Follow ABA

       

Marketing

University Press Week: An Invitation to Celebrate

The Association of American University Presses and its members are inviting independent booksellers to join in celebrating the second annual University Press Week, to be held from November 10 through 16.

Indies Introduce Debuts: Choose Titles Now for Spring 2014

Two teams of booksellers have chosen the hottest upcoming debut titles to be part of the Indies Introduce spring promotion. There are 10 adult Debut Author picks and 10 children’s New Voices titles to choose from and an array of bookseller blurbs to help you decide before the October 25 sign-up deadline.

Indies First Logo Available for Download

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.

Signup Opens for Indies Introduce Spring Promotion

Twenty titles have been selected for the Spring 2014 Indies Introduce promotion — 10 adult Debut Author picks and 10 children’s New Voices, all chosen by booksellers as the best in new talent for the upcoming season. 

BTW News Briefs

WNBA announces National Reading Group Month picks; Changes coming to the Man Booker Prize; Business Book of the Year Award shortlist announced; CEO Update puts ABA’s Teicher on top CEO list; Winners of Glenn Goldman Bookseller Scholarship named

Thanks for Shopping Indie Signup Continues

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.

“Mud Season” Author to Chat With Customers Via Hotline

Ellen Stimson, author of the October Indie Next List pick Mud Season: How One Woman’s Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another, is offering her ear to bookstore customers in a unique promotion.

The September ’13 Now in Paperback Flier & Shelf-Talkers

The September Indie Next List’s 10 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

BTW News Briefs

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

Booksellers, Publishers Enthusiastic for California Bookstore Day

Planning is under way for the first-ever California Bookstore Day, a celebration of the written word and the culture of independent bookstores across the state, set for May 3, 2014. Last week, organizers launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to support publicity and marketing efforts for the event. 

Pages