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MIBA Executive Director Carrie Obry Steps Down
The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association announced that executive director Carry Obry has stepped down from her position, effective immediately. Operations manager Grace Hagen will serve as interim ED while the board searches for a permanent replacement.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: November 18, 2024
New books on the list this week include collector’s editions of three previously published YA novels, the first volume of a popular Korean romantasy webnovel, and more.
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SIBA, NAIBA Joint Trade Show Will Move to Atlanta in 2025
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance executive director Linda-Marie Barrett announced at the organization's annual meeting that the New Voices New Rooms trade show, held in partnership with the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, will head to Atlanta in 2025.
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Unionized Bookstore Workers Hold Pre-Holiday Rally at B&N Flagship
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union organized a rally outside the Barnes & Noble flagship store in New York City’s Union Square on November 14 in an effort to push the company into resolving disagreement on wages and reaching a contract with workers by the end of the year.
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Black Garnet Books in St. Paul Finds a Buyer
Minnesota's first Black woman–owned indie bookstore has changed hands five months after owner Dionne Sims announced that she intended to sell. The new owner—a self-described artist, academic, and an activist—will identify herself at an open house event at the store next week.
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Hannah Schwartz, Longtime Children's Bookseller, Dies at 87
Schwartz, who founded Children's Book World in Haverford, Pa., in 1989, died on November 8. The store, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, is one of the country's oldest children's bookstores.
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Book Club Picks for November 2024
A new novel by Nikki May, the latest thriller from Paula Hawkins, and an Indigenous environmental activist's memoir are among this month's selections from the nation's biggest book clubs.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: November 11, 2024
Books by Taylor Jenkins Reid and Travis Baldree return to our lists in new, deluxe editions, and Joseph Nguyen’s self-published hit ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Think’ gets an update and a traditional release. Plus ‘Throne of Secrets’ joins Kerri Maniscalco’s King of Sin series.
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ABA CEO Warns of New Challenges Post-Election
In a letter to members following the 2024 election, American Booksellers Association CEO Allison Hill voiced concerns about the future of the government's lawsuit against Amazon and the possibility of “new unconstitutional legislation and book bans” under a second Trump administration.
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B&N on Track to Open 60 Bookstores This Year
The book retailer plans to open 12 new stores in November as part of its goal of opening 60 outlets this year.
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