Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• Happy 50th Birthday, House of Books!
• Lakeside Book Co. Adds Four Publishers
• Obituary Note: David C. Nelson
• TV: A Forgotten Kill
• Good Girl Cafe and Bookstore Opening in Englewood, Colo.
• Review: Kitten
• Awards: Griffin Poetry, German Non-Fiction Winners
• Media Heat: Mike Schur, Joe Posnanski on Late Night with Seth Meyers
• For the Plot Romance Bookstore in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Debuting This Month
• Image of the Day: Fiction Bookshop Hosts Ellen Baker
• A Shelf Awareness Presents Webinar: Holiday Title Buying and Merchandising Tips
• Personnel Changes at Bloomsbury Academic
• Celestial Books, San Francisco, Calif., Eyeing Bricks-and-Mortar Store
• Media Heat: Laverne Cox on the View, Live with Kelly and Mark, Kelly Clarkson, Today
• TV: Legacy of Spies
• Starred Review: Etna
• Image of the Day: Caro Clair Burke Draws a Crowd at Elliott Bay Book Co.
• Book Trailer of the Day: Marion
• APA: Audiobook Sales Rise 9%, to $2.43 Billion, in 2025
• Cool Father's Day Idea: 'Fatherless Day'
• Awards: RSL Ondaatje Winner
• Personnel Changes at Putnam; Sourcebooks
• Clevo Books, Cleveland, Ohio, to Close
• B&N Opening Stores This Week in Fla. & Calif.
• Storytime Bookshop in Kennewick, Wash., Reopening in New Location After Fire
• The Raven's Quill Takes Flight in Pittsburgh, Pa., Area
• Circana BookScan's Brenna Connor Joining Macmillan
• Cool Idea: Bookseller Branches into 'Minor Automotive Repair'
• Sunburns and Slow Burns Hits the Road in Hendersonville, Tenn.
• Organizational Changes at HarperCollins U.S. Trade Division
• Book Trailer of the Day: There's Only One Sin in Hollywood
• ReadingGroupGuide's Book Group Speed Dating Event Set
• Media Heat: Annabel Monaghan on Good Morning America
• The Bookshop in East Nashville, Tenn., Moving Later This Year
• Reel Booksellers: 'Say Hi to the Bookstore Raccoons'
• Obituary Note: Edgar Morin
• Image of the Day: Katherine Arden at Phoenix Books
• Grand Opening Set for the Book Nook, Warren, Ohio
• Chalkboard: Highland Books 
• TV: Silo Season 3
• Awards: RBC Bronwen Wallace Emerging Writers Winner
• Libro.fm Bestsellers in May
• Reading with... Steven Pfau
• Review: Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies
• Obituary Note: Marjane Satrapi
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Personnel Changes at Kensington
• The Raven's Perch Opening in Modesto, Calif.
• Image of the Day: Guinea Pigs Don't Wear Pants Launch and Donation
• Pride Month: 'Gearing Up to Provide Book Recs'
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Robert Gray: Hay Festival--'The Woodstock of the Mind'
• This Weekend on Book TV: Gayle Feldman on Bennett Cerf
• Media Heat: Brie Larson and Courtney McBroom on the Drew Barrymore Show
• Awards: Plutarch Winner
• Penguin Workshop Launches New Pub Program, Tinker
• Left on Read, Wichita, Kan., Relocating
• Starred Review: The New People
• X&O Books Coming to Cypress, Tex., this Summer
• Media Heat: Jill Biden on the Kelly Clarkson Show
• Image of the Day: Eagle Eye Book Shop Hosts Kennedy Ryan
• Movies: Fatherland
• Reese's June Book Club Pick: A Pair of Aces
• International Update: Wiley Buys Emerald Publishing; Aotearoa NZ Book Industry Awards Finalists
• Awards: Carol Shields Fiction Winner
• Bookstore Dog: Archie at Second Flight Books
• Finch & Fern Book Co. in Sylvania, Ohio, to Close Physical Storefront
• Bookshop Moment: Between the Covers
• Reading with... Robin Michel Caudell
• Starred YA Review: Salvage
• Forbidden Love Bookstore Comes to Bemidji, Minn.
• Rabbit Books and Bar Arriving This Summer in New York City
• Grand Opening Set for the Brady Readery, Laytonsville, Md.
• Amazon Prime Day to Run June 23-26
• Andrew Martin to Retire from St. Martin's
• Typo's Bookstore Opens in Parkville, Mo.
• Cool Idea: Pride Month Bookstore T-shirt
• Awards: CWA Dagger Shortlists
• Movies: The Baron in the Trees
• Austen's Shelf Opening Bricks-and-Mortar Store in Bordentown, N.J.
