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21 Aug
IndieBound
Indie Next List Preview

The 2024 Indie Gift Guide For Genre Lovers Preview

The guide includes the following categories: Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Graphic Works, and Poetry. 

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21 Aug
Health Care
Resources
Advocacy

Summer 2024 Health and Wellness Resources for Booksellers

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner LIG Solutions wants booksellers to stay healthy in 2024. Read on for resources that are meant to help expand your health and wellness awareness and increase your knowledge about new health insurance solutions/legislation.

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16 Aug
Advocacy
Blog

Free Expression Friday: South Carolina Book Bans with Tayler Simon, Liberation is Lit

Tayler Simon is the creator of Liberation is Lit in Columbia, South Carolina. 

 
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14 Aug
Indie Next List Preview
Children’s Bookselling

September/October 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List Preview

Here is a preview of the titles on the September/October 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Kids’ Box mailing.

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14 Aug
Education
Holidays
Marketing

Q4 Top 10 Checklist

It’s August! Welcome to the holiday season! Here’s a Top 10 4th Quarter (Q4) checklist of simple ways to start preparing for the holidays. 

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14 Aug
Marketing
Holidays

Analog Adventures Fall Campaign: Tune Out the Noise, Turn the Pages

In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and disconnected. We invite readers to journey to where the joy of reading and the charm of analog activities take center stage.

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07 Aug
Advocacy

Employee Retention Credits (ERC) and Other Potential Tax Credit Opportunities

Several members have successfully claimed Employee Retention Credits (ERC) or additional ERC — even when they thought they had claimed everything available or were told they weren't eligible. 
 

 

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07 Aug
Specialty Bookselling

The Indie Mystery/Thriller Bestseller List

Here is the Indie Mystery/Thriller Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 4, 2024. 

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07 Aug
Indies Introduce
Indies Introduce Interview

Indies Introduce Q&A with g. haron davis

“This debut novel is a must-read: it effortlessly weaves together a horrifying truth, supernatural elements, and the poignant sense of being unheard and misunderstood,” said Kromeklia Bryant of Solid State Books in Washington, DC.

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07 Aug
Indies Introduce
Indies Introduce Interview

Indies Introduce Q&A with Danica Nava

“An Indigenous romance, written by an Indigenous author, featuring Indigenous characters? Yes, please! Danica Nava's debut is not to be missed,” said Preet Singh of Eagle Eye Book Shop in Decatur, Georgia.

 
 
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