The 2013 Winter Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, is made possible by the overall support of the Ingram Content Group, Wi8’s lead sponsor, and the support of more than 40 large and small publishers.

Online retailers begin collecting sales tax in Georgia; Publishers and Google reach settlement in copyright case; Hachette restructures sales force; NRF and Shop.org forecast solid holiday sales growth; Calvin Trillin wins Thurber Prize

Kodak, On Demand Books, and ReaderLink announce partnership; Pietsch to succeed Young as HBG CEO; Penguin to launch graphic novel imprint

With last week’s federal court order entering as final judgment the Department of Justice’s e-book pricing settlement with Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster, the three publishers are working on agreements to replace the agency model for e-books.

For the third year, Workman Publishing is sponsoring the Joe Drabyak Frontline Fellowship to the Winter Institute. The fellowship provides airfare, lodging, and the meal fee for one bookseller to attend Winter Institute 8 in Kansas City, Missouri, from February 23 - 25, 2013.

Today, ABA announced that Ingram Content Group will be the exclusive distributor of Kobo eReaders as part of the ABA/Kobo eBook solution.

Thanks for Shopping Indie, the first-ever multi-publisher promotion exclusively for ABA member bookstores, will give booksellers the opportunity to offer  an “extra” to customers on a broad range of 2012 Indie Next List titles.

Ingram offers extended terms on calendars; Google to buy Frommer’s travel guides; Gen Y takes lead in book buying; NAIPR Basic goes live; WNBA launches annual writing contest; Thurber and SCIBA award finalists announced

Ingram offers new color POD option; NPR reveals top 100 teen books

HarperCollins completes acquisition of Thomas Nelson; Google’s Nexus 7 tablet gets strong reviews; European e-book growth slow but inevitable