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- Simon & Schuster to Sell and Distribute Bedford Square Publishers
- Personnel Changes at the Tor Publishing Group
- On Stage: Primal Fear
- Little Blue Pigeon Opening April 1 in Denver, Colo.
- TV: Opposing Counsel
- New Leadership Team at the Feminist Press
- Applications for Scholastic CI Scholarship Close on Tuesday
- Happy 15th Birthday, The Underground Bookshop!
- Awards: Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist
- Chalkboard: Wonderland Books
- Image of the Day: Future Relic, Next to Heaven
- International Update: Hong Kong Booksellers Arrested; TG Jones CEO Toal Steps Down
- Reading with... Casey Scieszka
- Review: Memory House
- The Yellow House, Tiverton, R.I., Adding Bar & Cafe
- Semicolon Books Opening in Bethlehem, Pa.
- At Penguin Random House, 2025 Revenues Rise 1.3%; Bertelsmann Slips 0.2%
- Obituary Note: Tracy Kidder
- AUPresses's Digital Digest: Reading for Understanding the War in Iran
- HarperCollins Sales Reorganized into Divisional Sales and Channel Sales
- Media Heat: Katrina Manson on Fresh Air
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Awards: Women's Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist
- Grand Opening Set for Hollow and Quill, Reno, Nev.
- Robert Gray: A Year of Reading, More or Less
- This Weekend on Book TV: Gavin Newsom
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Simon & Schuster to Sell and Distribute Advantage | The Authority Company
- Book Trailer of the Day: Dare to Think Differently
- 'Romance Boutique' Evermore Books Opens in Ottawa, Ont.
- Starred Review: The Lost Book of Lancelot
- Image of the Day: Billy Porter at Barnes & Noble UWS
- Happy 50th Birthday, The Bookstore in Lenox!
- Image of the Day: Awesome Latinas at Annie Bloom's
- Awards: Hilary Mantel Fiction Winner
- On Stage: Trainspotting the Musical
- Applications Open for Binc's Kamil Writers Prize
- Silver Sprocket in San Francisco Closes
- Shelf Awareness Call for Information: Independent Bookstore Day
- Media Heat: Sen. Cory Booker on All Things Considered
- Bookstore Moment: The Book & Cover
- Reading with... Alice Martin
- YA Review: The Last Best Quest Ever
- Chalkboard: Buffalo Books & Coffee
- Jeff Martin Changing Role at Tulsa's Magic City Books
- Decoy Bookstore Opens in North East, Md.
- Pages & Perks Bookstore & More Coming to St. Petersburg, Fla.
- 'Birds from Our Manager's Bird Feeder Cam as Book Covers'
- TV: Death of a Diplomat
- Awards: BMO Winterset Finalists
- Image of the Day: Bookstore Makes a Wish Happen
- Why Choose Debuts in Tucson, Ariz.
- Simon & Schuster to Sell and Distribute Arcturus Publishing
- Obituary Note: Calvin Tomkins
- Your Brother's Bookstore, Evansville, Ky, Relocating
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- A Seat at the Table Books, Elk Grove, Calif., Burglarized
- RJ Julia Booksellers Manager Julie Arriens Retiring
- Bookseller Faves: March Romance Titles
- Media Heat: Arthur C. Brooks on CBS Mornings
- Review: A Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- Book Trailer of the Day: Selma--The Story of a Stellar Spider
- Media Heat: Andrew McCarthy on Good Morning America, Kelly Clarkson Show
- Movies: What Happens at Night
- Kwame Spearman Steps Away from Denver Book Society
- Scholastic Third Quarter: Revenues Down 2%; Balance Sheet Improves
- Review: The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos
- Awards: Plutarch Longlist
- Personnel Changes at Macmillan Children's Publishing
- Book Trailer of the Day: Masque of Honor
- Ownership Change at Blue Marble Books, Fort Thomas, Ky.
- Bookseller Moment: Rooted Books & Gifts
- Verbosity Bookhouse Opens in Port Washington, Wis.
- Image of the day: Markus Zusak at Rakestraw Books
- River Bend Bookshop in West Hartford, Conn., Relocates
- Top Library Recommended Titles for April
- On Stage: The Secret Garden
- TV: Enigma Variations
- Sourcebooks Partnering with Lavaille Lavette to Create Joyful Pen Books
- Awards: NBCC's Toni Morrison Achievement Winner; Lambda Literary Shortlists
- Binc to Host 30th Anniversary Gala in NYC
- Storytime Bookshop, Kennewick, Wash., Temporarily Closed Due to Fire Damage
- Leafy Pages Bookstore Coming to Wellsboro, Pa., Next Month
- Winter Weather Report: Canterbury Book Store
- Obituary Note: Alfredo Bryce Echenique
- Image of the Day: WORD Bookstores Hosts Melissa Auf der Maur
- Grand Opening Set for Flourish & Fiction, Woodstock, New Brunswick
- Personnel Changes at Penguin; Kensington
- Chalkboard: The Story Emporium & Bookshop
- Reading with... Kiersten White
- Review: Layaway Child: Stories
- MLA Executive Director Paula Krebs Stepping Down
- Bookstore Weather Update: Cottage Books
- Ownership, Name Change for Black Sun Books, Eugene, Ore.
