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New Candlewick Campaign Puts the Focus on Picture Books

Candlewick Press’ new campaign, “We Believe in Picture Books!,” offers booksellers generous CHIRP terms, tools to bolster merchandising, and handselling incentives for frontline staff.

ABA’s President on BEA, DOJ, Why Indies Matter & More

ABA President Becky Anderson of Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, Illinois, writes to members about last week’s BEA, the Children’s Institute, Why Indies Matter, the Department of Justice’s agency model lawsuit, and more.

Paz & Associates Offers Chance to Win a Bookstore Makeover

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates will award a bookstore makeover to one deserving bookseller.

Indies International: The Challenges of Bookselling in France, Germany, and the U.K.

American booksellers learned about the challenges and opportunities facing bricks-and-mortar bookstores in other countries at the Monday afternoon Day of Education session “Indies International: Bookselling in Other Countries.”

Russo and Sherr on Why Indies Matter

On Monday, ABA kicked off is 10th annual Day of Education with an interview-style event featuring award-winning author Richard Russo and journalist and author Lynn Sherr. The focus of the discussion was “Why Indies Matter.”

BTW News Briefs

Apple calls DOJ case “fundamentally flawed”; NRF launches 60-day sales tax fairness campaign; Waterstones to sell Kindles; Center for Fiction benefit to feature Richard Ford and Joyce Carol Oates; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt files for bankruptcy

Constant Contact CEO Offers Advice on Winning in a Socially Connected World

Gail F. Goodman, president and CEO of Constant Contact, explains why companies should consider online tools an essential part of maintaining and strengthening relationships with customers and how bookstores in particular can put her advice into practice.

Working With Self-Published Authors

In response to the growing number of self-published authors seeking shelf space at indie bookstores, savvy booksellers are establishing programs that clearly define their requirements and streamline the consignment process.

Bookmans Redefines Retail

Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, an Arizona institution with six locations, is one of the top 10 finalists in NRF’s video contest, “What is Retail?” The 30-year-old company has a business model based on recycling and is largely reliant on the communities it serves for a unique and extensive inventory.

Tech Talk: Keeping Your Website Up to Date

Christine Onorati of WORD and Kelly Justice of Fountain Bookstore offer tips to increase online sales and to ensure your customers know that your website is always open for business.

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