BTW Articles

13 Jan

Binc Accepting Applications for 2015 Academic Scholarships

The Binc Foundation Scholarship Program will award $200,000 in scholarships this year to booksellers and their families. Applications are due by February 27. 

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14 Jan

Absurdities of the Global War on Terror Inspire Rep. Steve Israel’s First Novel

Rep. Steve Israel’s first novel, The Global War on Morris, is a comical story about the sometimes absurd, but very real, responses of our government to terror threats, “real and perceived, serious and imagined.”

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08 Jan

Book Industry, Free Speech Groups Condemn Charlie Hebdo Attack

The American Booksellers Association and the American Booksellers for Free Expression have joined the National Coalition Against Censorship in condemning this week’s terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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08 Jan

A Q&A With Christopher Scotton, Author of January’s #1 Indie Next List Pick

Christopher Scotton, the debut author of The Secret Wisdom of the Earth, talks about what inspired him to write a novel, the real-life experiences he brought to the story, and how he learned about the people and places of the book’s setting, the Appalachian Mountains.

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11 Dec

Hand-Picked Indie Favorites Hit the 2014 Indie Bestseller Lists

As 2014 draws to a close, the many favorite titles that independent booksellers enthusiastically hand-sold and helped book buyers discover during the year are appearing across the year-end Indie Bestseller Lists.

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22 Dec

Independent Bookstore Day Reveals 2015 Logo

Claire Anderson-Ramos of The Book Cellar in Chicago, Illinois, has created a colorful, inspiring logo for Independent Bookstore Day.

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22 Dec

Deadlines Approach for Wi10 Conference Fee Refund and Special Rate at Renaissance Hotel

Two important Winter Institute deadlines are drawing near: December 31 is the last day for booksellers to cancel their conference registration and still receive a refund; January 9 is the deadline to secure the special ABA rate for accommodations at the overflow hotel, the Renaissance Asheville.

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18 Dec

New Year, New Ventures: Three Bookstores to Open Branches in 2015

Three communities will be welcoming indie booksellers next year as Third Place Books, HugoBooks, and Anderson’s Bookshops each make plans to open an additional branch store. 

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18 Dec

James Patterson Fulfills $1M Pledge

Author James Patterson has announced the final 81 bookstores that will be receiving a total of $473,000 in grants as part of his $1 million Saving Bookstores, Saving Lives campaign.

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10 Dec

ABA Announces Partnership With Public Television’s Well Read

Readers visiting the website of the public television program Well Read will now find IndieBound included as a purchasing option for featured titles.

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