• Review: The Mortons
• Obituary Note: Samar Hammam
• Top Book Club Picks in May
• Media Heat: Maggie O'Farrell on Fresh Air
• Personnel Changes at HarperCollins; Lakeside Book Co.; Zando
• Image of the Day: Meghan Le Fay Launch at Changing Hands
• Book Trailer of the Day: Man Therapy
• Ghoulish Books, San Antonio, Tex., Closing This Month
• IPG Adds Five Publishers
• Media Heat: Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Fresh Air
• TV: The Birds
• 2nd & Charles Replacing BAM Store in Orange Park, Fla. 
• Obituary Note: Maureen Duffy
• Image of the Day: Honoring Strand Owner Fred Bass
• Owning a Bookstore 'Certainly Changed My Relationship to Reading'
• Personnel Changes at Phaidon and Monacelli
• Awards: James Tait Black Winners
• Review: Sisters of the Midnight Sun: A Murder in Arctic Alaska
• Book Trailer of the Day: Summerland Cove
• Gladys Books & Wine, Brooklyn, N.Y., Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
• Oliver & Co. Bookstore, Howell, Mich., Hosting Grand Opening June 6
• Chalkboard: Prologue Bookshop
• Personnel Changes at PRH, Random House Publishing Group
• The ABA Annual Meeting & Community Forum: Celebrating a 'Challenging, Banner' Year
• 'Meet Nan, the Queen of the Quote at Powell's Books'
• On Stage: Girl, Interrupted
• TV: Welcome to Catalina
• Image of the Day: Newtonville Books Hosts Jayne Anne Phillips & Tom Perrotta
• Sales Floor Display: BookPeople
• Awards: Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Shortlist
• Grand Opening Set for Wisp Bookshop's Storefront in Middletown, Del.
• Obituary Note: David Henderson
• Bookseller Cat: Rama at Sabu's Books
• 'The Entire Staff Picks Wall Was Dedicated to My Book'
• Purrs & Pages Coming to Ocala, Fla.
• Reading with... Warren Liu
• Starred Review: Please Don't Touch the Body: Stories
• Image of the Day: Red Comet Press Authors Tour Boston
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Personnel Changes at Libro.fm
• Obituary Note: Robert Daley
• Media Heat: Matt Haig on Here & Now
• Stacks Book Club Opens Tucson, Ariz., Store
• Awards: Chautauqua Finalists
• Robert Gray: 'Wins... and Loss' at the ABIA Awards
• This Weekend on Book TV: Robert Caro
• Pre-wedding Pic: Brain Lair Books 
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
• Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences in Denton, Tex., to Close this Month
• Page After Page Books, Commack, N.Y., Debuts Physical Space in Coffee Shop
• Movies: The Things We Leave Unfinished
• Image of the Day: Matt Dinniman on Tour
• Bookseller Recommendation: 'Break Up with AI!!'
• AAP to Partner with Vermillio on AI Infringement and Piracy Initiative
• Awards: Miles Franklin Longlist
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• International Update: Canadians & Book Prices; Faber, Shakespeare and Company Team for Podcast
• Reading with... Vaishnavi Patel
• Jeff Resnik Joins Ownership Team at {pages} a bookstore, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
• Children's Review: If the Moon
• Bookseller Faves: June Romance Preview
• Media Heat: Ben Rhodes on Fresh Air
• Chalkboard: Wicked Good Books
• The Scarlet Page & Little Cloud Playhouse, Killeen, Tex., Celebrate Double Ribbon-cutting
• From My Shelf Books & Gifts, Wellsboro, Pa., to Close
• SIBA Seeks Board Nominations
• TV: East of Eden
• Media Heat: David Sedaris on Fresh Air
• Reel Booksellers: Changing of the Social Media Accounts Guardian
• Review: The Devoted
• Crow City Books Opens in Auburn, N.Y.
• 'Buzz Books Fall/Winter 2026'; Fiction and Nonfiction Panels Set
• Celia Guerra Named Simon & Schuster Chief of Staff
• Awards: Barnes & Noble Children's, YA Winners
• Book Trailer of the Day: Marvelous Freaks of Nature!
• Bookseller Moment: Sometimes Bookselling Is a 'Some Assembly Required' Profession
• Atticus Books & Music in Arizona Splitting into Two Storefronts
• Tomes and Bones Book Co. Unveils Mobile Bookstore in Bozeman, Mont.
• Top Library Recommended Titles for June
• Bookstore Engagement Pics: Lovestruck Books & Cafe
• Movies: Choose Your Own Adventure
• On Stage: Celebrity Autobiography
• Awards: Firecracker Finalists; Dublin Literary Winner
• Ownership Change at Best of Books, Edmond, Okla.
