At its July 18 to 20 meeting in Mystic, Connecticut, ABA’s Board of Directors heard reports from President Betsy Burton and CEO Oren Teicher, reviewed ABA’s Ends Policies and compliance reports, and worked on a number of other issues.

Booksellers on the Children’s Institute panel “Stemming the Summer Slide With Summer Reading and Book Camps” discussed how to build excitement around books and keep kids reading over the vacation break.

Hubert Mingarelli is the author of the Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce debut title A Meal in Winter: A Novel of World War II, which Sam Kaas of Village Books called “quietly devastating.”

The latest IndieCommunication newsletter includes information on how to capture new e-mail list subscribers as well as details about a feature for showing available titles.

Edelweiss/Treeline Education and Outreach Coordinator Joe Foster explains how booksellers can take advantage of the Edelweiss Community feature to connect with bookselling colleagues, as well as sales reps, across the country.

Revolution Books, a not-for-profit bookstore in New York City, aims to enhance programming and add to the store’s book collection through a crowdfunding campaign, which ends August 10.

Oprah’s Book Club selects Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad; Hefner First Amendment Awards seeking nominations; NAIBA names Ian Doherty sales rep of year; Library of Congress National Book Festival to feature 120 authors, illustrators; S&S to distribute Ryland, Peters & Small; Tracy Nelson promoted to S&S director of retail field sales