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- Vroman's Bookstore Update: Long-Term Lease Secured with Property Sale
- Movies: Reminders of Him
- Simon & Schuster COO Dennis Eulau to Retire
- Image of the Day: Weiwei's Winter Solstice at Mam's Books in Seattle
- Beyond the Book, A Literary Experience Opens in Homewood, Ill.
- Awards: Ursula K. Le Guin Fiction Winner
- Obituary Note: Alison Rose
- Oprah's Book Club Pick: A Guardian and a Thief
- Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Media Heat: Tom Colicchio on CBS Mornings
- Spooky Storefront Window Art: Chapters Books & Gifts
- Halloween Chalkboard: Columbus Bound Books
- Reading with... Elyse Myers
- Children's Review: The Firefly Crown
- Grand Opening Set for Books & Cake, Hillsdale, N.Y.
- Movie: Ellroy vs. L.A.
- Awards: Lambda Literary Winners
- The North Star Books + Bar to Open in Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Lift Bridge Book Shop, Brockport, N.Y., Turns to Crowdfunding
- Obituary Note: Baek Sehee
- Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena, Calif., Sells Its Building
- Starred Review: How to Cook a Coyote: The Joy of Old Age
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Notes from Frankfurt: English-Language Books in Europe; U.S. & French Market Overviews
- Book Trailer of the Day: Range of Motion
- Personnel Changes at Saga Press; Union Square & Co.
- Media Heat: Malala Yousafzai on Fresh Air, CBS Mornings, Today
- Storefront Window Art: Ripped Bodice Bookstore
- Bookseller Video: Moonstruck Market
- Indies First/Small Business Day 2025
- Bookstore Plans for Indies First/SBS 2025; Boozy Book Fair; the Grinch; 'Tax Holiday'
- Ownership Change for Trail's End Bookstore in Winthrop, Wash.
- Image of the Day: Sourcebooks' Cosmo Reads Imprint
- TV: 17 Years Later
- Awards: New Adult Book Winner
- 'No Kings' Bookstore Sidewalk Chalkboards
- Obituary Note: Robert Follett
- Review: The Ballad of the Last Guest
- AAP Sales: 4.2% Drop in July; Trade Down 11.9%
- Media Heat: Ken Burns on Fresh Air
- Penguin Random House on Trump Suit: 'We Continue to Stand for the First Amendment'
- Book Trailer of the Day: Just Visiting This Planet
- Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks; PR by the Book
- Notes from Frankfurt: Attendance Up; German Book Prize; New Chair; AI Issues; 2026 Reshuffle
- Third Quarter: Hachette Book Group Comparable Sales Rise 6%
- Media Heat: Alysia Abbott on Fresh Air
- Personnel Changes at Scribner; Humble Bundle
- America's Book Club Launches Sunday on C-SPAN
- Book Trailer of the Day: On the Air with Dr. Doodlebug
- Image of the Day: Jen Hatmaker at Warwick's
- Heartland Fall Forum Wraps Up with a Rewarding Binc Auction
- Obituary Note: Susan Griffin
- Movies: In Love
- Awards: Ivy for Canadian Publishing
- Spooky Window Display: Anthology for Books
- Bookshop Cat: Page Turner at Card Carrying Books & Gifts
- International Update: Bowen Named BookPeople Australia CEO; Norway's Freedom of Expression Initiative
- Grand Opening Tomorrow for Fables at the Ferry, Clifton Park, N.Y.
- Reading with... Gigi Little
- Starred Review: The Award
- Books-A-Million Opens New Store in Dover, Del.
- Liz Hottel Named Incoming Executive Director of NAIBA
- Notes from Heartland Fall Forum
- Chalkboard: Bookstore on the Square
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Awards: Voss Literary Longlist
- Midtown Reader, Tallahassee, Fla., Celebrating Expansion on Saturday
- Obituary Note: Gillian Tindall
- Kaylee Tada Wins Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship
- 'Book Conferencing': Skylark Bookshop
- Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
- Bookseller Cat: Huck at Our Town Books
- Robert Gray: Bookshop Days--'We Love the Bookshop Family We're a Part Of'
- This Weekend on Book TV: The Southern Festival of Books
- Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: The Global CEO Talk
- Media Heat: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Fresh Air
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Review: House of Day, House of Night
- Image of the Day: Heartland Fall Forum Kicks Off
- IPG Adds Four Publishers
- TV: The Countess of Monte Cristo
- Bookshop Wedding: The Archive
- Awards: National Translation Poetry & Prose Shortlists
- Book Trailer of the Day: The Hidden Seasons
- Harper Group Launching Harper Edge Imprint
- Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: Authors as 'Voices of Integrity'
- Media Heat: Nick Offerman on Today, the View, Colbert's Late Show
- Chalkboard: Shared Stories Books
- Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast
- Personnel Changes at Riverhead
- Reading with... Traci N. Todd
- Starred YA Review: The House Saphir
- Wild Geese Bookshop, Franklin, Ind., Named Great Lakes Bookstore of the Year
- Grand Opening for Folklore Grove Bookstore, Arlington, Tex.
