Book News

Visitors to bookstores participating in Independent Bookstore Day will have the opportunity to download a selection of complimentary digital audiobooks.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 19, 2017.

In this excerpt from the forthcoming trade paperback edition of My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop, author Kristin Harmel pays tribute to Writer’s Block Bookstore.

The New Press, a not-for-profit publisher of books with educational, cultural, and community value, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

Amazon to collect and remit sales tax in New Mexico; Bertelsmann to raise Random House stake; Ingram to offer poetry newsletter; Two new Amazon stores planned; The Mothers to head to movie screens; Lambda Literary finalists, Tiptree Award, Plimpton Prize, Terry Southern Prize,  and Story Prize winners announced

In this excerpt from the upcoming trade paperback edition of My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop, author Carolyn Hart pays tribute to Full Circle Bookstore.

The 13 books in translation on the Man Booker International Prize 2017 longlist were announced Wednesday, March 15.

BookExpo has announced the titles to be featured at this year’s adult, YA, and middle grade Editors’ Buzz panels.

After the 2016 election, Little Shop of Stories created the store's first-ever Year of Kindness project, which uses monthly themed book clubs and events to help kids and parents explore ideas of community and compassion.

National Book Award submissions open, booksellers on judges panel; HarperCollins turns 200; Paz & Associates introduces online management training; PEN/Faulkner finalists, Baileys Prize longlist announced

Stores can request an event kit to promote the new edition of My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop, releasing in time for Independent Bookstore Day.

Voting opened on March 3 for the 10th annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards, the national book awards program in which the winners are selected by children and teens of all ages.

Transfer of Perseus Books distribution completed; PRH to publish Obamas; WNDB internship application opens; Hummingbird offers new discount program; Study finds post-millennials prefer physical stores; Amazon opens East Coast store; #FreeWordsTurkey petition presented to German government; LA Times Book Prize finalists announced 

Canada’s Coach House Books publishes innovative literary fiction, poetry, film and drama, works in translation, and select nonfiction, including a series of books about Toronto.

Here are the 20 Indie Next Great Reads and 12 Now in Paperback titles featured on the April 2017 Indie Next List flier on its way to stores in the IndieBound movement.