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18 Feb
Advocacy Updates
Advocacy

Advocacy Update: February 18, 2026

Advocacy Update for the week of February 18, 2026.

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18 Feb
Specialty Bookselling

The Indie Comics and Graphic Works Bestseller List

Here is the Indie Comics and Graphic Works Bestseller List, including the Manga Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 15, 2026. 

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18 Feb
About ABA
About Bookselling

Why Should I Vote for the Indies Choice Book Awards? A Q&A with ABA’s COO Joy Dallanegra-Sanger

ABA is thrilled to bring back the ABA Indies Choice Book Awards this year! But what sets the Indies Choice Book Awards apart from all the other book awards out there?

ABA’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Joy Dallanegra-Sanger sat down with Bookselling This Week to talk about relaunching the Indies Choice Book Award and why it’s so important to indies and the larger book industry.

 
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12 Feb
Advocacy Testimony

New York: ABA Memorandum in Support of S 8630

February 13, 2026

Memorandum in Support of S 8630 from the American Booksellers Association

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11 Feb
Advocacy Updates
Advocacy

Advocacy Update: February 11, 2026

Advocacy Update for the week of February 11, 2026.

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11 Feb
About Bookselling
Blog

Partner Spotlight: MVB

Every day, thousands of booksellers worldwide save time and money as they order more of their inventory direct from the publisher using Pubeasy and Pubnet, MVB’s electronic ordering services. 

Bookselling This Week met with Jill Hendrix, a Customer Success Specialist at MVB, to learn more. 

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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
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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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