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- On Stage: The Baby-Sitters Club Musical
- Chalkboard: Ink & Ivy Book Boutique
- Awards: Wainwright Winners
- Arthur Sze Named U.S. Poet Laureate
- Monarch Books & Gifts, Overland Park., Kan., Relocating
- Obituary Note: Marilyn Diamond
- Gnoll's Loot Table Lands in Riverside, Iowa
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Image of the Day: Launch Week for Pat Harris
- Personnel Changes at Grand Central
- Media Heat: Mary Roach on Fresh Air
- Starred Review: Palaver
- Book Trailer of the Day: Radical Sisters
- Charmed & Bound Books Coming to Flemington, N.J., This Fall
- Simon & Schuster Rep Tim Hepp Is Retiring
- Stable Distribution Set to Launch with 15 Publishing Partners
- National Book Award Longlists: Fiction
- Image of the Day: Tochi Eze at New Dominion Bookshop
- Review: Queen Esther
- NEIBA: Bookseller Wellness 101 (or: Our Bodies Are Prisons of Flesh)
- Media Heat: Trymaine Lee on Fresh Air
- Football Season Sales Floor Display: Schuler Books
- NEIBA: A Lively, Smoothly Run 52nd Fall Conference
- Primetime Emmy Winners by the Book
- Awards: Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Winner
- Book Trailer of the Day: The Book of Fairies
- Personnel Changes at TvS Media Group; Kensington; Abraham Associates
- NEIBA: Alix Harrow: 'Obsessed with Lady Knights'
- Media Heat: Renée Watson on MSNBC's Velshi Banned Book Club
- Columbia Univ. Press Sales Consortium to Represent Univ. of Pittsburgh Press
- Chalkboard: Volumes Bookcafe
- Teddy's Best Reads Opening in Oxford, Conn., Next Month
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Pocket Books, Lancaster, Pa., Opening Second Location
- Image of the Day: Lacey N. Dunham Returns to Politics & Prose
- NEIBA: Children's Author Breakfast
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- The Cozy Book Nook Relocating to Dayton, Ohio
- Reading with... Shaka Senghor
- Review: The Cracks We Bear
- Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks; the future of agency; Simon Maverick
- Book Trailer of the Day: Vanished
- 'Independent Bookstores Carry What They Like'
- Readerlink Buying Baker & Taylor
- Awards: New England Book Winners
- National Book Award Longlists: Poetry, Nonfiction
- This Weekend on Book TV: Lee Tilghman on If You Don't Like This, I Will Die
- Review: The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity
- Seventh Shelf Opens in Hanover, Pa.
- NEIBA: Pictures from the 52nd Annual Exhibition
- Media Heat: Reality Winner on Fresh Air
- Top Book Club Picks in August
- Once Upon a Bookstore, Fall River, Mass., Debuts as Pop-Up
- Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster; Bloomsbury Academic
- Image of the Day: Aeneid Launch at Brazos Bookstore
- Bookstore Engagement: Book Society in Berkeley
- Book Trailer of the Day: Woodpecker
- Chalkboard: Protagonist Books & Coffee
- Bright Side Books & Wine Coming to Raleigh, N.C.
- Reading with... Nino Haratischwili
- NEIBA: Jon Meacham Calls Booksellers 'Soldiers in a Cause of Englightenment, Democracy, Dissent'
- Obituary Note: Ann Saville
- Autumnal Chalkboard: Green Apple Books
- National Book Award Longlists: Young People's Literature, Translated Literature
- Media Heat: Zosia Mamet on CBS Mornings
- Reading Group Choices' Most Popular August Books
- Starred Children's Review: A Gallery of Cats
- Pagination Bookshop, Springfield, Mo., to Close
- Personnel Changes at Blackstone Publishing; Candlewick/Holiday House/Peachtree
- Book Trailer of the Day: Messi's Magic
- Image of the Day: Amy Jackson at the Twig
- Grand Opening Set for Blue Dog Books in Springboro, Ohio
- Media Heat: Stephen Curry on Today
- Review: Cursed Daughters
- Betty's Books, Webster Grove, Mo., Moving to New Space
- Image of the Day: Kirk Reedstrom at Blue Willow Books
- Birdwhistell Books Opening Tomorrow in Elizabethtown, Ky.
- Personnel Changes at Hachette Book Group
- Happy 25th Birthday, Inklings Bookshop!
- Book Trailer of the Day: A Ruin, Great and Free
- Linda-Marie Barrett on Creating a Salon
- Nightlight Books Searching for Physical Storefront in Cleveland, Ohio
- Empire Bookshop Opens in Kewanee, Ill.
