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21 Jan

Thank you to everyone who answered this year’s sales survey! Here’s what we learned about your stores’ 2025 sales:

382 members responded to the 2025 sales survey.

Of our survey respondents, 73.3% said their 2025 sales were up from 2024. (15.4% said their stores had not been open long enough to accurately compare for 2024 and 2025.)

14 Jan

Advocacy Updates

Advocacy

Advocacy Update: January 14, 2026

Advocacy Update for the week of January 14, 2026.

14 Jan

Join Publishers Marketplace in the New Era of Buzz Books

Buzz Books, Publishers Marketplace’s long-running forthcoming title sampler program, has begun a major push to build the buzz even more!

Buzz Books has launched a fresh new website and a rapidly-growing Substack that has been embraced by authors, publishing people, librarians, and booksellers in the enormous book community there.

07 Jan

Advocacy Updates

Advocacy

Advocacy Update: January 7, 2026

Advocacy Update for the week of January 7, 2026.

07 Jan

About ABA

Diversity & Inclusion

Now Accepting Nominations for ABA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council (DEIC)

Nominations are now open to fill nine spots on ABA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council (DEIC), which serves as a sounding board and advisory council on issues related to antiracism, equity, access, and representation facing the bookselling community and ABA.

07 Jan

Advocacy

The US Penny Phase-Out: What Bookstores Need to Know

In 2025, due to increasing costs of penny production, the US Treasury announced the end of the production and distribution of new pennies for general circulation as a cost-reduction measure. While existing pennies remain legal tender and will continue to circulate, reports are that shortages are expected to begin by early 2026 as supplies decrease. This phase-out is relevant to cash transactions but has no impact on electronic payment methods such as credit cards or digital wallets.

07 Jan

Health Care

Resources

Advocacy

There's Still Time to Enroll in 2026 Health Coverage

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner, Gallagher, shares Open Enrollment reminders.

07 Jan

Specialty Bookselling

The Indie Poetry Bestseller List

Here is the Indie Poetry Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 4, 2026.

07 Jan

Indie Next List Preview

The February 2026 Indie Next List Preview

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

07 Jan

Indie Next List Interview

Children’s Bookselling

Q&A with Felicita Sala, Author of January/February Kids’ Indie Next List Top Pick “Bored”

“What a magical adventure we take with Rita on her boring day! This story is a testament to how creativity comes from boredom. Wonderful illustrations and an engaging, silly story,” said Karlie Martens of Novel Bay Booksellers in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.