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Harvard Book Store Union Secures ‘Record’ New Contract
After more than three months of negotiations, approximately 30 unionized workers at Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., have secured a new contract that includes, among other benefits, increased starting salaries and a “record raise” for current employees.
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Children’s Institute 2025: ‘More Important Now Than Ever’
The American Booksellers Association’s Children’s Institute 2025 took place in Portland, Ore., June 11–14, with keynotes from Samira Ahmed, Mac Barnett, Mychal Threets, and a panel of LGBTQ+ authors.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: June 16, 2025
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere sits atop our hardcover fiction list. Plus Molly Jong-Fast’s staggering new memoir explains How to Lose Your Mother, and our children’s fiction list welcomes several new YA releases.
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Children's Institute 2025: Championing Ideas Over Ideology
This year’s Children’s Institute has begun in sunny Portland, Ore., with a welcome from American Booksellers Association CEO Allison Hill and an earnest keynote from “library joy” proponent Mychal Threets.
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Book Club Picks for June 2025
Good Morning America selects Taylor Jenkins Reid’s latest romance, Read with Jenna highlights Claire Lynch’s debut novel, and more.
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Center for Fiction Staff Win Union Recognition
Employees of the Brooklyn bookstore and literary hub have won voluntary union recognition from management and will begin contract negotiations in the coming weeks, joining the growing number of booksellers organized under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
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Barnes & Noble Makes Change in Nook Leadership
Replacing Susan McCulloch with Jennifer Perry is the latest move at the bookselling chain in its pivot to focus its resources on its bricks-and-mortar stores.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: June 9, 2025
Stephen King’s 'Never Flinch' is the #1 book in the country. Plus Ali Hazelwood has a 'Problematic Summer Romance' and Annabel Monaghan reassures everyone that 'It’s a Love Story'.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: June 2, 2025
Rachel Gillig tops the charts with the romantic fantasy The Knight and the Moth. Plus CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson commit Original Sin, and nature writer Robert Macfarlane asks, Is a River Alive?.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 26, 2025
Ocean Vuong’s second novel, The Emperor of Gladness, debuts at #2 on our hardcover fiction list and is the newest Oprah’s Book Club pick. Plus Kennedy Ryan’s third Skyland romance, Can’t Get Enough, lands at #2 on our trade paperback list, and Joe Abercrombie lightens his usual grimdark fare with The Devils.
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