Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• Happy New Year!
• Notes: Denver Blizzard; Potter Seven Gets a Name
• Media Heat: Tempting Fare and Fate
• Holiday Hum: Goodwill at Seattle's University Book Store
• The Book Sense/Heartland List
• Abebooks.com's 2006 Bestsellers
• This Weekend on Book TV: Much About The Few
• Notes: Store Closings; Regan Redux; Book Sense Bestsellers
• Media Heat: Max Brooks, Zombie Son of Mel
• Robert Gray: Reading & the 'True Spirit' of the Holidays
• Manhattan's Murder Ink Knocked Off
• Holiday Hum: Schwartz's 'Unusually Pleasant Christmas'
• 'Tis the Week Before Christmas
• Notes: Ingram Buys Coutts; Black Images Sale
• Media Heat: Celebrity Memoirs and Bios
• The Top 10 OOP Titles of 2006
• Washington Storm: Store Flooded; Tea by Candlelight
• January 22: Memorial Service for Rusty Drugan
• Media Heat: Sabuda and Reinhart Pop Up on Today
• George Jones, New Head of Borders: Back to the Future
• Holiday Hum: Mysteries and More at Title Wave Books
• Media Heat: Winning Welch
• Obituaries: Richard Carlson, Kate Fleming
• Notes: General Retail Sales So Far; Regan Redux
• Image of the Day: Encyclopedia of North Carolina
• The IMBA Bestsellers: November
• Book Sense: May We Recommend
• Independents Day: SCBA Morphs into SCIBA
• Sorry We're Late!
• Media Heat: Happy in the Kitchen, Pursuit of Happyness
• Notes: Weller's Readers in the Window; New Olsson's
• Holiday Hum: Brewing Up Sales at Duck's Cottage
• The Book Sense/NEIBA List
• Mandahla: LIFE: 70 Years of Extraordinary Photography
• 'Obviously Somewhat Provocative'
• Notes: Free Report Most Popular; Distribution Change
• Sales: Fall Fall for Bookstores; November Retail Up 1%
• Book TV: Espresso Book Machine; Inside the NYTBR
• Image of the Day: Taschen Takes Manhattan
• Media Heat: The Genius of American Genius
• Book Brahmins: Dick Bolles
• Notes: More Borders in Malaysia; ABA Set for Melbourne
• Holiday Hum: Giving and Getting at the Book Barn
• Dreamgirls Tie-Ins Ready to Sing
• Media Heat: Cooking, Politics, History, What to Wear?
• Mandahla: 100 Caterpillars Reviewed
• Town Seeks Bookstore, Must Be Independent, Energetic
• Robert Gray: In Search of Virtual Holiday Spirit
• Book Sales a la AAP: October Up 13.8%
• The Pursuit of Happyness Arrives in Theaters
• Media Heat: Three Booksellers' Faves
• Notes: Santa Wanda; Commandeur Ferlinghetti
• Eragon Begins Movie Journey on Friday
• Holiday Hum: Eat, Drink & Be Merry at Rakestraw Books
• Ali Rap Enters the Bookselling Ring
• Black Images Book Bazaar, Dallas, to Close
• Image of the Day: A NAIPR Night
• Book Recommendations: Like a Blind Date
• Media Heat: Kermit, Carter, Scottoline
• In Memoriam: Rusty Drugan, NEIBA Executive Director
• Book Sense: May We Recommend
• Notes: Murphy Heads West; First Lesbian Book Festival
• Regnery to Move to Perseus Distribution
• Notes: BookSense.com Adds E-Books; If I Did It Didn't Sell
• Holiday Hum: Events Aplenty at Clinton Book Shop
• Mystery Milestones: Booksellers to Receive Raven Awards
• Charlotte's Web on Screen
• Media Heat: Sabuda Pops Up on Today Today
• The Book Sense/NAIBA List
• Awards: Uzodinma Iweala Wins Rhys Prize
• This Weekend on Book TV: Crichton Next Up; AK-47 Snapshot
• Mandahla: The Deception of the Emerald Ring Reviewed
• Notes: Simpson Collectible; Barnes & Borders?
• Holiday Hum: Malaprop's Handsells
• Media Heat: Celebrations with Maya Angelou
• Notes: Black Fiction Sections; Iraq Study Group Report
• Holiday Hum: Borderlands Books' Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror
• Tested, Tasty: The Bon Appétit Cookbook Dinner
• Media Heat: Medicine, Laughter, Santa Claus
• Princeton Shuffle: Micawber to Close; Labyrinth to Transfer
• Holiday Hum: Seeking Wisdom at the Bookworm of Edwards
• Notes: Recognitions and Recommendations
• Media Heat: Money, Food, Faith, Culture
• Mandahla: The Apron Book, Talking With My Mouth Full
• Oregon Book Awards
• Books Are . . .
