Politics and Prose’s Meade retires; Dog Ears adds café; BookCourt to host Sandy Benefit; Literati to open in Ann Arbor

Booksellers who hold in-store sales on New Year’s Day agree that it has numerous benefits. From how to handle inventory and merchandising decisions, to learning the best ways to promote the event, booksellers talked to BTW about how they make the most of a New Year’s Day sale.

After an enthusiastic and profitable kickoff to the holiday season, sales and spirits remained high through the end of the year at a number of indie bookstores surveyed by Bookselling This Week.

Westport booksellers named Women of the Year; Word Up reaches fundraising goal; Prairie Lights to launch publishing program; River Lights becomes wedding venue for owner’s daughter

Jill Curcio and Dianne Edmonds, the owners of Los Altos, California’s Linden Tree Books, are winners in the Small Business Big Wishes campaign sponsored by software company Intuit.

NYT reports indie bookstores thriving; Monte Cristo opens; New indie eyes space in downtown Ann Arbor; Cash mob descends on Readers’ Books

In Riverside, California, in early November Linda Nurick opened Cellar Door Books, a 1,745-square-foot general bookstore with a hand-selected inventory and big plans to engage the area’s entire community of readers.

Bookseller launches fundraiser to buy Learned Owl; Red Lodge has best year; Elliott Bay hosts same-sex marriage

ABA President Becky Anderson writes about the kickoff of the holiday season and some of the special events and initiatives at Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, Illinois.

Mysterious Galaxy honored with Raven Award; Monkey See, Monkey Do raises funds for organ procurement program; Galaxy Bookshop celebration benefits local library