Five Important Stories You Need to Read and Act On

Today’s Bookselling This Week is filled with important stories that all ABA members should read and act on. We lead with the latest news about registration and hotel reservations for Winter Institute 12, followed by a letter from ABA President Betsy Burton on a new study from Civic Economics, which shows Amazon’s detrimental effect on local communities is increasing at an alarming rate, as well as other topics

The next three stories are about initiatives that can help booksellers sell more books in the days and months ahead: an announcement of Lena Dunham as this year’s Indies First spokesperson and details about publisher offers for this November’s celebration; a new Indie Next List e-newsletter for your customers, powered by Shelf Awareness; and the 10 adult and 10 children’s Indies Introduce titles for the Winter/Spring 2017 season.

Please read and take action:

• 2017 Winter Institute Selling Out Very Quickly
   
• On ABA, Amazon, and Activism, Not to Mention Indies First and Lena Dunham: A Letter From ABA’s President
   
• Lena Dunham Named Spokesperson for Indies First
   
• Signup Opens for New Monthly Indie Next List E-Newsletter for Your Customers
   
• Winter/Spring 2017 Indies Introduce Titles Announced, Signup Opens