- TV: All Her Fault
- PRH Two-Day Holiday Transit Plan for Indies Launches Tomorrow
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Review: The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late
- Image of the Day: 88 Years of Powell's Experience
- Bookseller Tats: Blacksburg Books
- Media Heat: Michael Lewis on CBS Mornings
- MPIBA: Navigating Attacks on Your Store
- Memorial Service for Dan Cullen Set for November 2
- Awards: Kirkus Winners
- Book Trailer of the Day: Gone Before Goodbye
- Personnel Changes at Hachette Nashville; Sourcebooks
- B&N Opening New Stores Tomorrow in Idaho, Fla., & Calif.
- Zibby's Bookshop Opening NYC Pop-Up Today
- Swiftie-inspired Chalkboard: Blue Cypress Books
- TV: Drops of God Season 2
- Andrews McMeel Publishing Names Tim Paulson EVP, Publisher
- Awards: B&N Discover, Little Rebels Winners
- Obituary Note: Tony Harrison
- Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day
- Personnel Changes at Candlewick/Holiday House/Peachtree
- MPIBA FallCon: Bookselling in the Modern Age: Social Media Action Plans
- Halloween Storefront Window Display: The Yankee Bookshop
- Princeton University Press Acquires Island Press
- The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, N.Y., Moving to New Location
- Bookseller Cat: Baggins at Storyline Books
- Mis Amores Bookshop Arriving in Knoxville, Tenn.
- Image of the Day: Jenan Matari at Cindell's Bookstore
- Reading with... Brian Freeman
- Starred Review: The Definitions
- Nobel Prize for Literature Awarded to László Krasznahorkai
- Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Tommy Orange Wins MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowship
- Awards: Giller Shortlist
- Obituary Note: Ivan Klima
- Hachette Creates Retail Sales Group
- Bookseller Moment: New Book Tuesday & Anti-Prime Day
- Left Field Publishing Launches; First Titles Include Debut Novel by Shelf's John Mutter
- This Weekend on Book TV: The Mississippi Book Festival
- Robert Gray: Banned Books Week: 'We Just Want to Celebrate Stories'
- Media Heat: Michael J. Fox on Good Morning America
- MPIBA FallCon Wraps Up
- Book Trailer of the Day: Facing Infinity
- Image of the Day: Climate Change Discussion at Politics and Prose
- Books on Third, Naples, Fla., Opens This Week
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Review: The Gallagher Place
- Baker & Taylor Closing
- Image of the Day: Plenty of Pynchon
- Banned Books at Books & Co.
- National Book Awards Finalists
- TV: Murder Most Unladylike
- Awards: Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Shortlist
- International Update: HarperCollins UK CEO Redmayne Resigns; Ireland's Bookshop of the Year Longlist
- Media Heat: Nicholas Sparks, M. Night Shyamalan on CBS Mornings
- Book Trailer of the Day: Just Ducky
- Dixon Books Opening Saturday in Natchez, Miss.
- Obituary Note: Jilly Cooper
- Reading with... katherena vermette
- Children's Review: Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep
- Signboard: Bridgeside Books
- Bookseller Moment: Roundabout Bookstore
- Andrews McMeel Buys Quirk Books
- MPIBA: Conversations with Colleagues: Alternative Model Bookstores
- Obituary Note: Dan Cullen
- Bookshop Cameo: Kate McKinnon
- Movies: The Partner
- Awards: T.S. Eliot Shortlist
- Personnel Changes at Bloomsbury Academic
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Media Heat: Beth Macy on Fresh Air
- Review: Dawn of the Firebird
- Image of the day: Victoria Redel at Porter Square Books
- Book Trailer of the Day: My Sister's Doljabi
- Spineless Reads Debuts in Williamsburg, Va.
