News - Bookselling

Starting on Thursday, February 21, independent booksellers across the country can pre-register to participate in Find Waldo Local 2013, a month-long community-wide scavenger hunt in July 2013 that celebrates the uniqueness, fun, and strength of local businesses.

Stores that took part in the promotional event on Kobo Mini eReaders and Snapbacks leading up to Valentine’s Day must report their sales by March 1 to qualify for reimbursement.

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is accepting applications from now through April 18 for the Binc Foundation Scholarship program, which will award up to 35 higher education awards totaling $100,000 to eligible bookstore employees, bookstore owners, former Borders employees, and dependents of each.

Due to Winter Institute 8, next week’s Indie Bestseller List will be produced and e-mailed to stores on Wednesday, February 27.

Maine’s Longfellow Books, which sustained serious water damage after a frozen water line burst during last weekend’s snowstorm, plans a soft reopening today. Meanwhile, many other stores around the region were able to reopen for at least part of the day on Sunday.

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The Department of Justice has completed its review of the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House and has cleared the transaction in the U.S., according to a statement released today by the publishers’ respective parent companies, Pearson and Bertelsmann.

On Thursday, February 14, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and representatives announced the introduction of a sales tax fairness bill that would give states the authority to require remote retailers to collect and remit sales tax on purchases made by customers in their state.

ABA Membership and Marketing Officer Meg Smith provides a suggested itinerary for getting the most out of next week’s Winter Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kobo’s Tamblyn named chief content officer; MIBA hires executive assistant