Monday, October 12, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a day dedicated to honoring Indigenous communities and their history, culture, and accomplishments.

Need a few title recommendations (for yourself or your customers!) as you celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day? Here are a few titles that recently appeared on ABA lists:

• Cloud Runner: Poems by Joy Harjo (featured in the 2026 Indie Gift Guide)
• The Birthing Tree: A Novel by Amanda Peters (an Indie Next List pick)

For more titles, you can also check out the book lists from Indigenous Reads Rising, an initiative from We Need Diverse Books.

Booksellers who joined us at Children's Institute 2026 (Ci2026) in Schaumburg, IL, may remember the Pride Bookselling History signage we had displayed at the event. 

This LGBTQ+ History Month, we've brought all the valuable history from that display to BookWeb. 

If you weren't able to join us at Ci2026 (or you didn't have a chance to pause and take in the display!) you can now read about these historic bookstores!

Have you ordered Indie Bookstore Day exclusives for your store yet?

Some items are already sold out, so don’t wait! Order exclusives through your Member Dashboard now!

You must be a logged-in ABA member to access the form.

Stores that order exclusives will automatically be included in our Indie Bookstore Day 2027 map of participating stores. The deadline to order is November 5.

If you don’t want to carry exclusives, but still want to appear on the 2027 Indie Bookstore Day map of participating stores, you can also sign up from your Member Dashboard.

Indies First and Small Business Saturday are the perfect launchpad for the holiday season. 

If you need some ideas for how to prepare, check out the recording of our recent ShopTalk, “Holiday Shopping Starts Here — Preparing for Indies First.”

If you have not already, sign up to participate in Indies First and appear on our map of participating stores. The deadline to sign up is October 28.

You can also check out the Indies First Planning Guide, download Indies FIrst assets, and take advantage of this year’s Indies First publisher offers!

There’s still time to sign up to take advantage of the Winter/Spring 2027 publisher offers!

Fill out the Indies Introduce sign-up form by October 14 to participate in this program.

Stores that have signed up for past Indies Introduce promotions do not need to sign up again.

Marketing assets are now available for the 2026 Best Books for Young Readers catalog.

This year's catalog features artwork from Story Rug, illustrated by Phoebe Wahl and written by Sophie Blackall.

The catalog includes 151 titles across board books, picture books, beginning readers, tweens, and YA. There are also graphic novels, nonfiction, and books in translation! A total of 95,000 printed catalogs are on the way to bookstores across the country.

If your store is a member of the ABA Children’s Group, you should already have received your physical copies of the catalog.

Check out the latest in our Need to Know series!

In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, this Need to Know focuses on protecting your business from the dangers of phishing and outlines clear steps on what to do if something goes wrong.

This one-pager also includes a handy list of resources!

Designs with Jamie has partnered with ABA to offer discounts to ABA member stores!

Designs with Jamie is an AAPI woman-owned stationery and gift company that specializes in hand-drawn designs that spark joy and connection. Her products also include The Love Hypothesis Collection, a line of officially licensed merchandise based on Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novel.

Visit BookWeb’s Business Services page to learn more.

Here are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the November 2026 Indie Next List flier. The top pick? Public Access Afterworld: A Novel by Jane Schoenbrun. 

And, to mark the start of a new month, October Indie Next List and September/October Kids’ Indie Next List social media assets are live on BookWeb.

Inez Ray is the author of Buzzard, a Summer/Fall 2026 Indies Introduce selection.

Here, Ray and Jocele Skinner of Shared Stories Books in Caldwell, ID, discuss Buzzard.

You can also visit the ABA podcast, BookED, to listen to this interview.

Here is the Indie SciFi/Fantasy Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 6.

Gallagher, ABA’s health coverage partner, has put together a brief guide to help you understand Medicare enrollment.