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California Booksellers Join Forces in Pasadena
Booksellers gathered at the home of the Rose Bowl for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Fall Fest 2024, which took place September 17–18. Of 177 bookseller members from across the Golden State, 83 were first-time attendees; 46 exhibitor organizations and 36 authors also came to the regional trade show.
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NEIBA's Fall Conference Attracts 600 People to Boston
This year's New England Independent Booksellers Association conference, held September 11–13, brought together booksellers, publishers, and authors and highlighted such industry trends as the rising price of books and strong sales of horror and fantasy titles.
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How Booksellers Are Taking On Book Banners
Alongside educators and librarians, indie booksellers across the country are rising up to defend the freedom to read.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 16, 2024
Debut YA author Tigest Girma’s tale of Black vampires, ‘Immortal Dark,’ lands at #1 on our children’s fiction list. Plus Laurie Gilmore’s small-town romance ‘The Cinnamon Bun Book Store’ sweetens her Dream Harbor series, and new books by Matt Haig and Rachel Kushner nab starred reviews and bestseller list spots.
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Surveying the Fall Season: Children's Booksellers Share Trends and Their Must-Have Titles
We asked children's booksellers and buyers their predictions for the fall titles they'll be selling well this season.
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Book Club Picks for September 2024
Reese Witherspoon spotlights her former high school English teacher's new book, Danzy Senna's latest novel gets love from Barnes & Noble and 'Good Morning America,' and more.
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Jenn Risko Steps Down at 'Shelf Awareness,' John Mutter Assumes Full Ownership
Risko, the cofounder and publisher of 'Shelf', will leave the bookselling trade newsletter on September 6, leaving Mutter, its editor-in-chief, full owner of the company. As a result, Matt Baldacci is being promoted to publisher, and Neil Strandberg to CEO.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 2, 2024
Jodi Picoult has the #3 book in the country with ‘By Any Another Name,’ a fictional exploration of the theory that poet Emilia Bassano ghostwrote Shakespeare’s works. Plus Adalyn Grace wraps her Belladonna YA romantasy trilogy, and William Kent Krueger makes a ‘Spirit Crossing’ onto our list.
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T*Rex Remainder Show Returns to Texas This September
Approximately 35 exhibitors and 150 buyers are expected to attend the next Texas Remainder Expo, to be held in Carrollton, Tex., September 24–26.
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The American Booksellers Association Is Publishing a Handbook for Fighting Book Bans
The 'ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters' is scheduled for a September 16 release. All profits will support the efforts of the American Booksellers for Free Expression against book bans.
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