• International Update: French Court Rejects Amazon's Book Delivery Fees Appeal; PRH UK's Children's Bookshop Grants
• Image of the Day: Katherine Applegate Brings Wombat to Books and Greetings
• Obituary Note: Alan Bradley
• Memorial Day Weekend
• Personnel Changes at the future of agency
• Book Trailer of the Day: Ortiz's War
• Chalkboard: Wonderland Books
• Bubble Tea & Books Hosts Grand Opening in Lake Zurich, Ill.
• Reading with... Sarah Gailey
• Review: Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
• Secret Gardens Book Store Grows in Parrish, Fla.
• Image of the Day: Ellen Burstyn at Book Passage
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• BookMarx, Springfield, Mo., Expanding
• Nook & Nowhere, Louisville, Ky., to Close
• Awards: Little Free Library Todd H. Bol Winners
• Robert Gray: Fresh Eyes, a Bookseller's Tale 
• Media Heat: Soumaya Keynes, Chad P. Bown on Marketplace
• MPIBA SpringCon: A Busy, Well-Run Show in Texas
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Personnel Changes at Random House Publishing Group
• Review: Paradise Pawn
• Dudley's Bookshop Cafe in Bend, Ore., Launches Second Location 
• Grand Opening Set for Artemis Books & Goods in Traverse City, Mich.
• Bookshop Dog: Bear at the Cranford Bookstore
• Howard Family Bookstore Opens in Detroit, Mich.
• Two Script Studio Launches to 'Reverse Engineer the Books-to-screen Market'
• Personnel Changes at HarperCollins
• Awards: International Booker Winner
• Chalkboard: Published Bookstore
• Obituary Note: Koji Suzuki
• Image of the Day: Hart's Landing at Ruby's Books
• National Book Foundation Elects Four New Board Members
• Media Heat: Andrew Weissmann on Fresh Air
• Reading with... Ashton Politanoff
• Starred YA Review: I Didn't Do It
• Bookstore Dog: Wally at Bexley Books
• Bookseller Grad Pics: Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore
• Wild Sisters Book Co. Opening Second Location in Sacramento, Calif.
• Willowdale Bookshop Opening Next Month in Rowley, Mass.
• TV: Puffball
• Awards: Orwell Finalists
• Image of the Day: Bruce Nichols at the Book Shop of Beverly Farms
• Review: We Were Forbidden
• Obituary Note: Ian Watson 
• B&N Opening Stores Tomorrow in Ohio & Tex.
• Applications Open for Macmillan Professional Development Scholarship
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast
• Weeks Co. & Lantern Lights Bookstore Opens in Wallace, Idaho
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• University Presses on the U.S.'s 250th Anniversary, Democracy
• Book Trailer of the Day: Mike Mongo's KID Astronaut Training Manual
• Kevin Hamric to Retire
• Media Heat: Jesmyn Ward on Fresh Air
• Image of the Day: Roberta Rubin and Turning Pages at the Book Stall
• Starred Review: Single Girls
• Tsunami Books in Eugene, Ore., Fundraising to Buy Building
• Obituary Note: Bob Baron
• Cool Idea: Dancing with the Stores
• Delaware's Huxley & Hiro Wins $100,000 Grant
• Awards: Stella Winner
• Book Trailer of the Day: Forty Love
• Media Heat: Zayd Ayers Dohrn on Fresh Air
• The Raven Book Lounge Hosts Ribbon Cutting in Brentwood, Tenn.
• Movies: Rest Stop
• Nuts & Shells Bookshop Opens in Toronto
• Media Heat: Fresh Air Remembers Philip Caputo
• Personnel Changes at TvS Media Group
• TV: Anna Pigeon
• 'Books Are Not Monuments. They Are Instructions'
• International Update: BA's Annual Workforce Survey; ABA's Bookseller of the Year Shortlists
• Bookseller Keaton Patterson Launches Grave Empire Horror Press
• Reel Booksellers: 'When the Social Media Girl Is Here & It's Content Day'
• Obituary Note: Philip Caputo
• Awards: Dylan Thomas Winner
• Addendum: Debut on the Indie Press Top 40 List, John of John
• The Otto Bookstore, Williamsport, Pa., Celebrates Expansion
• Image of the Day: . . . AGAIN with Rain Taxi and Moon Palace
• Chalkboard: Wicked Good Books
• Reading with... Peter Wohlleben
• Review: Habits of the Sea
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• The Binc Gala: Celebrating 30 Years of Amazing Work and Planning for the Future
• Awards: Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Winner
• Bristlecone Bookshop Opening Bricks-and-Mortar Store in Nederland, Colo.