Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• Personnel Changes at PRH, Random House Publishing Group
• The ABA Annual Meeting & Community Forum: Celebrating a 'Challenging, Banner' Year
• 'Meet Nan, the Queen of the Quote at Powell's Books'
• On Stage: Girl, Interrupted
• TV: Welcome to Catalina
• Image of the Day: Newtonville Books Hosts Jayne Anne Phillips & Tom Perrotta
• Sales Floor Display: BookPeople
• Awards: Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Shortlist
• Grand Opening Set for Wisp Bookshop's Storefront in Middletown, Del.
• Obituary Note: David Henderson
• Bookseller Cat: Rama at Sabu's Books
• 'The Entire Staff Picks Wall Was Dedicated to My Book'
• Purrs & Pages Coming to Ocala, Fla.
• Reading with... Warren Liu
• Starred Review: Please Don't Touch the Body: Stories
• Image of the Day: Red Comet Press Authors Tour Boston
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Personnel Changes at Libro.fm
• Obituary Note: Robert Daley
• Media Heat: Matt Haig on Here & Now
• Stacks Book Club Opens Tucson, Ariz., Store
• Awards: Chautauqua Finalists
• Robert Gray: 'Wins... and Loss' at the ABIA Awards
• This Weekend on Book TV: Robert Caro
• Pre-wedding Pic: Brain Lair Books 
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
• Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences in Denton, Tex., to Close this Month
• Page After Page Books, Commack, N.Y., Debuts Physical Space in Coffee Shop
• Movies: The Things We Leave Unfinished
• Image of the Day: Matt Dinniman on Tour
• Bookseller Recommendation: 'Break Up with AI!!'
• AAP to Partner with Vermillio on AI Infringement and Piracy Initiative
• Awards: Miles Franklin Longlist
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• International Update: Canadians & Book Prices; Faber, Shakespeare and Company Team for Podcast
• Reading with... Vaishnavi Patel
• Jeff Resnik Joins Ownership Team at {pages} a bookstore, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
• Children's Review: If the Moon
• Bookseller Faves: June Romance Preview
• Media Heat: Ben Rhodes on Fresh Air
• Chalkboard: Wicked Good Books
• The Scarlet Page & Little Cloud Playhouse, Killeen, Tex., Celebrate Double Ribbon-cutting
• From My Shelf Books & Gifts, Wellsboro, Pa., to Close
• SIBA Seeks Board Nominations
• TV: East of Eden
• Media Heat: David Sedaris on Fresh Air
• Reel Booksellers: Changing of the Social Media Accounts Guardian
• Review: The Devoted
• Crow City Books Opens in Auburn, N.Y.
• 'Buzz Books Fall/Winter 2026'; Fiction and Nonfiction Panels Set
• Celia Guerra Named Simon & Schuster Chief of Staff
• Awards: Barnes & Noble Children's, YA Winners
• Book Trailer of the Day: Marvelous Freaks of Nature!
• Bookseller Moment: Sometimes Bookselling Is a 'Some Assembly Required' Profession
• Atticus Books & Music in Arizona Splitting into Two Storefronts
• Tomes and Bones Book Co. Unveils Mobile Bookstore in Bozeman, Mont.
• Top Library Recommended Titles for June
• Bookstore Engagement Pics: Lovestruck Books & Cafe
• Movies: Choose Your Own Adventure
• On Stage: Celebrity Autobiography
• Awards: Firecracker Finalists; Dublin Literary Winner
• Ownership Change at Best of Books, Edmond, Okla.
• International Update: French Court Rejects Amazon's Book Delivery Fees Appeal; PRH UK's Children's Bookshop Grants
• Image of the Day: Katherine Applegate Brings Wombat to Books and Greetings
• Obituary Note: Alan Bradley
• Memorial Day Weekend
• Personnel Changes at the future of agency
• Book Trailer of the Day: Ortiz's War
• Chalkboard: Wonderland Books
• Bubble Tea & Books Hosts Grand Opening in Lake Zurich, Ill.
• Reading with... Sarah Gailey
• Review: Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
• Secret Gardens Book Store Grows in Parrish, Fla.
• Image of the Day: Ellen Burstyn at Book Passage
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• BookMarx, Springfield, Mo., Expanding
• Nook & Nowhere, Louisville, Ky., to Close
• Awards: Little Free Library Todd H. Bol Winners
• Robert Gray: Fresh Eyes, a Bookseller's Tale 
• Media Heat: Soumaya Keynes, Chad P. Bown on Marketplace
• MPIBA SpringCon: A Busy, Well-Run Show in Texas
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Personnel Changes at Random House Publishing Group
• Review: Paradise Pawn
• Dudley's Bookshop Cafe in Bend, Ore., Launches Second Location 
• Grand Opening Set for Artemis Books & Goods in Traverse City, Mich.
