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22 Jan
About Bookselling
E-commerce

The 2024 Sales Survey Results Are In!

Thank you to everyone who answered this year’s sales survey! Here’s what we learned about your stores’ 2024 sales:

839 members responded to the 2024 sales survey.

Of our survey respondents, 52.7% said their 2024 sales were up from 2023. (17.4% said their stores had not been open long enough to accurately compare for 2023 and 2024.)

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15 Jan
About Bookselling
Blog

Partner Spotlight: Pixel and Ink

Pixel + Ink Creative creates charming sidelines like enamel pins, bookmarks, stickers, and more, and is based in southwest Louisiana.

Bookselling This Week spoke with Pixel + Ink’s Daneisha Davis to learn more about the company’s designs and origins. 

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04 Dec
About Bookselling
Blog

Partner Spotlight: NetGalley

NetGalley has been providing publishers (and booksellers, librarians, and other professional readers) with an alternative to physical galleys since 2008. Bookselling This Week spoke with Tarah Theoret, NetGalley's Senior Director of Community Experience to learn more.

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12 Nov
About Bookselling
Blog

University Press Week Is Here!

Organized by the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), University Press Week (UP Week) is an annual celebration of the work of university presses and their contributions to the larger publishing world.
 
Bookselling This Week spoke with AUPresses’ External Communication Manager, Annette Windhorn, to learn more about University Press Week and its relation to indie bookstores.

 

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30 Oct
About Bookselling
Advocacy
Technology

New Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement

Bookstores may have a new filing requirement! Deadline January 1, 2025!

 

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23 Oct
Advocacy
About Bookselling
Technology

6 Steps to Help Deal with Curation Protests

An increasing number of stores have been dealing with abuse or harassment because they do or do not carry certain books. We’ve collected some steps you can take if (or before!) your store faces curation challenges.

 

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16 Oct
About Bookselling
Blog

Partner Spotlight: ZingTrain

Zingerman's Training (ZingTrain) offers in-person seminars, virtual workshops, and private trainings that share practical and proven tools to strengthen business systems and build healthy organizational culture. 

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09 Oct
About Bookselling
Blog

Partner Spotlight: Withfriends

Withfriends helps indie bookstores get community support by making it easy to start and manage a membership program. Withfriends makes it incredibly easy to offer things like curated book-of-the-month clubs, exclusive member events, in-store discounts, online discounts, welcome swag kits, monthly book deliveries, and membership drives.

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02 Oct
About Bookselling
Blog

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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21 Aug
About Bookselling
Blog
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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