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Marigold's Bookstore, Bartlesville, Okla., Moving, Expanding
- Awards: Dylan Thomas, James Tait Black Shortlists
- This Weekend on Book TV: Erik Larson
- Robert Gray: Such Stuff as Booksellers' Dreams Are Made On
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Media Heat: Demi Lovato on CBS Mornings
- Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster
- Image of the Day: 'Hear Us Now'--Women's History Month at McIntyre's Books
- Friendly Book Store, Quakertown, Pa., Closing Saturday
- Review: The Secret History of Gold: Myth, Money, Politics, and Power
- Chapter Twenty Mobile Bookstore Hits the Road Near Baton Rouge, La.
- TV: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
- Booksellers 'Wearing the Green' on St. Patrick's Day
- Bookish Winter Storm Report: Comma, a bookshop
- Personnel Changes at Brookline Booksmith
- Ownership Change at Saltwater Bookstore in Marblehead, Mass.
- Awards: PEN/Hemingway Debut Novel Winner
- Plot Twist Books, Lockport, Ill., Opens Bricks-and-Mortar Store
- Obituary Note: Len Deighton
- Media Heat: Francis Spufford on Fresh Air
- Storefront Window Art: Plaid Elephant Books
- Honey Flutters Teas & Books Hosts Grand Opening in San Antonio, Tex.
- Reading with... Lindsay Linton Buk
- Starred YA Review: An Expanse of Blue
- Image of the Day: Kitty Caterpillar at Children's Book World
- The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, Ottawa, Ont., Relocating
- Movies: Three Incestuous Sisters
- Video: Print: A Bookstore
- Bookstore Nuptials: Alibi Bookshop
- Awards: James Patterson Bookshop.org Shortlist; Publishing Triangle Finalists
- For Sale: Amherst Books in Amherst, Mass.
- Obituary Note: Paul R. Ehrlich
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Get Lit Books & Things Relocates in Moreno Valley, Calif.
- Media Heat: Melissa Auf der Maur on the Drew Barrymore Show
- Review: The Things We Never Say
- The Poetry Shelf: Poetry Month Suggestions
- Ownership Change for Lake Country Booksellers, White Bear Lake, Minn.
- Image of the Day: Nick Petrie at Boswell Book Company
- TV: Netflix Series About Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera
- Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast
- Bookish Oscars: One Battle After Another Wins Big
- Bookseller Cat: RIP Squash at BookMarx
- Starred Review: John of John
- Romantic Roots Bookstore, Olympia, Wash., Hosts Grand Opening
- Image of the Day: Malcolm Kempt at The Book Stall
- Awards: Stella Longlist
- Happy Fifth Birthday, Dog-Eared Books!
- Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster; Little, Brown
- Jaime Leifer New Publishing Director of Bloomsbury US Adult Trade
- Media Heat: Daniel Okrent on Fresh Air
- Book Trailer of the Day: The Good Pornographer
- Obituary Note: Peter Schneider
- ABA Unveils Shortlist for Relaunched Indies Choice Book Awards
- Movies: The Bell Jar
- Awards: Carnegie Medals Shortlists
- Obituary Note: Jewell Stoddard
- London Book Fair 2026: Climate Action through Courageous Publishing
- International Update: German Bookshop Award Ceremony Canceled; Charting U.K. BookTok Sales
- Personnel Changes at Kensington
- Ingram Academic & Professional Adds University of Notre Dame Press, McGill-Queen's University Press
- The Wicked Press Pop-up Launching Storefront in South Windsor, Conn.
- Women's History Month Displays: Carmichael's Bookstore
- Image of the Day: Linda Keir at Exile in Bookville
- Grand Opening Tomorrow at Story House Bookstore, Springfield, Mo.
- Reading with... Shelley Noble
- Review: Prestige Drama
- Chalkboard: Columbus Bound Bookshop
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Writer's Block Bookstore to Close Winter Garden, Fla., Location
- This Weekend on Book TV: The New Orleans Book Festival and the Tucson Festival of Books
- Robert Gray: Book-to-Screen Adaptations--'Long May the Collaborations Continue!'
