Main Street/Shop Local

Harvey Finkel, owner of The Clinton Book Shop, is coordinating Clinton, New Jersey’s first Apple ‘n’ Pumpkin Harvest Festival to be held this Sunday, October 11.

Archestratus Books sets up shop in Brooklyn; Greenlight Bookstore pops up at Play Kids; Phoenix Books holds grand opening for Rutland branch; BookPeople of Moscow celebrates anniversary of First Thursday

Starting October 1, Amazon and other online retailers with nexus in Michigan are required to collect and remit the state’s six percent sales tax.

Cheryl Strayed, the bestselling author of Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, Torch, and the forthcoming Brave Enough, is calling on her fellow authors to show their support for independent bookstores by linking to indie websites and by signing up to be booksellers at their favorite indies on Small Business Saturday.

Advocates for Independent Business, a coalition of trade associations and other organizations representing locally owned, independent businesses, is cheering a new accounting rule requiring local and state governments to annually disclose the amount of tax breaks they give to corporations in the name of economic development.

Find Waldo Local to return for fifth year; SIBA welcomes new and returning board members; BISG announces 2015 Lifetime Service Award recipient; University of Akron Press to reopen

The atmosphere at Mitzi’s Books in Rapid City, South Dakota, gives off a hearty “Shop Local” vibe, due in part to its use of resources from ABA’s IndieBound marketing program. 

Find Waldo Local’s fourth year wrapped up last week after a month-long celebration of the shop local movement in downtown business districts across the country.

Congress raises SBA lending ceiling; Man Booker Prize announces 2015 longlist; BookBrowse publishes white paper on book clubs; AAUP responds to closure of University of Akron Press; New England Book Award winners announced

One year into business, Kicks Mix Bookstore in Newark, Ohio, is finding its niche as part of a burgeoning downtown community.

Independent Bookstore Day organizers are inviting publishers to submit proposals for merchandise with unique literary and artistic value that would inspire readers to line up outside of indie bookstores for the April 30, 2016, celebration.

Bluebird Books hosts Superman-themed Shop Local scavenger hunt; Burke’s Book Store changes with the times, marks 140 years; Lake Country Booksellers celebrates 35th anniversary; Business magazine features King’s English for Local First efforts; Joyce Meskis discusses Tattered Cover’s changing ownership

Letterpress Books, which opened in Portland, Maine, in October 2013, is seeing business increase by the day, bolstered by good word-of-mouth, Portland’s strong Buy Local movement, and its owners’ commitment to filling the diverse needs of the local community.

Find Waldo Local 2015 begins on Wednesday, July 1, at indie bookstores and other locally owned businesses across the country. The event, sponsored by Candlewick Press and ABA, has become a summer tradition.

Antigone Books to celebrate Independents Week; Itinerant Literate profiled for unique approach to bookselling; Finally Found Books goes nonprofit