• Notes: New Downtown L.A. Store; Werris
• The Culture and Commerce of Publishing Statistically Speaking
• Media Heat: Nobel Peace Prize Winner on Oprah
• Book Sense: May We Recommend
• New York Times's Top 10 Books of the Year
• Frugal Frigate Launches Lavish Literacy Celebration
• Notes: Channeling Robert Gray; Iraq Study Group Report
• Media Heat: Greek Cuisine, a Secret and a Lone Wolf
• The Book Sense/PNBA List
• BEA Podcasts, Video: 'Year-Round Convention Without Walls'
• Unhappy Shareholder Joins AMS Board
• Holiday Hum: Sales, No Snow at Norwich Bookstore
• Media Heat: Ellen Burstyn on Oprah
• Book TV This Weekend: Presidents Carter, Bush, Roosevelt
• Notes: Regulator Turns 30; New Eats, Shoots and Leaves?
• The Fabric of Night: GBO's November Book Pick
• Philip Turner to Join Sterling, Head New Imprint
• NEIBA Hooks Fischer for New Executive Director
• Notes: Payday for Houghton Owners; Diehl Dies;
• Movies: The Good German
• Media Heat: Waist Management and Crossing State Lines
• Mandahla: A Trio of Travel Titles Reviewed
• Hastings on Christmas: A 'Positive Retail Environment'
• Mandahla: Washed Up Scoped Out
• Happy Birthday, to and from Candlewick Press
• Notes: Cyber Monday; Campbell Dies; New Store; Joint Event
• Media Heat: Crichton, Carter and McCourt
• Robert Gray: Black Friday 'Based on a True Story'
• 'Tis the Season for More Online Sales
• Textbook Tort?: Students Sue School and Follett
• Black Friday: Busy and Maybe Black
• Media Heat: Winners, Bakers
• 'Superheroes Drawn Like Victoria's Secret Models'
• Borders: Online Player Again?; The Quarter; Original Voices
• Notes: O.J.'s 'Blood Money'; Store News; ISBN-13 in 5 Weeks
• Book Sense: May We Recommend
• Notes: Just Say No; Turnrow's Grisham Coup; Books Inc.
• Happy Thanksgiving!
• Media Heat: Cats and Dogs Around Turkey Day
• Cool Idea of the Day: Chester County's Gift Suggestions
• Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
• Mystery Bestsellers: The IMBA List
• Virtual Viewing and Signing a Reality
• If They Hyped It: More Juice Than Substance?
• Third Quarter: BAM's Sales Bump
• New York Times Anecdotal Most-Stolen List Stolen
• Notes: Wiley to Buy Blackwell Publishing; Kesterson Dies
• Media Heat: Mind Wars, Mindless Eating
• Mandahla: Mystery Muses, It's a Bitter Little World Reviewed
• Book Sense: May We Recommend
• Robert Gray: A Conversation with Len Vlahos, Part 3
• B&N's Third Quarter: Sales Up 2%; Earnings Delayed
• Media Heat: Politics, Power, and What Paul Meant
• If They Sold If I Did It
• Notes: Stores Openings; Sherry Emory Dies
• Wholesalers' Holiday Hours
• Mandahla: Four Delectable Cookbooks Reviewed
• Traditional Stores Make Online Inroads
• Awards: National Book Award Winners
• AAP September Sales: Up Fall
• Diamond Book Distributors Launches Kids Group
• Notes: 2X Half Price; Next on YouTube; Dear Promotion
• Robert Gray: A Conversation with Len Vlahos, Part 2
• Media Heat: Diets and Dictionaries
• This Weekend on Book TV: The NBA Ceremony
• Beware of Orders 'Too Good to Be True'
• Perseus Distribution Plans: Vote of Confidence; Concerns
• Retail Sales: 'More Spending Money'; September Store Slip
• Used Books: 'One More Thing We Can Do'
• Notes: O.J.'s Book; Brother Odd on CSI; Chattanooga Arrival
• Media Heat: A Psychic, a Sleep Doctor, and a Former Senator
• Robert Gray: A Conversation with BookSense.com's Len Vlahos
• Emerging Leaders to Emerge Next Week in NYC
• Ringing in Holiday Sales: A Preview
• NAIBA's Trade Show Becomes a Bookseller Sales Conference
• Notes: Remainders Extended at BEA; 'UnSuggester' Unleashed
• Media Heat: John Edwards Campaigns for Home
• Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
• Notes: New Used Store; ISBN-13 Is at Hand
• Led Zeppelin Crashed Here Rises on YouTube
• Media Heat: Roxanne Coady on the Today Show
• Mandahla: Sold Reviewed
• Murder by the Book: First 'Printing' Tonight
• Fast Food Nation: Burger or Fries?