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Personnel Changes at Penguin Young Readers; St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Awards: Republic of Consciousness, U.S. & Canada Winner; Aspen Words Literary Finalists
- London Book Fair 2026: Pan Macmillan CEO Joanna Prior on the Reading Crisis
- Media Heat: Robin Arzon on the Kelly Clarkson Show
- Image of the Day: Books & Books Celebrates Women's History Month
- Lakeside Book Co. Adds Three Publishers
- Review: Five Weeks in the Country
- Video: 'When the Staff Won't Leave You Alone'
- Forage Books Opens in Kennett Square, Pa.
- Published Bookstore & Bar Debuts in Huntington, N.Y.
- Reading Group Choices' Most Popular February Books
- Movies: In the Valley of Shadows
- Powell's Books Opening New PDX Store
- Awards: Nero Gold Winner
- Crowdfunder Supports Lark & Owl Booksellers, Georgetown, Tex.
- British Book Awards' Independent Bookshop of the Year Regional Winners
- London Book Fair 2026: PRH UK's Tom Weldon in Conversation
- Media Heat: John Grisham on CBS Mornings
- IPG Adds Five Publishers
- Personnel Changes at Union Square & Co.
- Bookseller Moment: Serendipity Books
- Whistler's Daughter Books Opens in Ferndale, Mich.
- Top Library Recommended Titles for March
- Reading with... Jacquie Walters
- YA Review: Seconds to Spare
- Book Trailer of the Day: Was It Something I Said?
- PGW Adds Four Publishers
- Michael Shoults New CEO of HBG US Distribution
- Cool Idea: 48 Hour Read-a-Thon
- des pair books, Los Angeles, Calif., Closing Storefront
- TV: Margo's Got Money Troubles
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Obituary Note: Betsey Detwiler
- Greg Greeley Named CEO of Simon & Schuster, Succeeding Jonathan Karp
- Media Heat: Jamilah Lemieux on Fresh Air
- Starred Review: The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy
- Awards: Gordon Burn Winner; Carol Shields Fiction Longlist
- Image of the Day: Tales of Two Ashlands
- Book Trailer of the Day: Downfall
- Personnel Changes at Running Press and Avalon Travel; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Tattooed Tree Books Opening This Spring in Fort Atkinson, Wis.
- Media Heat: Rhae Lynn Barnes on Fresh Air
- Movies: The Stranger
- 'I Always Get Such a Surge of Joy When I See My Books Stocked at Indies'
- B&N Opening in Melbourne, Fla., on Wednesday
- Obituary Note: António Lobo Antunes
- Review: The Radiant Dark
- Bill Krause to Retire from Llewellyn Worldwide
- Outstanding International Children's Books Webinar Set for Next Monday
- Book Trailer of the Day: The End of My Life Is Killing Me
- Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Finalists; Athenaeum of Philadelphia Shortlist
- Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks; Princeton University Press
- Image of the Day: Lauren Groff at Warwick's
- Alice's Haunted Little Bookshop, Mystic, Conn., Adding Store in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
- Libro.fm Bestsellers in February
- Bookseller Cat: Buster at Split Rock Books
- Two Rivers to Sell and Distribute Guinness World Records
- Happy 20th Birthday, Stone Soup Books!
- Personnel Changes at Abrams; Grand Central and Forever
- TV: Lovejoy
- Judging by the Cover, Fresno, Calif., Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
- International Update: SLF Boycott Bumps Amazon from Paris Book Festival; BA Group's Initiative
- Awards: Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist
- Image of the Day: Honor Flight at Old Town Books
- Media Heat: Michaeleen Doucleff on CBS Mornings
- Àbákẹ́ Books & Café Opens in Jersey City, N.J.
- GMA, Reese's Book Club Picks
- Bookseller or Librarian & Young Reader: 'Such an Amazing Connection'
- B&N Closing Bookstore in San Bruno, Calif.
- Reading with... Laura Taylor Namey
- Review: Boomtown: The True Story of the Wickedest Town in Texas
- The Books Cellar Coming to Jacksonville, Fla., This Spring
- Media Heat: Annie Leibovitz on CBS Mornings
- Wi2026: Author Events and Censorship
- Personnel Changes at Chelsea Green
- Steerforth Press Now Imprint of Pushkin Press US
- Obituary Note: Rose Lesniak
- Memorial Scholarship Fund Launched to Honor Bookseller Gee Gee Rosell
- Movies: Fake Skating
- Image of the Day: Haley Pham at the Strand
- Top Book Club Picks in February
- Bookstore Winter Weather Update: Book Shop of Beverly Farms