• Bookshop Dog: Bear at the Cranford Bookstore
• Howard Family Bookstore Opens in Detroit, Mich.
• Two Script Studio Launches to 'Reverse Engineer the Books-to-screen Market'
• Personnel Changes at HarperCollins
• Awards: International Booker Winner
• Chalkboard: Published Bookstore
• Obituary Note: Koji Suzuki
• Image of the Day: Hart's Landing at Ruby's Books
• National Book Foundation Elects Four New Board Members
• Media Heat: Andrew Weissmann on Fresh Air
• Reading with... Ashton Politanoff
• Starred YA Review: I Didn't Do It
• Bookstore Dog: Wally at Bexley Books
• Bookseller Grad Pics: Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore
• Wild Sisters Book Co. Opening Second Location in Sacramento, Calif.
• Willowdale Bookshop Opening Next Month in Rowley, Mass.
• TV: Puffball
• Awards: Orwell Finalists
• Image of the Day: Bruce Nichols at the Book Shop of Beverly Farms
• Review: We Were Forbidden
• Obituary Note: Ian Watson 
• B&N Opening Stores Tomorrow in Ohio & Tex.
• Applications Open for Macmillan Professional Development Scholarship
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast
• Weeks Co. & Lantern Lights Bookstore Opens in Wallace, Idaho
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• University Presses on the U.S.'s 250th Anniversary, Democracy
• Book Trailer of the Day: Mike Mongo's KID Astronaut Training Manual
• Kevin Hamric to Retire
• Media Heat: Jesmyn Ward on Fresh Air
• Image of the Day: Roberta Rubin and Turning Pages at the Book Stall
• Starred Review: Single Girls
• Tsunami Books in Eugene, Ore., Fundraising to Buy Building
• Obituary Note: Bob Baron
• Cool Idea: Dancing with the Stores
• Delaware's Huxley & Hiro Wins $100,000 Grant
• Awards: Stella Winner
• Book Trailer of the Day: Forty Love
• Media Heat: Zayd Ayers Dohrn on Fresh Air
• The Raven Book Lounge Hosts Ribbon Cutting in Brentwood, Tenn.
• Movies: Rest Stop
• Nuts & Shells Bookshop Opens in Toronto
• Media Heat: Fresh Air Remembers Philip Caputo
• Personnel Changes at TvS Media Group
• TV: Anna Pigeon
• 'Books Are Not Monuments. They Are Instructions'
• International Update: BA's Annual Workforce Survey; ABA's Bookseller of the Year Shortlists
• Bookseller Keaton Patterson Launches Grave Empire Horror Press
• Reel Booksellers: 'When the Social Media Girl Is Here & It's Content Day'
• Obituary Note: Philip Caputo
• Awards: Dylan Thomas Winner
• Addendum: Debut on the Indie Press Top 40 List, John of John
• The Otto Bookstore, Williamsport, Pa., Celebrates Expansion
• Image of the Day: . . . AGAIN with Rain Taxi and Moon Palace
• Chalkboard: Wicked Good Books
• Reading with... Peter Wohlleben
• Review: Habits of the Sea
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• The Binc Gala: Celebrating 30 Years of Amazing Work and Planning for the Future
• Awards: Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Winner
• Bristlecone Bookshop Opening Bricks-and-Mortar Store in Nederland, Colo.
• Bookseller Moment: Good Neighbor Bookstore
• SCBWI Launching New Golden Kite Award for Translation
• Robert Gray: Booksellers Celebrate the Nibbies--'What a Wonderful Night'
• Image of the Day: Young World at The End
• Media Heat: Goldie Hawn on Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Obituary Note: Judith Barnard
• This Weekend on Book TV: The Bancroft Prize
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: The Summer of the Serpent
• Bookshop Delivery Person Shoutout: Janke Book Store
• Boundless Books Relocates in Greenville, Pa.
• Movies: The Third Hotel
• Letterpress PLAY, Austin, Tex., Adding Bookstore in New Location
• Allison Belan to Head Book Industry Study Group
• Blushing Books Bus Expands to Brick & Mortar Space in Huntsville, Ala. 
