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30 Mar

Prizes From Children’s Institute Keynote Speakers Up for Grabs

Through March 31, every Children’s Institute bookseller registration received from an ABC Children’s Group member store will be entered into a drawing to win prizes from the event’s keynote speakers. Stores can join the ABC Group now to have their membership retroactively applied to the drawing.

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25 Mar

Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards Voting Underway

A variety of tools are available to help booksellers promote the ninth annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards. Voting continues through April 25, and the winners will be announced during Children’s Book Week, May 2–8. 

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23 Mar

Louisiana Law Levels Playing Field for Main Street Retailers

Starting April 1, certain remote retailers will be required to collect and remit Louisiana sales tax, as a result of e-fairness legislation passed earlier this month.

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23 Mar

Children’s Institute Updates: Backlist Book Swap, Author Reception, and Scholarship Application Deadline

The fourth ABC Children’s Institute will kick off in June with a children’s book-themed Backlist Book Swap; 16 new authors have been added to the Author Reception; and March 31 marks the deadline for scholarship applications. 

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23 Mar

Anonymous Targets City of Denver, Tattered Cover

In a protest over the City of Denver’s approach to handling its homeless population, the activist hacker group Anonymous has threatened to dox — release the personal information of — those it says support Denver’s camping bans. 

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22 Mar

Kobo Super Sale Kicks Off March 24

Kobo is offering a five-day Super Sale of up to 80 percent off select eBooks from March 24 to 28.

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16 Mar

Wi11: Inventory Maintenance Strategies for Children’s Series

At Winter Institute 11, an education session presented by the ABC Group at ABA looked at the special challenges that booksellers face in managing inventory for young readers’ series in both general interest and children’s bookstores. 

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15 Mar

Retail Sales at Bookstores Up in January

Retail sales at bookstores were up by 3.8 percent in January 2016 compared to January 2015, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.
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16 Mar

Register for Children’s Institute by March 31 and Be Entered to Win

Through March 31, every bookseller registration for Children’s Institute received from an ABC Children’s Group member store will be entered into a drawing to win one of three prizes from the event’s keynote speakers.

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09 Mar

New Handout Promotes Linking to Indie Bookstores for Book Sales

To address an ongoing challenge facing indie booksellers, ABA has created a customizable handout that encourages authors and other hosts of consumer websites to link to independent bookstores for book sales.

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