Holidays

Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $250,000, to be distributed in amounts of $500, to 500 booksellers from ABA member bookstores. 

If October was the New December last year, then September is the New December this year as supply chain issues continue to plague the industry. Which means: Now is the time to get ready! Welcome to the Holiday Season! Here’s a Top 10 4th Quarter (Q4) checklist of simple ways to start preparing for the holidays. 

Fall is near, and with that comes ABA’s Fall holiday shopping campaign: Good books come to those who shop early!

Celebrate Book Lovers Day on August 9! Encourage your customers to put down their phones and celebrate reading and literature.

For most Americans, Juneteenth became a national holiday just last year. ABA's Chief Communications Officer, Ray Daniels, shares how he discovered Juneteenth in a book of all places.

Based on 2021 sales data from 570 IndieCommerce and IndieLite websites, these independent bookstores averaged a 387% increase in their online sales revenue when compared to pre-Covid 2019 sales.