Exciting things are happening with IndieCommerce 2.0! The work is progressing and we are very happy with the progress we've made. 

For the latest update on the migration to the new IndieCommerce 2.0 platform and what your store needs to know, please review this blog post on IndieCommerce.org and share it with others at your store who work with your IndieCommerce or IndieLite website. We'll be updating the IndieCommerce.org blog at least once a week going forward, so bookmark it for future reference.

Find Waldo Local is back for another summer of Waldo-spotters, young and old. Participating stores will receive a kit containing everything you’ll need to launch your celebration. Pre-registration closes on February 17, 2023 and is capped at 300 ABA member bookstore participants.

Independent Bookstore Day, our favorite day and the biggest one-day national celebration of indie bookstores, is on April 29, 2023. Stay up to date with what you need to plan for the day by opting in to the IBD Newsletter. Sign up through the Email Subscriptions tab on your Member Dashboard. Don’t have a BookWeb.org login? Request one. 

Previous newsletters can be found on BookWeb.

As we enter a new month, review the Q1 Marketing Handout to plan out February and March for your social media, newsletters, displays, and store events! From Black History Month to Mardi Gras and Women’s History Month to World Storytelling Day, there are a number of holidays and observances to incorporate into your store’s marketing plan.

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega, Illustrated by Rose Bousamra

Leon the Extraordinary: A Graphic Novel (Leon #1) by Jamar Nicholas

Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

Terry's Crew by Terry Crews and Cory Thomas

Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry

A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow

And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems by Erica Martin

Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

Share the Shop Local love this February with our Valentine’s Day social media assets. Additionally, here is language you can use in your social media captions.

Here are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the March 2023 Indie Next List flier. Top pick? I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai. And, to mark the start of a new month, February Indie Next List social media assets are live on BookWeb.

Beth Lincoln is the author of the novel The Swifts, a Winter/Spring 2023 Kids selection. Here, Lincoln and Emily Autenrieth of A Seat at the Table Books in Elk Grove, CA, discuss The Swifts.

Jennifer Savran Kelly is the author of the novel Endpapers, a Winter/Spring 2023 Adult selection. Here, Savran Kelly and Nikita Imafidon of Raven Book Store in Lawrence, KS, discuss Endpapers.