ABA member stores can order this year’s ABC Best Books for Young Readers catalog until today, October 12. The catalog will feature nearly 150 frontlist and backlist titles for children and teens, all suggested by ABA member booksellers and selected by a committee of children's booksellers. The full-color, 20-page consumer circular is expected to be in stores in late October.

The Freedom to Read petition is still active, but it will be closing soon. Booksellers are asked to sign and share the petition in support of the Freedom to Read with staff and anyone who opposes the escalating book bans and challenges continuing across the country. Thus far, the petition has garnered nearly 1,500 signatures. You do not need a BookWeb account to sign the petition. Let’s make our voices heard by our elected officials.

Small Business Majority is celebrating National Women's Small Business Month this October! Join these free events designed by women for women to learn about new resources and to hear from business owners. The free events include how to qualify for a $10,000 grant opportunity, crowdfunding 101 & alternative funding options for women, federal, state, and local contracting opportunities for women business owners, and an economic equity business forum on advancing women of color in business. 

CABS-Minnesota / Antiquarian Book School Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2023 Diverse Voices Fellowship on used and rare bookselling. Fellowship activities include a two-day field school in Atlanta, Georgia; a week-long seminar in Minnesota; and a variety of virtual events. Travel, lodging, and meals are covered by the fellowship. People of color, people who identify as LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, people from low-income backgrounds, and people who identify as women, non-binary, and/or trans are eligible to apply.

From ABA’s health coverage partner LIG Solutions, here is what you need to know about staying healthy this Fall and Winter. 

Election day is rapidly approaching. As a small business owner, you know better than most that politics is part of your business. We have created some social media assets to help you engage your customers to vote this upcoming Election Day, November 8. Booksellers, check out our infographic sharing why it's important to vote this Election Day and how you can get out the vote to support your community.

Rhiannon Wilde is the author of Henry Hamlet’s Heart, a Summer/Fall 2022 Indies Introduce Young Adult selection, and November/December 2022 Kids’ Next List pick. Here Melissa Taylor of E. Shaver, Bookseller in Savannah, GA and Kassie King of The Novel Neighbor in Webster Groves, MO discuss Henry Hamlet’s Heart.

Here is a preview of the titles on the November/December 2022 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Kids’ Box mailing.

• Atomic Books
• Distant Planet Comics Collectibles 
• Downtown Book and Sound
• Em and Em’s Books
• Famished
• Green Bean Books
• Philippine Expressions Bookshop
• Reach and Teach
• Read Rose Books
• Redux Society 

• Semicolon Bookstore 
• Serenity Book Shop
• Sugar Island Bakery & Supplies
• The Bronx is Reading
• The Humble Bumble 
• The Publishing Industry
• The Salt Eaters Bookshop
• The Tome Bookstore 
• Townie Books 
• Wing Luke Museum