- Bookstore Wedding Pics: The Twig Book Shop
- Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
- Media Heat: Charlie Sheen, Dan Brown on Good Morning America
- Starred Review: The Uncool: A Memoir
- Obituary Note: Michael Zibart
- George Saunders to Receive National Book Foundation Medal
- Image of the Day: Prospective Booksellers Workshop
- Awards: McIlvanney Finalists
- Shelf Awareness Call for Information: Banned Books Week
- Barnes & Noble to Open in Pasadena, Md.
- Book Trailer of the Day: Terminal Surreal
- Lit Actually Opens in Baldwinsville, N.Y.
- Bookseller Moment: Newtown Bookshop
- Sisters Books & Nooks Opening Tomorrow in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Image of the Day: Fourth Wing Night at Fenway
- Awards: Dayne Ogilvie Shortlist
- Ownership Change at Vashon Bookshop, Vashon, Wash.
- TV: The Forsytes
- Tracy Miracle Founds Egypt Street PR & Literary
- Obituary Note: Patrick Hemingway
- ACC Art Books to Distribute Royal Academy of Arts
- International Update: Gardners Changes U.S. Shipping Policy; CIBA Launches The Booksellers' List
- Roxane Gay to Receive National Book Foundation's Literarian Award
- Winter Institute 2026 Scholarship Winners
- James Patterson's New Initiative Rewards Emerging Authors
- Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast
- Book Trailer of the Day: Philip Roth: Stung by Life
- Reading with... Carla Ciccone
- Review: Her One Regret
- Barnes & Noble to Buy Books Inc.
- Image of the Day: T. Kingfisher at Bookworks
- Cool Idea: 'In-Store Pre-Order Station'
- This Weekend on Book TV: The National Book Festival
- The Cranford Bookstore, Cranford, N.J., Opening Physical Store Tomorrow
- Green Apple's Pete Mulvihill Joins Literary Agency, Keeps Day Job
- Obituary Note: Jonathan Main
- ABA Staff Departures: Gen de Botton and Jill Perlstein
- Personnel Changes at Vintage
- Robert Gray: The Writer in the Window (Well, Upstairs in a Bookshop)
- Media Heat: Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Fresh Air
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Awards: Baillie Gifford Longlist; Margaret Mahy Illustration Winner
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Review: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
- Book Trailer of the Day: Red Sapphire
- TV: The Catch
- Claire McLaughlin Founds Terrace Public Relations
- Beguiled Books Opening Physical Store in Seattle, Wash., This Fall
- Reese's September Book Club Pick: To the Moon and Back
- Awards: Heartland Booksellers Winners
- Commerce Street Books, Charlottesville, Va., to Host Grand Opening This Week
- Obituary Note: Vivian Ayers Allen
- Chalkboard: Grass Roots Books & Music
- Media Heat: Stephen King on Here & Now
- Libro.fm Bestsellers in August
- Reading with... Stephanie Reents
- YA Review: Blood & Breath
- Book Trailer of the Day: The Phoebe Variations
- Bookseller Video: Abalabix Books
- Loom & Lore Bookmobile Debuts in Green Bay, Wis.
- Awards: Cundill History Shortlist
- AAP 2024 Estimates: Total Sales Up 4.1%, to $32.5 Billion
- TV: Hope
- Kevin Bendle Named Executive Director of Seminary Co-op Bookstores
- Obituary Note: Zdena Salivarova
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- ABA's Fall Marketing Campaign
- Introducing Starred Reviews in Shelf Awareness Pro
- Media Heat: Dr. Michael T. Osterholm on CBS Mornings
- Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
- Book Trailer of the Day: Spare These Stones
- Bonsai Books in Cheyenne, Wyo., to Close
- Top Library Recommended Titles for September
- Chalkboard: Boxcar & Caboose
- Image of the Day: The Manipulator at B&N, Holmdel, N.J.
- Starred Review: Bad Bad Girl
- 'Fight Back Against Hopelessness and Tyranny'
- TV: The Fort Bragg Cartel
- Applications Open for Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship
- B&N's September Book Club Pick: Buckeye
- International Update: Dymocks Names New CEO; 'Not-So-Super-Thursday' Expected for U.K.
- Sip-N-Read Bookbar Opens in Detroit, Mich.
- IPG Adds Two Publishers
- Awards: Kirkus; Washington State Book Finalists
- Happy 45th Birthday, Books of Wonder!
- Happy Labor Day!
