Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Of Moose and Mind Bookshop Opens in Manlius, N.Y.
• Abrams Takes on Marketing, Sales, & Distribution of Taunton Books
• Movies: Heartbeats
• Ladybird Books Opening Tomorrow in Charleston, S.C.
• Awards: Patrick White Literary Winner
• Obituary Note: Bob Roarty
• Cool Idea of the Day: 'Books After Dark' at Weller Book Works
• Media Heat: David Burtka on the Sherri Shepherd Show
• Daydrift Cafe & Bookstore Debuts in Arlington, Va.
• Secret to a Happy Marriage: 'Weekly Bookstore Dates'
• Reading with... Maddie Ballard
• Starred YA Review: Persephone's Curse
• Book Trailer of the Day: Lead to Beat
• Storytime Bookshop in Kennewick, Wash., Relocates 
• Personnel Changes at Little Bee Books
• Consortium Adds Five Publishers
• Media Heat: Judd Apatow on Fresh Air
• TV: Project: MKUltra
• Indie Readery & Records Opens in Pittsfield, Mass.
• New Name, Location for Fergie's Bookshops in Fargo, N.Dak. 
• Awards: Forward Poetry Winners; Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Shortlist
• L.A.'s Chevalier's Books Has New Co-Owner
• University of Minnesota Press Director Armato to Retire
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Starred Review: Cape Fever
• Book Trailer of the Day: Train Your Brain to Beat Chronic Pain
• Image of the Day: Thunder Road's Book Club Hosts Lauren Grodstein
• 2nd & Charles Closes Bossier City, La., Location
• Green Apple's Vanessa Martini Reports on the Frankfurt Book Fair
• Media Heat: Jonathan Karl on Good Morning America, the View
• Thank You Books, Birmingham, Ala., Is Expanding
• The Wandering Soul in Sharon, Pa., to Close
• Review: Winter Stories
• Movies: Last Night In Montreal
• Book Trailer of the Day: I Wanted to Be Wonderful
• Bookseller Video: The Dreadful Bookshop
• Awards: PEN Heaney Poetry Shortlist
• Image of the Day: Author Series Booked in Providence, R.I.
• Top Library Recommended Titles for November
• 'Seeing My Book in All of These Bookstores... Is a Dream Come True'
• Old Haunts Bookshop Coming to Granite Bay, Calif.
• The Children's Booker Prize to Launch in 2026
• TV: Dark Winds
• The Enchanted Forest Bookshop Opens in Snohomish, Wash., Tomorrow
• Sign of the Times: City Lights Flies 'Pity the Nation' Banners
• On Stage: The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul
• Nook & Press Debuts Saturday in San Angelo, Tex.
• Awards: B&N Book of the Year Finalists
• Halloween Storefront Display: Cellar Bird Books
• Frankfurt 2025: Bookselling in Times of War
• International Update: Kate Elton Named CEO, HarperCollins UK; Booksellers Condemn Amazon France's Delivery Discount
• 'Why the Credit Card Competition Act Matters'
• Image of the Day: Craft Night at the Bookies
• Bookshop Video: Godmothers Bookstore
• Reading with... Hester Kaplan
• Review: Canticle
• Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against Much of Texas's READER Act
• The Stacks Bookstore Shares 'Highlights from This Week'
• Image of the Day: HarperCollins Breaks Ground in Indiana
• Bookseller Moment: The Green Dragon Bookshop
• Obituary Note: Ruth Weiss
• B&N Opening New Stores in Palm Harbor, Fla., & Cheshire, Conn. 
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• This Weekend on Book TV: Printers Row Lit Fest
• Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
• Media Heat: Roy Wood Jr. on the View
• Robert Gray: 'Haunted by the Ghosts of the Books I Haven't Read'
• Awards: Keri Hulme Winner
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Review: Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America
• Grump & Sunshine Romance Bookstore Has Moved to Portland, Maine
• The Velvet Bookmark Opens in Tonawanda, N.Y.
• 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