• Las Vegas: Sure Bet for BEA 2010
• Book Sense: May We Recommend
• On the Movie Menu Next Week: Fast Food Nation
• Random House Cuts Sales Force
• Media Heat: Funnyman John Leguizamo
• Hedge Fund Buys 11% of Borders, Boosts Stock
• Notes: Hastings Model Store; Indie Support Report
• The Book Sense/SCBA List
• Mandahla: Bacon and Baking Reviewed
• TV Movie: Last Chance Café's First Showing
• Notes: Audacity of Audacity; New Metaphysical Store
• Awards: Giller Winner Lam
• Media Heat: Martha Stewart Cleans Up Tonight
• Book TV This Weekend: The Civil War and Civil Wars
• Mexico: A Reading List
• On the Road with Politics and Prose
• Awards: Prix Renaudot
• Notes: New Store; Late into the Night for Against the Day
• The Book Cellar Bestsellers--and Why
• Media Heat: An Italian Sojourn with Jamie Oliver
• Dixie Cash on Tour: 'Dear Diary' Part 2
• Awards: Goncourt, Hurston/Wright, Thurber
• Perseus Realigns Distribution, Consortium
• Powell's to Open New Beaverton Store Next Week
• Media Heat: Life Lessons from Canines and Elmo
• Attainment: New Books Out Next Week
• Notes: Bookshop Santa Cruz Celebrates; ISBN-13 Nears
• Abebooks.com's Most Expensive Sellers in October
• Holiday Sales: Glasses, Cups, Mugs Half Full and Half Empty
• Awards: World Fantasy Winners
• Notes: Bay Books Busy; B&N, Landlord
• Dial-A-Book Calls Forth New Indie Publisher Service
• Abebooks.com's October Bestsellers: Ephron, Desai, Texts
• Quirk Shakes Up Holiday Sales with Graceland Book
• Media Heat: Rachael Ray Serves Up a New Cookbook
• Book Sense: May We Recommend
• General Retail in October: Discounters Disappoint
• Movies: A Good Year, Stranger Than Fiction
• Second Quarter: Indigo Misses Magic of Harry Potter
• Notes: New Stores, Closed Store, New Owners
• Media Heat: Oval Office Scribbles
• The Book Sense/MPIBA List
• Mandahla: The Turkey Reviewed
• Notes: Keillor's Store Opens; Sales Outside Bookstores
• Pssst: All About The Secret
• Book TV This Weekend: Ray Kurzweil Live and In Depth
• Media Heat: The Joy of Cooking with Mo'Nique
• Together with Heather: Bookazine Kids
• Robert Gray: Flaunting Regionality on Bookstore Web Sites
• Where to Shelve I Like You?
• Dixie Cash on Tour: 'Dear Diary'
• Talking Up Buybacks: Used Textbooks Association Formed
• Notes: Berean's Growth; Peppertree Delay; Aragorn's Press
• Awards: Dylan Thomas Winner
• Media Heat: More Sagesse from Mireille Guiliano
• Attainment: New Books Next Week, Vol. 2
• Awards: Prix Femina Winners
• Notes: Haunted Store; Wine Stroll; Starbucks
• Media Heat: Winning with the Welches
• Attainment: New Books Next Week, Vol. 1
• Bookselling Nova in Brazil: Livraria Cultura
• Stop Global Warming Off to Hot Start
• Media Heat: Barefoot Contessa Returns
• DVDs: More Showing at a Bookstore Near You
• Notes: Book Passage's 30-Year Journey; New Stores
• Book Sense: May We Recommend
• An Alphabetical Life: Our Last Excerpts
• B&N.com Posts Online Book Clubs
• Media Heat: O'Reilly on Oprah
• Notes: Book Sense Additions; New BEA Marketer
• New Bookstore in Maryland: Story of A Likely Story
• The Book Sense/NCIBA Bestsellers
• Awards: The Whiting Writers' Awards
• Media Heat: An Actress, a Funnyman, and a CEO
• Book TV This Weekend: Strand's Nancy Bass Wyden on Fall Books
• Notes: IBM Sues Amazon; Reactions to Two B&N College Stores
• SCBA in Los Angeles: Booksellers Feast on Authors
• How to Lure the Customer
• Oprah Opens Up to Osondu, Asks for a Video
• Notes: Berean Buys Provident; Borders in Dubai