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11 Feb
Indie Next List Preview
Children’s Bookselling

March/April 2026 Kids’ Indie Next List Preview

Here is a preview of the titles on the March/April 2026 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Kids’ Box mailing.

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11 Feb
Events
ABC Children’s Institute
Scholarships

Booksellers Win Scholarships to Children's Institute 2026

The awards cover the conference fee, hotel stay, and up to $600 in travel expenses to Children's Institute 2026 in Schaumburg, IL.

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04 Feb
Advocacy Testimony

ABA Memo in Opposition to Wisconsin AB 961

February 5, 2026

Memo in Opposition to AB 961 from the American Booksellers Association

Honorable Members of the Wisconsin Assembly Children and Families Committee,

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04 Feb
Advocacy Testimony

ABA Testimony Against UT HB 197S01

Honorable members of the Utah House Education Committee,

On behalf of the American Booksellers Association, the not-for-profit trade association of independent bookstores including 41 small businesses in Utah, I urge you to oppose HB 197 and its recent substitute. 

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04 Feb
Advocacy Updates
Advocacy

Advocacy Update: February 4, 2026

Advocacy Update for the week of February 4, 2026.

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04 Feb
Indies Introduce
Indies Introduce Interview

Indies Introduce Q&A with Reena Shah

“Every Happiness is a stunning and unflinching debut! Amidst its luminescent prose, you will find complex, flawed characters you can’t help but root for and themes that come alive on the page. The longing Reena Shah infused into every word is so painfully potent that it blurs the line between reader and character,” said Cassie Goodwin of Loudmouth Books in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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04 Feb
Specialty Bookselling

The Indie Romance Bestseller List

Here is the Indie Romance Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 1, 2026. 

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04 Feb
Indie Next List Preview

The March 2026 Indie Next List Preview

Here are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the March 2026 Indie Next List flier.

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04 Feb
About Bookselling
Blog

Partner Spotlight: Morgan Swank Studio

Morgan Swank Studio is a woman-owned and operated business selling cheeky but wholesome greeting cards and gifts for people who don’t take themselves too seriously.

Bookselling This Week met with Morgan Swank to learn more. 

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02 Feb
Advocacy Testimony

ABA Submits Written Testimony Against New Hampshire SB 434

Honorable members of the Senate Education Committee,

On behalf of the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and the 25 independent bookstores we represent in New Hampshire, I write to urge you to oppose SB 434. In addition to the unrestrained censorship and inequity it will cause in New Hampshire schools, it will jeopardize the next generation of engaged readers, and with them, the future of bookselling. 

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