Preregistration for the 2015 Find Waldo Local campaign is open through March 15. Participation is capped at 250 ABA member stores.

Booksellers making plans to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on May 2, 2015, should place their orders now for limited-edition, literary-themed merchandise developed by publishers exclusively for the event. Orders are due by February 1.

On Thursday, January 15, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed the recently passed Main Street Fairness legislation into law, thereby leveling the playing field for the state’s Main Street retailers.

Publishers Weekly is seeking nominations for its annual PW Bookstore and PW Sales Rep of the Year awards, which were created more than two decades ago to honor the country’s best independent booksellers and sales representatives.

Winter Institute attendees can kick off and end their stays in Asheville with customized tours of the Biltmore Estate and historic Asheville. Both tours are being offered on Sunday, February 8, and Thursday, February 12; however, advance ticket purchases are required.

This month, ABA welcomed two new staff members whose skills will help ABA in its mission to provide the best services, information, and education to member booksellers.

Stuart Michael Gersen, the co-owner of Portland, Maine’s Longfellow Books, died of lung cancer on January 17, 2015. He was 64 years old.

Egmont to close U.S. publishing operations; American Small Business Championship contest now open; National Book Critics Circle announces award finalists