- Personnel Changes at Hachette; Simon & Schuster
- Image of the Day: Killer Nashville's 20th Anniversary Conference & Award Winners
- Books-A-Million Opens New Store in Bossier City, La.
- Cool Idea of the Day: Waikiki Key Found
- Protagonist Books & Coffee in Dryden, N.Y., to Host Ribbon-cutting
- Grand Opening Set for Amethyst and Ink Books, Lawton, Okla.
- Review: The Ten Year Affair
- First Half 2025: PRH Revenues Rise 2.1%, Optimism About Fall Titles
- Obama's Summer Reading List 2025
- Keith Arsenault Wins NEIBA's Saul Gilman Award
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Austen's Shelf Debuting Soon in Cherry Hill, N.J.
- Awards: Library of Congress American Fiction Winner
- This Weekend on Book TV: Megan Greenwell on Bad Company
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Robert Gray: Indies Celebrate Swift/Kelce Engagement 'Because Love Stories Belong in Every Era'
- B&N Opening New Store in Miami, Fla., Closing Another
- Image of the Day: Collateral Stardust
- Media Heat: Casey Elsass on Good Morning America
- Personnel Changes at Abrams
- Obituary Note: Jenny Feder
- Review: Writing Creativity and Soul
- Field Day Books & Bottles Opens in Portland, Ore.
- S&S CEO Jonathan Karp Stepping Down, Will Head New Imprint
- Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, Ohio, Relocating
- Chapter House Books Opens in Fayetteville, N.C.
- PRH Officially Opens Crawfordsville, Ind., Warehouse Expansion
- Bookseller Moment: Birdie Books
- Stacks Book Club, Oro Valley, Ariz., Adding Tucson Location
- Movies: The Man in My Basement
- Awards: YA Book Prize Winner
- Media Heat: Chelsea Handler on Live with Kelly and Mark
- Bookseller Cat: RIP Kitty Moo at Libélula Books & Co.
- 'Why I'm Here. Why This Matters.'
- Chalkboard: Four Pines Bookstore
- Reading with... Marissa Higgins
- Children's Review: The Free State of Jax
- Image of the Day: Bookseller Fall Preview at HarperCollins
- Personnel Changes at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
- TV: Foster Dade
- Bookseller Moment: Green Heron Bookshop
- Awards: JBA Debut Writers over 50 Winner
- C-SPAN Launching America's Book Club This Fall
- Matchmaker Bookshop Opening Soon in Highland Park, Ill.
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Media Heat: Zarna Garg on the View
- Image of the Day: Chuck Tingle at Third Place Books
- Book Trailer of the Day: The True Gifts of Christmas
- Review: Art on Fire
- Hearts on Fire Books Coming to Boise, Idaho, in October
- Double Dog Bookshop Hits the Road in Mo.
- Welcome to Shelf Awareness: Extra!
- Halloween: For Some Booksellers, the Second Most Important Holiday
- Halloween: A Spooky Roundup of Titles
- Movies: Dad Camp
- Awards: Sustainable Story Shortlist!
- Stay Tuned: Brad Meltzer, Impractical Jokers at Mysterious Bookshop
- Obituary Note: Sonallah Ibrahim
- Image of the Day: Judging by the Cover with Tracy Rosenthal
- Silver Unicorn Wins BPRNE's Independent Spirit Award
- Media Heat: Vonda Wright on CBS Mornings
- Book Trailer of the Day: Hybred
- Review: Intemperance
- Little Bay Books Opens in Ashland, Wis.
- The Nook Bookstore Cafe Opens in El Paso, Tex.
- Barnes & Noble to Open New Store in Rockwall, Tex.
- Reading with... Thomas Schlesser
- Obituary Note: Starling Lawrence
- Bookshop.org & Two Trees Press Donate to Support Binc
- Movies: One Second After
- Bookstore Video: 'I Preordered a Book, Why Isn't It Ready?'
- Bookseller Moment: Tome Books & Novelteas
- Cool Idea: 'We Love Teachers' Message Board
- Awards: Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Shortlist
- Flor. Coffee + Books, Washington, D.C., Hosts Grand Opening Today
- HarperCollins to Build State-of-the-Art Warehouse in Indiana
- International Update: Denmark to Abolish VAT on Books; Waterstones Sees Strong Sales from Younger Adults
- Image of the Day: Wes Moore's Community Teach-in at Politics and Prose
- Ribbon-cutting for 'Relaunch' of the Wandering Soul, Sharon, Pa.
- Reading with... Fadi Zaghmout
- Review: Red City