BTW Articles

09 May

Titles Announced, Signup Opens for Fall Celebrate Debut Authors Promotion

Bookseller committees have chosen 22 debut titles for this fall’s Celebrate Debut Authors With Indies promotion. All ABA member bookstores, including those that did not participate in the spring promotion, can access full details of the fall offer and sign up now.

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06 Jun

Act Now: Indies Introduce Debut Authors Deadline Extended

The signup deadline for this fall’s promotion Indies Introduce Debut Authors has been extended to Friday, June 21. The program enables booksellers to introduce their customers to 22 of the best new writers for children and adults while taking advantage of publisher specials.

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06 Jun

Evaluating Your Remainder Buying: Insights From BEA

On Wednesday morning at last week’s BEA, Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore and Mary Magers of Magers & Quinn shared their best practices for remainder buying. Offering remainders can help bookstores provide “great books at great prices in a great atmosphere that keeps readers reading longer,” Shanks said.

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04 Jun

Indie Booksellers Recommend Summer Titles on NPR

Just in time for summer reading, on Tuesday, June 4, NPR’s Morning Edition featured summer picks by three independent booksellers.

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31 May

John Sargent on the Whole Damn Thing

During the Wednesday morning plenary session that kicked off this year’s “Bookselling Today & ABA Education” track at BEA, Macmillan CEO John Sargent discussed recent events within the book industry, challenges that threaten it, and his ultimate hope for the future with outgoing ABA President Becky Anderson of Anderson’s Bookshops.

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22 May

Seattle Book Community Raises Funds for Boston Bombing Victims

Last week, Seattle’s University Book Store partnered with local author Mary Jane Beaufrand to hold an in-store fundraiser for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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22 May

Community Bookstore to Open Terrace Books

Next month, Community Bookstore, located in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, will be opening a new store in the former Babbo’s Books. Terrace Books will function primarily as a used bookshop and will serve the neighborhood of Windsor Terrace.

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23 May

Study Finds No Technical Reasons for Closed E-Book Ecosystems

At its annual conference held last Thursday, May 16, in Brussels, the European & International Booksellers Federation released the results of a study that found no technical or functional obstacles to an open e-book ecosystem.

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23 May

Around Indies

Main Point Books set to open; Modern Times Bookstore seeks community’s help

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09 May

Pomegranate Books Promotes E-Book Sales at Author Events

The events calendar at Pomegranate Books, a general bookstore in Wilmington, North Carolina, is consistently filled with author readings, children’s events, lectures and workshops, community gatherings, and more. And while the bookstore stocks a wide selection of inventory, owner Kathleen Jewell is especially interested in health and healing and finding ways to promote the store’s ability to sell e-books.

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