November is National Native American Heritage Month! This year, indie bookstores put up displays, posted on social media, held events, and appeared at local celebrations.
Here's how a few of our member stores celebrated this month!
Scattered Slime, brought to you by Laura Schaefer of Scattered Books in Chappaqua, New York, produces high quality slime kits for all themes and occasions.
Bookselling This Week met with Schaefer to learn more.
Over the past few weeks, indie bookstores across the country worked to make sure their communities had food despite the government shutdown’s effect on SNAP benefits.
Kellie Artis is the founder of Bound & Vine, a community-focused book and wine bar. As a military spouse who has navigated the joys and challenges of military family life for over two decades alongside her husband Andrew — who is soon retiring after more than 20 years with the US Army — Kellie is a passionate advocate for creating spaces that empower and connect people. Inspired by experiences in diverse military communities, her vision for Bound & Vine is to build a welcoming sanctuary where strong bonds are formed over books, wine, and meaningful conversation.
Artis sat down with ABA's Associate Director of American Booksellers for Free Expression (ABFE), Philomena Polefrone, to talk about her advocacy efforts and her new bookstore.
“Catherine Newman might just be the funniest fiction writer working today. If you fell hard for Rocky and her family in Sandwich, then prepare yourself for yet another rollicking, rich literary meal,” said Rosamond Kreshak-Hayden of Broadside Bookshop in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Yesterday, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Judge Albright of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas once again sided with booksellers in Book People v. Morath (formerly Book People v. Wong).
