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.”
ABA CEO Oren Teicher remembers Kathi Kamen Goldmark, author, publishing consultant, and founder of The Rock Bottom Remainders, who died last week at the age of 63 of breast cancer.
Next Tuesday’s ABA Celebration of Bookselling & Author Awards Luncheon will be a joyful occasion featuring 40 authors and illustrators, whose works independent booksellers across the nation have enthusiastically hand-sold and nominated to the Indie Next Lists.
Arkansas’ June 12 primary runoff will include a race between Mary Gay Shipley, owner of That Bookstore in Blytheville, and another Blytheville resident.
This week, BookExpo America announced that, for the first time, the show’s author appearances will be available to the public for viewing live and on demand. Patti Smith and Jimmy Fallon have been added to the list of authors at the show.
Mary Gay Shipley, the owner of That Bookstore in Blytheville, is seeking the Democractic nomination to represent Arkansas’ 55th District. The primary vote is next Tuesday, May 22.
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.
Renowned children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died on Tuesday, May 8, in Danbury, Connecticut, from complications of a stroke. He was 83.
