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- 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
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Robert Gray: AI & Bookselling Q&A--'I Don't Know the Title, But It Has a Red Cover'
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Awards: Ockham NZ Book, NZ Booklovers Shortlists
- Ink & Page Book Boutique, Overland Park, Kan., to Close
- Review: Small Town Girls: A Writer's Memoir
- Bookstore Proposal: Cupboard Maker Books
- Marc DeBevoise Named President of OverDrive
- Bookish Winter Scene: Broadside Bookshop
- Obituary Note: Coleman Barks
- Wi2026: Market Trends, Retail Insights, and Growth Strategies
- Awards: Audie, AAP PROSE Winners
- Bookmiser in Marietta, Ga., Reopens After Fire Damage
- Steph Opitz to Head Consortium
- Media Heat: Cazzie David on the Drew Barrymore Show
- Chalkboard: Island Books
- Personnel Changes at Macmillan; Random House; Egypt Street PR & Literary
- TV: Song of the Samurai
- Reading with... Juliet Izon
- Children's Review: Weird, Wild, and Rare
- Image of the Day: Dual Launch at Odyssey Bookshop
- Wi2026: Bookstores in the Time of Fascism
- Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction Finalists
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Michelle Montague Joins Behrman House as Head of Sales & Marketing
- Cool Idea: Paper Plane Weekends
- Shelf Awareness Presents! Calling Booksellers and Publishers
- Obituary Note: Dan Simmons
- Binc Names Denver Publishing Institute Scholarship Winner
- Book Trailer of the Day: A-MAZE-ING Airport Adventure
- Personnel Changes at Hachette; Sourcebooks
- Media Heat: Annie Leibovitz on CBS Mornings
- Review: Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King
- Love Y'All Book Fest: 'Romance Can Bring Us Back to a Hopeful Place'
- Media Heat: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Bookstore Rooftop Wedding: Buffalo Books & Coffee
- Bookseller Cat: Copper at Analog Books
- Physical Storefront for Magnolia & Main Books, Ridgeway, Va., to Continue
- Image of the Day: N. West Moss Launch at Watchung Booksellers
- The 21st Annual Winter Institute: It's a Wrap
- Former Tattered Cover CEO Spearman Opens Denver Book Society
- Awards: Republic of Consciousness, U.S. & Canada Shortlist; E.U. Literature Shortlist
- Book Trailer of the Day: Eggs: All Day, Every Way
- Personnel Changes at Macmillan
- Starred Review: Screen People: How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency
- B&N: New Bookstores Opening This Week in Colorado Springs, Chicago
- My Secret Shelves Opens in Pineville, La.
- BISG Webinar on Bookselling and the Supply Chain This Tuesday
- Movies: Losing Earth
- Edelweiss Launches Discovery Access for Indie & Emerging Publishers
- Back Again Book Shop, Myrtle Beach, S.C., Opens Second Store, in Surfside Beach
- Storefront Window Art: 'Thinking Spring'
- Awards: Dublin Literary Longlist
- Wi2026: 'Shifts in the Tide'
- Wi2026: Pictures from Pittsburgh
- Bookseller Moment: Fitz Books & Waffles
- Obituary Note: Edward Hoagland
- Tell Me a Story: Fantastic Children's Books from the Library of Congress Released
- Bookstore Cat: Orleans at Left Bank Books
- Reading with... B.K. Borison
- Review: How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves
- Obituary Note: Ann Godoff
- Awards: Victorian Prize for Literature
- Wi2026: 'A Celebration of Fiction'
- More from #Wi2026: 'Booksellers Are Cool People, if I Do Say So Myself'
- Green Apple Books Featured in New 'Visa & Main' Ad
- Oprah's Book Club Pick: Kin
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Image of the Day: Page 158 Hosts Kate Quinn
- Robert Gray: Mass Market Paperbacks 'Once Democratized Reading for the Working Class'
- This Weekend on Book TV: Heather Ann Thompson on Fear and Fury
- Media Heat: Taylor Cassidy on Jennifer Hudson Show
- International Update: U.K. Kids' Reading Survey; Romania 2028 Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honor
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Review: Mrs. Shim Is a Killer
- The Book Club Salida Opening Physical Storefront in Salida, Colo.