Headlines for the week of March 16, 2016

    ABA Announces 2016 Indies Choice/E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Finalists

    By Rosemary Hawkins on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    On Wednesday, March 16, booksellers at independent bookstores across the country began casting their ballots to choose the winners of the 2016 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards.

    Reservations Open for ABA Celebration of Bookselling, Publicists Speed Dating, Kids’ Author Lunch & Tea at BEA

    By Rosemary Hawkins on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    Reservations are now open to ABA members for the Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch; Publicists Speed Dating; and the ABC and CBC’s Speed Dating Lunch With Children’s Authors and Tea With Children’s Authors and Illustrators.

    IndieCommerce Institute to Be Held May 10 in Chicago: Registration Now Open

    By Rosemary Hawkins on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    Registration is open for the 2016 IndieCommerce Institute, a one-day, interactive learning experience exclusively for IndieCommerce stores. The program will be held on Tuesday, May 10, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Hotel ABA, Chicago’s The Drake Hotel, just prior to BookExpo America.

    A Letter From ABA CEO Oren Teicher

    Posted on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2016

    ABA’s New Localism initiative and the opportunities and new resources available to booksellers to effect changes in public policy are the subject of ABA CEO Oren Teicher’s bimonthly letter to members.

    Books Inc. Named PW’s 2016 Bookstore of the Year

    By Liz Button on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    San Francisco’s Books Inc. has won this year’s Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year Award. In an announcement on Wednesday, PW also named Karel/Dutton Group’s Lise Solomon as Rep of the Year.

    Register for Children’s Institute by March 31 and Be Entered to Win

    By Sydney Jarrard on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    Through March 31, every bookseller registration for Children’s Institute received from an ABC Children’s Group member store will be entered into a drawing to win one of three prizes from the event’s keynote speakers.

    ABA Board Balloting Underway

    By Rosemary Hawkins on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    On Monday, March 14, all ABA main store members were sent an e-mail from CEO Oren Teicher that included a link to the ballot for the 2016 Board of Directors elections and biographical information on each of the candidates for four director positions on the Board.

    Booksellers Urged to Ask Lawmakers to Investigate Amazon Antitrust Violations

    Posted on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2016

    ABA is urging each of its bookseller members to reach out to their lawmakers and ask that they investigate Amazon’s business model for antitrust violations.

    The King’s English’s Burton Rebukes Utah Lawmakers for Caving to Amazon

    Posted on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2016

    When Utah State Rep. Mike McKell withdrew an affiliate nexus sales tax fairness bill, ABA President Betsy Burton, the co-owner of The King’s English Bookshop, responded with an op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune.

    Industry Groups Call for End to Book Embargo Against Cuba

    By Liz Button on Friday, Mar 11, 2016

    The American Booksellers Association has joined with other book industry groups and publishers to sign a petition calling on Congress and the White House to end the embargo against Cuba as it relates to books and educational materials.

    An Indies Introduce Q&A With Marisa Reichardt

    By Gen de Botton on Monday, Mar 14, 2016

    Underwater by Marisa Reichardt, a Winter/Spring Indies Introduce debut title for young adults and a Winter Kids’ Indie Next List pick, “is a true beauty on all counts,” said Will Walton of Avid Bookshop. 

    An Indies Introduce Q&A With Rashod Ollison

    By Gen de Botton on Monday, Mar 14, 2016

    Rashod Ollison is the author of Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl, a Winter/Spring 2016 Indies Introduce debut title. Jamie Fiocco of Flyleaf Books called Soul Serenade “a heartbreaking, gratifying memoir.”

    Discounted Admission Available for 2016 PEN World Voices Festival

    By Liz Button on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2016

    More than 150 writers from 30 countries will gather in New York City for the 12th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. Booksellers are invited to use a special discount code for online ticket orders and to share the code with their customers.

    Wi11: Tips for Creating a Bookstore Café

    By Liz Button on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2016

    Panelists at the Winter Institute 11 education session “Creating a Bookstore Café” shared tips and best practices for start-up, staffing, and overall management of a café.

    Wi11: Inventory Maintenance Strategies for Children’s Series

    By Sydney Jarrard on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    At Winter Institute 11, an education session presented by the ABC Group at ABA looked at the special challenges that booksellers face in managing inventory for young readers’ series in both general interest and children’s bookstores. 

    New Owners, New Name for Once Upon a Tome

    By Liz Button on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    Alyssa and Jacob Holster, the new owners of Once Upon a Tome in Eden, North Carolina, are adding a coffee bar and changing the store’s name to Uprising Coffee & Books.

    UConn to Replace Co-op With For-Profit Company

    By Liz Button on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    The University of Connecticut will replace the UConn Co-op, which has operated the campus bookstore for 40 years, with a bookstore operated by either Follett or Barnes & Noble as early as June.

    Retail Sales at Bookstores Up in January

    By Sydney Jarrard on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2016
    Retail sales at bookstores were up by 3.8 percent in January 2016 compared to January 2015, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

    Around Indies

    Posted on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    Parnassus Books to launch bookmobile; Group seeks to open Billings Bookstore Co-operative; Florida’s MacIntosh Books moves; Micawber’s Books relocates; Book Revue welcomes new café; Left Bank Books plays role in marriage proposal

    BTW News Briefs

    Posted on Wednesday, Mar 16, 2016

    Antitrust lawsuit filed over EMV chip card transition; BookCon 2016 unveils slate of YA authors; Consortium signs distribution deals with six publishers; Phaidon Press and The Met Store to launch pop-up bookstore; Edwidge Danticat to deliver keynote at children’s book writers’ conference

    The Indie Comics and Graphic Works Bestseller List

    Posted on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2016

    Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 6, 2016.

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    Once Upon a Tome bookstore in Eden, North Carolina, is reopening within a few weeks with new owners and a new name. Emily Stearns (right) has sold the shop to Alyssa Holster (left) and her husband, Jacob, who are adding a coffee bar and changing the store's name to Uprising Coffee & Books.

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