Between Small Business Saturday and the Thanks for Shopping Indie and Kobo Mini promotions, many ABA members were reporting increases in holiday weekend sales and a renewed sense of appreciation for locally owned businesses among their customers.

President Obama shops local; Booksellers upbeat; Harvard Book Store celebrates; Greenlight’s Stockton Bagnulo talks e-fairness on MSNBC; Sebastopol Copperfield’s introduces new GM

As ABA members began receiving their shipments of Kobo eReaders earlier this month, a number of stores launched creative and personalized promotions to spread the word to customers.

Gulliver’s Books changes hands; Politics & Prose on SNL; MSNBC visits [words]; Seminary Co-op moves; The Peregrine Book Company opens its doors

Booksellers are busy putting the final touches on their own unique plans for the Thanks for Shopping Indie promotion, which begins on November 24, Small Business Saturday.

Quail Ridge owner plans to sell business; Napa’s Copperfield’s reopens; Centuries and Sleuths featured

This week it became official: Mary Gay Shipley has sold That Bookstore in Blytheville, in Blytheville, Arkansas, to Grant Hill, effective January 2, 2013.

Several ABA member bookstores affected by last week’s hurricane are still working towards recovery. Among them are Bank Square Books, which has been closed due to severe flooding since last Monday, and New Jersey’s BookTowne, which has been closed for 10 days due to power failure.

DIESEL gives thanks; Washington stores host “My Bookstore” lit crawl; Northshire closer to second location

With the help of the Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates, Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Missouri, has a new look in time for the holiday season.