BTW Articles

04 Apr

The Benefits of Working With Self-Published Authors

At a Winter Institute session that focused on how independent bookstores can form beneficial relationships with self-published authors, Paul Hanson of Village Books and Harvard Book Store’s Jeff Mayersohn shared details of their store’s successful practices, and Ron Smithson of Ingram Content Group introduced a program that will make it easy and profitable for indies to offer self-published works.

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03 Apr

A Q&A With Jill McCorkle, Author of #1 April Indie Next List Pick Life After Life

One of the two #1 picks for the April 2013 Indie Next List is Jill McCorkle’s Life After Life, which introduces readers to the world of Pine Haven Estates, a retirement community in Fulton, North Carolina. McCorkle recently spoke to Bookselling This Week about the genesis of the novel, the process of bringing her characters to life, and the reasons behind many authorial decisions.

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28 Mar

ABA Unveils Educational Program for BEA

Here’s a first look at the schedule of ABA educational programming at BookExpo America 2013. The free program is aimed toward ABA bookstore and provisional members but is open to all BEA attendees.

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28 Mar

Around Indies

Bookstore owners honored for giving back; Water Street named Business of the Year

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28 Mar

Discount to PEN World Voices Festival Available for Promotion to Indie Customers

The Ninth Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature will take place April 29 – May 5, in New York City. Through a partnership with the ABA, PEN is providing a promo code that will allow ABA bookstore members to offer their customers tickets at 20 percent off the regular price.

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21 Mar

Booksellers Address Best Practices for Increasing Genre Sales

At Winter Institute 8, Towne Book Center & Cafe’s Kit Little, Boswell Book Company’s Jason Kennedy, and Mysteryscape’s Cheri LeBlond discussed their stores’ best practices for promoting sales of romance, science fiction, and mystery titles with booksellers interested in increasing their genre sales.

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21 Mar

ABC Group Members Invited Into Illustrators’ Studios During BEA

The Children’s Book Council and the ABC Children’s Group at ABA are inviting booksellers on a tour of children’s illustrators’ studios to give them a behind-the-scenes peek during BEA into the creative lives of today’s top talent. Registration is free and open to ABC Group at ABA bookstore members only.

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14 Mar

Around Indies

Indie bookstore to open in Bryn Mawr; Porter Square seeks new owners; Chester County to reopen in new space; Housing Works and McNally Jackson collaborate

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14 Mar

Two Reasons to Celebrate in April

April marks National Poetry Month and JazzApril — two celebrations that lend themselves to bookstore events and sales. Resources to promote each are available from the Academy of American Poets and the Jazz Journalists Association, respectively.

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14 Mar

Sales at Bookstores Up in January

January retail sales at bookstores increased 5.5 percent compared to January 2012, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

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