- Black Pot Bookshop, Opelousas, La., to Close Physical Store
- Baker & Taylor Struggling; Ingram Sees Increased Library Business
- TV: The Age of Innocence
- Obituary Note: Brian Patten
- Lake Bound Bookstore Opening This Week in Averill Park, N.Y.
- Review: My Fair Frauds
- Image of the Day: Suzanne Warye at the Book Stall
- Shelf Awareness Call for Information: Indies First/Small Business Saturday
- ABA's Banned Books Display Instagram Contest
- Voice of the Heartland Award Goes to Ross Gay
- Media Heat: Ada Limón on Fresh Air
- Personnel Changes at Candlewick/Holiday House/Peachtree
- Book Trailer of the Day: Tell Me I Belong
- Favorite E-Mail Subject Line Received Recently by Shelf Awareness
- Awards: PNBA BuzzBooks Winner; Goldsmiths Shortlist
- Libro.fm Bestsellers in September
- On Stage: The Hunger Games
- Sidewalk Signboard: Lost & Bound Bookstore & Soda Bar
- Cool Idea: Fall Giving Tree
- Movies: Wicker
- PEN America Report: 'Disturbing Normalization' of Book Bans
- Obituary Note: Jane Goodall
- International Update: Bookshop.org U.K. Adds E-Books; EIBF director Julie Belgrado Stepping Down
- Awards: Cercador Literature in Translation Finalists; Wolfson History Shortlist
- Image of the Day: Mini Cozy Mystery Con at Mystery Lovers Bookshop
- Reading with... Yume Kitasei
- Review: Friends and Liars
- Molly's Bookstore, Melrose, Mass., Adding Boston Location
- Bookseller Moment: Annie Bloom's Books
- The Story Emporium & Book Shop Coming to Hutto, Tex.
- Cool Idea of the Day: 'Government Shutdown Discount'
- James Patterson's Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program for Indie Booksellers Returns
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Steamy Lit Romance Bookstore Moving to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- B&N to Open New Stores in La Jolla, Calif., Knoxville, Tenn.
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Robert Gray: Bookstore Customer Service Reel Festival
- This Weekend on Book TV: Phyllis Bennis on Understanding Palestine & Israel
- Obituary Note: Harlow Giles Unger
- Personnel Changes at Saga Press
- Image of the Day: SNL Stars Appear for Edie Baskin
- Media Heat: Christopher Pepper, Joanna Schroeder on Morning Joe
- Review: Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle
- Awards: Cundill History Finalists; Trivedi Science Book Winner
- WNBA's Great Group Reads
- PNBA's Fall Tradeshow Concludes
- Reading Rainbow to Return on YouTube Channel KidZuko
- Image of the Day: The Well-Read Moose Hosts Chris Whitaker
- B&N's October Book Club Pick: Heart the Lover
- Reading with... Lana Lin
- Obituary Note: Robert B. Barnett
- Children's Review: The Coziest Place on the Moon
- Bookmiser New & Used Books, Marietta, Ga., Damaged by Fire
- Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast
- Media Heat: Nicholas Sparks on Good Morning America
- Personnel Changes at Knopf
- Awards: Australia's Prime Minister Literary Winners; Center for Fiction First Novel Shortlist
- The Twisted Spine Bookstore Opens in Brooklyn
- Bookshop Cat: Blue Cypress Books
- Book Trailer of the Day: The Betrayal
- B&N Reopens Baton Rouge, La., Bookstore in New Space
- Deal for Readerlink to Buy Baker & Taylor Collapses
- Awards: Pacific Northwest Book Shortlist
- Books & Books Goes Backstage with Dua Lipa
- IPG Adds Four Publishers
- Media Heat: Mark Ronson on Fresh Air
- TV: Down Cemetery Road
- Image of the Day: Lost and Found Hanukkah at Brazos Bookstore
- Obituary Note: Maxine Clair
- Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster
- Starred Review: Supersaurio
- PNBA Keynote: 'Conflict, Care, and Community in Bookstore Workplaces'
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Book Trailer of the Day: Trial and Error
- Indie Bookstores: 'A Pillar That Is Holding Up Our Country'
- Celia Bookshop Opening in Swarthmore, Pa., on Saturday
- PNBA: Pictures from the Exhibition
- PNBA Fall Tradeshow Opens in Spokane, Wash.
- Movies: Hamnet
- Autumn Bookseller Moment: The Yankee Bookshop
