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02 Oct
About Bookselling
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Partner Spotlight: PartnerShip

PartnerShip helps small businesses save time and money on all their shipping needs. With a vast network of carrier partnerships and industry knowledge, PartnerShip can help you find all the best shipping options for your store.

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25 Sep
About Bookstores
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International Podcast Day: Indie Bookstores With Podcasts

Monday, September 30, is International Podcast Day! Celebrate by listening to a bookish podcast from an indie bookstore!

There are plenty of indie bookstore podcasts out there. Does favorite store have one? We've rounded up a few indie bookstore podcasts to get you started.

Bookstore Explorer

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11 Sep
Advocacy
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Free Expression Friday: “Trouble in Censorville” with Rebekah Modrak and Willie Carver, Jr.

Rebekah Modrak is one of the editors of Trouble in Censorville: The Far Right's Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who are Fighting Back; Willie Carver, Jr. is a former Kentucky Teacher of the Year and one of the voices in the book.

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21 Aug
About Bookselling
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Diversity & Inclusion

Partner Spotlight: PayUSA

Partner Spotlight is a new series designed to highlight the vendors that partner with ABA to offer discounted products, services, and business opportunities to ABA members.
PayUSA offers powerful, scalable payroll processing tools to fit your business needs. Bookselling This Week spoke to PayUSA President/CEO Christian Hoyt to learn more about the company and Hoyt's love of indie bookstores. 
 
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16 Aug
Advocacy
Blog

Free Expression Friday: South Carolina Book Bans with Tayler Simon, Liberation is Lit

Tayler Simon is the creator of Liberation is Lit in Columbia, South Carolina. 

 
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31 Jul
About Bookselling
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Diversity & Inclusion

Partner Spotlight: Page Anchor

Page Anchor offers jewelry quality bookmarks designed for hands-free reading. Owner Colin McKinna met with Bookselling This Week to talk about the product, the company, and his lifelong love of indie bookstores. 

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24 Jul
Advocacy
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This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the weeks of July 17 and July 24, 2024.

 

 

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17 Jul
Winter Institute
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Getting Ready for Wi2025: The Sights in Denver

For every city that's selected to host an Institute, there is a site visit. Months ahead of time, a small ABA scouting team goes ahead to tour the convention facilities and iron out the details of the upcoming event. Here's a glimpse of what awaits us all in Denver.
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12 Jul
Blog

Free Expression Friday: Good Books Young Troublemakers, the YA Book Club Teaching Allyship

Tanvi Rastogi, former librarian and current bookseller at Dog-Eared Books of Ames, Iowa, is the founder of the Good Books Young Troublemakers book club. ABFE spoke with Tanvi about the book club, its origins, and its mission. 

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11 Jul
Advocacy
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This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of July 11, 2024.

 

 

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