Bill to limit Amazon’s advantage moves forward in France; Reading Group Choices’ 2014 guide out now; National survey details reading habits; NRF predicts modest growth during holidays; Consumers use smartphones, tablets to shop; California Bookstore Day website live; NCAC in New York Times Sunday Dialogue; Thurber Prize goes to Dan Zevin; Penguin Random House merges audio; HarperCollins joins Scribd’s e-book subscription service; Chronicle Books goes green; BISG announces new mission statement, industry award winners, F+W Media partnership

To aid booksellers, authors, and publishers in promoting Indies First –– the grassroots movement initiated by Sherman Alexie earlier this month –– a logo has been created and made available for download in BookWeb’s Designs and Downloads.

ABA member bookstores still have time to sign up for Thanks for Shopping Indie, the multi-publisher promotion that kicks off with the celebration of Small Business Saturday on November 30, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Promo codes for ordering titles are now available.

As Small Business Saturday (November 30 this year) gets closer, booksellers are encouraged to put their bookstores on the map and take advantage of marketing materials provided by American Express to encourage spending at small businesses over the Thanksgiving weekend and beyond.

National Book Foundation names 5 Under 35 honorees; Man Booker Prize shortlist revealed; Survey finds travelers prefer print books; BISG announces Lifetime Achievement Award winner; Promotions champion European bookstores; Judge finalizes restrictions on Apple

The local currency program BerkShares is celebrating its seventh anniversary of keeping local dollars in the community. More than four million BerkShares have circulated since the program’s inception and the number of participating businesses has grown to more than 400.

A flood of positive responses from authors and booksellers followed last week’s announcement of Indies First, the grassroots movement initiated by Sherman Alexie, who called on his fellow authors to support independent booksellers by volunteering at a store of their choice on Small Business Saturday, November 30, 2013.

Author Sherman Alexie has launched Indies First, a grassroots movement that calls on authors to show their support for independent booksellers by signing up to work at their favorite indie bookstore on Small Business Saturday, celebrated this year on November 30, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Today show creates book club; Overstock continues play for Amazon customers; Quebec proposes regulation of book prices; Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble settle dispute; Small Business Administration names acting administrator; May 2014 damages trial scheduled for Apple

Last weekend, the Opinion Pages of the New York Times’ Sunday Review featured “Tumult in the Book World,” a dialogue in letters, including one from ABA President Steve Bercu, that were solicited by the paper to answer the question “Can traditional bookstores survive the digital marketplace?”