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Two Dot-com Booksellers take Online Honors
'Newsweek' has included Seattle-based ThriftBooks and Nashville-based Lifeway in its annual list of the "500 Best Online Shops" for the sixth consecutive year.
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Heartland Fall Forum: Changing the World, One Book at a Time
After a day of celebration, the 250 booksellers attending Heartland Fall Forum focused on the business of bookselling, with a busy trade show followed by a day of education as veteran booksellers mixed with 114 first-time attendees.
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Digital Audio Drives Big July Publishing Sales Gains
Sales of digital audio were up well into double digits in the month, helping to boost July sales by 18% over 2023 at publishers that report to AAP's BookStat program.
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Book Club Picks for October 2024
Barnes & Noble and Read with Jenna spotlight the new novel from Pulitzer winner Louise Erdrich, Belletrist nabs Sally Rooney's buzzy latest, and more.
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Mountains and Plains Booksellers Assemble in Denver
The Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association is holding its annual FallCon in Denver from October 6–9. As the trade show began, 226 booksellers representing 89 stores had registered, along with 22 librarians and 85 exhibitors.
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Milwaukee Welcomes Heartland Booksellers
Heartland Fall Forum, the joint fall trade show of the Midwest Independent Booksellers and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Associations, is taking place in Milwaukee this week—and it's been a celebration of everything that makes the Midwest book world unique.
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La Revo Books Is the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association's 2024 Bookstore of the Year
Two sisters, Barbara Cerda and Valeria Cerda, the co-owners of La Revo Books, a pop-up bookstore in Milwaukee, were named MIBA's booksellers of the year for 202. The two founded La Revo in 2021 to sell Spanish-language literature.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: October 7, 2024
‘Counting Miracles’ by Nicholas Sparks is the #1 book in the country. Plus online education stars Sharon Says So and Ms. Rachel debut at #3 and #4 respectively, and Sally Rooney’s ‘Intermezzo’ goes from must-have ARC to the #6 spot in the country.
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Book Biz Steps Up to Help Stores Hit by Hurricane Helene
While the Book Industry Charitable Foundation continues to raise funding to help Southeastern booksellers at need, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, booksellers, and publishers across the South are rallying to assist.
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PNBA Builds Back to Pre-Pandemic Attendance
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association wrapped up its annual trade show on October 1 in Portland, Ore. The show, executive director Brian Juenemann said, saw its best attendance since 2019.
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PNBA Brings Its People to Portland
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association members convened in Portland, Ore., September 29–October 1, with about 240 booksellers representing 86 stores visiting the Columbia Riverfront Holiday Inn.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 30, 2024
‘The Wild Robot’ by Peter Brown is the #10 book in the country just as the big-screen adaptation hits theaters. Plus Richard Osman, author of the Thursday Murder Club mysteries, launches a new series with ‘We Solve Murders,’ and stars of song, screen, and social media light up list with their new cookbooks.
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Women & Children First Named Inaugural Great Lakes Bookstore of the Year
The feminist bookstore, founded in 1979, has been named the Great Lakes Bookstore of the Year by the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. It is the inaugural recipient of the award.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 23, 2024
‘Somewhere Beyond the Sea,’ TJ Klune’s sequel to ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea,’ is the #2 book in the country. Plus new books from Liane Moriarty and Elizabeth Strout nab starred PW reviews, book club nods, and top 10 positions on our list.
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CALIBA Booksellers Discuss Marketing and Inventory Management
At the September 17–18 California Independent Booksellers Alliance meeting in Pasadena, members looked for effective ways to capture sales, promote their stores online and in person, and communicate with publishers and distributors.
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California Booksellers Join Forces in Pasadena
Booksellers gathered at the home of the Rose Bowl for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Fall Fest 2024, which took place September 17–18. Of 177 bookseller members from across the Golden State, 83 were first-time attendees; 46 exhibitor organizations and 36 authors also came to the regional trade show.
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NEIBA's Fall Conference Attracts 600 People to Boston
This year's New England Independent Booksellers Association conference, held September 11–13, brought together booksellers, publishers, and authors and highlighted such industry trends as the rising price of books and strong sales of horror and fantasy titles.
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How Booksellers Are Taking On Book Banners
Alongside educators and librarians, indie booksellers across the country are rising up to defend the freedom to read.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 16, 2024
Debut YA author Tigest Girma’s tale of Black vampires, ‘Immortal Dark,’ lands at #1 on our children’s fiction list. Plus Laurie Gilmore’s small-town romance ‘The Cinnamon Bun Book Store’ sweetens her Dream Harbor series, and new books by Matt Haig and Rachel Kushner nab starred reviews and bestseller list spots.
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Surveying the Fall Season: Children's Booksellers Share Trends and Their Must-Have Titles
We asked children's booksellers and buyers their predictions for the fall titles they'll be selling well this season.
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