• Obituary Note: Manuela Hoelterhoff
• Image of the Day: A Thousand Cuts at Book Soup
• Awards: Sami Rohr, Danuta Gleed Literary Finalists
• Media Heat: Sarah Dessen, Haley Sacks, Lois Romano on Good Morning America
• IPG Adds Five Publishers
• Personnel Changes at Chronicle Books
• Sales Floor Display: Bright Side Bookshop
• Reel Booksellers: 'How People Think the Owner Walks In...'
• Reading with... Adeola Sokunbi
• Children's Review: Fatal Glitch
• Ope and Fable Arrives in Jefferson, Iowa
• Reading Group Choices' Most Popular April Books
• Personnel Changes at Basic Books
• Movies: The Midnight Library
• Reese's May Book Club Pick: The Fine Art of Lying
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Trigger Warning Book Bus Hits the Road in Des Moines, Iowa, Metro Area
• The Love Potion Library Debuts in San Francisco, Calif.
• Awards: Gotham Book Winner
• Media Heat: Two Books on AI, on Fresh Air, CBS Mornings
• Starred Review: On the Origin of Sex: The Weird and Wonderful Science of Reproduction
• The Chapter & Co. Reopens in New Braunfels, Tex.
• International Update: Sinclair Named PA U.K. President; New BA President on 'Critical Moment for Bookshops'
• Image of the Day: Colleen Cambridge Parties with Four Seasons Books
• Highlights of the Ci2026 Schedule
• Children's Institute 2026!
• Keynote Speakers at Ci2026
• Movies: The Buried Giant
• Obituary Note: J.H. Prynne
• Media Heat: Jon Krakauer on Here & Now
• Awards: Minnesota Book Winners
• Personnel Changes at UTA
• Book Trailer of the Day: Murder Most Delicious
• The Poetry Shelf: Poetry Month
• At Sourcebooks, Todd Stocke to Retire, Jennifer Gonzalez Promoted
• Review: Fish and Water
• A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, Calif., Closing
• Image of the Day: Sara Lippmann at Narberth Bookshop
• SCBWI'S Volemos Grant Expands to Include Illustrators
• Archer's Book Lounge Aiming for Fall Opening in Monroe, Mich.
• Media Heat: Jeffrey Seller on Fresh Air
• HarperCollins Third Quarter: Revenues Boosted by Game Changers
• Image of the Day: HarperCollins American Classics
• Bookseller Dog: Rodney at One More Page Books
• Chalkboard: Luminary Books
• Some Books Comes to Ridgefield, Conn.
• Movies: The Man Who Stole Portugal
• Amazon Shifts Prime Day from July to June
• Awards: Doug Wright Finalists
• Obituary Note: Carol Rumens
• Top Book Club Picks in April
• The Story of Ferdinand Exhibition Opens at the Carle Museum
• Reel Booksellers: BookPeople's 'Best Star Wars Impressions'
• Reading with... Laurie Frankel
• Review: Foundling Fathers
• 'My Favorite Thing About Independent Bookstores Is Really the Booksellers'
• Moravian Book Shop, Bethlehem, Pa., Drops B&N College for More Local Focus
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• This Weekend on Book TV: Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon on The Future Is Peace
• Mother's Day Sales Floor Displays: Lovestruck Books & Cafe
• BookLOVE Comes to Jamestown, N.C.
• RIP Chalkboard: Blacksburg Books
• Tokyopop Kids Imprint Launching
• Robert Gray: Author, Editor on Bookish Phishing Scams
• Media Heat: Isaac Fitzgerald on Today
• Awards: BMO Winterset Winner
• The Backyard Bookshelf Mobile Bookshop Hits the Road in Fort Riley, Kan.
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Libro.fm Bestsellers in April
• Image of the Day: Emily Nemens at Asbury Book Cooperative
• Bound and Built Bookstore Opens in Duncan, Okla.
• Starred Review: Empire of Ink: The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper
• Phishing Scam Alert
• Awards: Joyce Carol Oates Prize Winner
• Chalkboard: Book Shop of Beverly Farms
• Movies: Better Than the Movies
• Buxton Village Books, Buxton, N.C., to Reopen Later this Month
• Book RePort Debuting May 15 in Port Washington, N.Y.
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast
• Raven and Pines Bookstore Hosts Grand Opening in Oakhurst, Calif.
• Media Heat: Harlan Coben on CBS Mornings
• Reading with... Alexandra Oliva
• International Update: Canadian Indie Bookstore Day Sales; Gibert in France to Focus on Used Books
• Starred Children's Review: The Skeleton and the Cat
• Cool Idea: 'Buy Books'
• Book Trailer of the Day: Black Summers
• B&N Stores Open Today in Arlington, Va., & Seattle, Wash.