the needs of booksellers who are currently selling Spanish-language books and those who would like to expand into this area.

The task force will meet at a time and location to be determined.

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the U.S. for the eight-week period ending September 4, 2005.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

The American Booksellers Association is forming a task force to offer input on the world of Spanish-language bookselling, in both Spanish-language stores and within general trade stores.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 10, 2005.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

Based on sales from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the U.S., for the eight-week period ending June 19, 2005.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

In a press release issued immediately following BookExpo America and its own festive literary awards celebration, the Lambda Literary Foundation Board of Trustees announced dramatic changes regarding the future of the nonprofit organization devoted to the recognition and promotion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) writing.

Based on sales from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the U.S., for the eight-week period ending June 12, 2005.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

By Cindy Thompson

For the second year, the National Association of College Stores (NACS) partnered with the American Booksellers Association to present two programs as part of ABA's Day of Education at BookExpo America. On Thursday, June 2, NACS hosted a Literary Luncheon and the College Store Idea Exchange & Roundtables.

For the eight-week period ending May 22, 2005, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent booksellers across the U.S.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

For the eight-week sales period ending May 8, 2005, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the country.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

This week, BTW shines a spotlight on Thursday, June 2, programming at this year's BookExpo America (BEA) for children's booksellers, for African-American booksellers, and for college stores. BEA will be held from June 2 - 5, at New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center.