Literacy/Reading

09 Apr

Around Indies

Becky Anderson wins Naperville City Council seat; Barrington Books to open second location; Our Town Books employee to purchase shop; Let’s Play Books! hosts Little Free Library

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09 Apr

Survey Finds Millennials Prefer Print Books, Physical Bookstores

Recent research has found that people born between 1982 and 2004 — the generation known as Millennials — are more interested in print rather than digital reading. 

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25 Mar

Bookstores Strategize for Screen-Free Week 2015

There are a variety of ways for booksellers to get involved in this year’s annual celebration of Screen-Free Week, which takes place from May 4 – 10 and coincides with Children’s Book Week.

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17 Mar

Children’s Book Week Display Contest, Toolkit Details Announced

In celebration of the 96th annual Children’s Book Week, running this year from May 4 to 10, booksellers are once again invited to participate in the Children’s Book Week Display Contest.

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26 Feb

96th Annual Children’s Book Week Poster Unveiled

The official 2015 Children’s Book Week poster, commemorating the 96th year of the reading and literacy celebration, was designed by Grace Lee, a storybook artist for Disney Publishing Worldwide.

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18 Feb

Special Promo for PEN World Voices Festival Available to Booksellers, Customers

From May 4 – 10, 2015, more than 100 writers from 30 countries will gather in New York for the 11th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. This year’s program, co-curated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will provide a rare chance to hear voices and perspectives from contemporary Africa and its diaspora.

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29 Jan

BTW News Briefs

Children’s Choice Book Awards adds three new categories; S&S to debut Scout Press this fall; Ten publishers sign with IPG and its subsidiaries

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23 Dec

BTW News Briefs

Penguin Random House extends #GiveaBook campaign; Author Jeffrey Stayton gives $1,500 to independent bookstores; Wiley Chairman Peter Booth Wiley to retire

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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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11 Dec

BTW News Briefs

Brookline Booksmith customer wins A.J. Fikry sweepstakes; NPR’s Morning Edition announces first book club pick; BookCon grows partnership with We Need Diverse Books; Kobo launches “buy more, save more” program; Consumers look to shop local this holiday season; Scholastic report details kids’ reading habits; Chronicle Books to distribute Quadrille Publishing

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25 Nov

BTW News Briefs

James Patterson calls on President Obama to support reading; HarperCollins to offer samples of bestsellers to JetBlue customers; Ursula K. Le Guin delivers show-stopping speech at National Book Awards

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11 Sep

BTW News Briefs

ICSC poll finds support for e-fairness at all-time high; Chase and Google to award small business grants; Study analyzes reading habits of Millennials; Man Booker Prize shortlist revealed; Neil Gaiman to present lifetime achievement award to Ursula Le Guin; Ellen Chodosh named director of NYU Press

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20 Aug

Videos, Handouts From Institute Sessions Bring Learning to the Bookstore

As a benefit of ABA membership, booksellers have unlimited access to all session videos and handouts from 2014’s ABC Children’s Institute, as well as handouts and select videos from Winter Institute 9 and other educational resources. 

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01 Jul

World Book Night U.S. Suspends Operations

After three years in which thousands of volunteer givers distributed more than a million and half specially printed paperbacks, World Book Night U.S. has announced that it is suspending operations due to a lack of outside funding.

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26 Jun

Winter Book Bucks Winners Receive Gift Certificates to Indie Stores

Fifty students have each been awarded a $100 gift certificate to be used to purchase books at an ABA member bookstore as part of author James Patterson’s Winter Book Bucks program.

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