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.
Three e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include romance, steals and deals, and titles from George Pelecanos.
Though last week’s torrential rain in Colorado’s Front Range led to catastrophic flooding across 17 counties, the worst damage to Colorado booksellers has been in lost sales.
Registration for ABA’s IndieCommerce Institute to be held on Wednesday, October 2, in San Francisco in conjunction with the NCIBA trade show, closes next Tuesday, September 24.
Bestselling author James Patterson announced on Monday that he will be giving away $1 million of his own money to independent bookstores over the course of the next 12 months.
On October 3, the NCIBA trade show and the Heartland Fall Forum begin, and ABA will be at each to present an education session on the Affordable Care Act and to meet with booksellers on the trade show floor.
Over the course of the next month, all active member stores will receive a phone call from a representative of ABA who will be asking the store owner or manager to answer a series of questions aimed at gathering current information about key contacts for a variety of member programs and initiatives.
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This month, Alamosa Books in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is expanding into a second storefront to create a larger events space, an in-store café, a separate teen reading room, and a bigger selection of adult titles.
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