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- Awards: Hugo Winners
- Bookstore Wedding: Bookends & Beginnings
- TV: Enigma Variations
- Boss Lady Books Hosts Grand Opening in Beaumont, Tex.
- Books & Botanicals Debuts in Brainerd, Minn.
- Image of the Day: Alyssa Maxwell at Charter Books
- Obituary Note: Will Murray
- Red Wheel Weiser Selling, Distributing New World Library, Dharma Publishing
- Media Heat: Marlon James on All Things Considered
- Half Price Books Adding Store in St. Louis, Mo.
- Review: What She Saw
- Book Trailer of the Day: Maya: Seed Takes Root
- River & Ink Bookshop Arrives in Port Huron, Mich.
- Movies: The Troop
- Obituary Note: Lesley Grant-Adamson
- Media Heat: Annie Lowrey on Fresh Air
- Black Bookstore Day: 'We Had a Magical Day'
- Image of the Day: Shingle Style Houses at Rizzoli
- Awards: Crook's Corner Longlist
- Caitlin Meyer Named Director of Publicity at Beacon Press
- Review: The Grassland Queen: An Avian Love Story in the American Plains
- Wijaya House Expanding to Tucson, Ariz.
- Book Trailer of the Day: Come Closer
- Bookstore Sidewalk Art: Rooted Books & Gifts
- The Ohio Reader Hits the Road
- At Penguin Random House, First Half Revenues Rise 2.3%
- HarperCollins's Katie McGarry Wins NEIBA's Saul Gilman Award
- Personnel Changes at New World Library; Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Hachette Book Group to Sell & Distribute Welbeck Publishing Group
- Movies: In a Holidaze
- Cool Idea of the Day: the Reading Bug's Kids Podcast Festival
- Obituary Note: Peter Nadas
- From My Shelf Books & Gifts, Wellsboro, Pa., Staying Open
- Reese's September Book Club Pick: Big Little Truths
- Awards: Heartland Booksellers Winners; Dr. Tony Ryan Finalists
- Beans & Bind Debuts in Spokane Valley, Wash.
- Grand Opening Tomorrow for the Lost Story Bookshop, Katy, Tex.
- Half Price Books, Austin, Tex., Opens Temporary Space in Anticipation of New Store
- Image of the Day: Palmdale in Palmdale
- Reading with... Malavika Kannan
- Review: No Such Thing as Monday
- HarperCollins Halloween Highlights
- Appalachian Pages Comes to Pikeville, Ky.
- TV: How to Kill Your Family
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Fern & Fable Books, Ormond Beach, Fla., Merging with Sister Store
- Magnolia & Main Books, Ridgeway, Va., Closing This Week
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- This Weekend on Book TV: Annie Jacobsen and Cory Doctorow
- Winter Institute 2027 Scholarship Winners
- Awards: Ned Kelly Shortlist
- Bookseller Cat: Copper at Analog Books
- A Shelf Awareness Presents Webinar: Actionable Tips for Fall Merchandising
- Robert Gray: Dolly Parton 'Believed Deeply in the Power of Reading'
- Happy 50th Birthday, Orinda Books
- Image of the Day: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Visits Newtonville Books
- Review: The Elements of Life: How Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Nourish Us and Threaten the Planet
- Grand Opening Set for Jolene's, Newark, Ohio
- PRH's Skip Dye Receiving BISG's Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service
- Film: Donnie Darko Sequel Book in the Works
- Kona Stories Weathers Storm for Delayed Bookstore Romance Day
- Bookseller Moment: Hills & Hamlets Bookshop
- Obituary Note: John Rousmaniere
- International Update: Booksellers Association Restructures; Goldsboro Books Opens Store in Malaysia
- Personnel Changes at HarperCollins
- Awards: Desperate Literature Short Fiction Winner
- Grand Opening Set for the Dog-Eared Book, Edenton, N.C.
- Image of the Day: Traci Saulsberry at Charis Books & More
- 'A Customer Walks in While You're Making Social Content'
- Reading with... Hannah Whitten
- Starred YA Review: Like Glass
- B&N Opening Stores Today in Ky. & Calif.
- Movies: Wildwood
- Awards: Golden Poppy Finalists
- Chalkboard: Highland Books
- Liz Carrasco Named Chief Technology Officer of OverDrive
- Bookseller Moment: The Underground Bookshop
- Pleasant Pheasant Bookstore, Woodland, Calif., Relocates
- Rainy Day Books in Fairway, Kan., Adding Second Location
- Obituary Note: Helen 'Greenie' Neuburg
- Personnel Changes at Bookshop.org; Microcosm
- Image of the Day: Chang-rae Lee at Green Apple Books on the Park
- Media Heat: Joby Warrick on Fresh Air
- Review: Castles: A Fortified History of the World
- Kaleidoscope Books & Sundries Debuts in Pikeville, Ky.
- Welcome to Shelf Awareness: Extra!
- Halloween: A Spooky Roundup of Titles
- Scout's Tales Opens in Arlington Heights, Ill.
- TV: Bad Monkey Season 2
- Media Heat: Esther Perel on Today
- Awards: Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Shortlist
- Obituary Note: Ted Smart
- Vellum & Vine Romance Bookshop Debuts in Albuquerque, N.Mex.
- Image of the Day: 2026 National Book Festival
- Book Trailer of the Day: The Five of Us
- Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
- Starred Review: Sweet Pea
- Bookseller Fashion Week Video: Cedar Canoe Books
- 'I've Been Thinking About All the People Who Walked Through Our Doors Today'
- Top Library Recommended Titles for September
- Hardback Books Coming to Kansas City, Mo.
- Gwaltney Named Exec Director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center
- Society House Books and Cafe Debuting This Fall in Valdosta, Ga.
- Image of the Day: Tayari Jones at Story & Song
- Personnel Changes at HarperCollins
- Media Heat: Naima Coster on Good Morning America
- Obituary Note: Eddie Bell
- TV: The Ministry of Time
- Awards: New Adult Book Shortlist
- Bookshop Delivery Guy Shoutout: Janke Book Store
- Whispering Pines Bookstore Opens in Pennington, N.J.
- Bookseller Dog: Hollie at Pig City Books
- Kinokuniya Adding Bookstore in Haltom City, Tex
- Reading with... Archer Sullivan
- Review: Château Reverie
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Cool Idea: Audiobook Walks with Blushing Books
- Obituary Note: Ben Watson
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- The Inked Page, Overland Park, Kan., Opening Saturday
- This Weekend on Book TV: The National Book Festival and the Roosevelt Reading Festival
- Robert Gray: Happy 50th Birthday, Northshire Bookstore!
- Media Heat: Jack Carr on Good Morning America
- Romance Bookstore Nook & Quill Arrives in Pace, Fla.
- Ownership Change at Curious Iguana in Frederick, Md.
- Book Trailer of the Day: We
- Fox Chapel Publishing Selling and Distributing 5m Books
- Review: Lucid Dreams
- B&N Store Coming to Arlington, Va.'s Pentagon City Neighborhood
- Chalkboard: The Galaxy Bookshop
- Awards: Australian National Biography Winner
- TV: Slow Horses Season 6
- Personnel Changes at Stable Book Group
- Obituary Note: Dave Nee
- At Women & Children First, Lynn Mooney Retiring, Raven Stubbs Becomes New Co-Owner
- Inaugural Midwest Black Book Fair Set for August 22 in Minneapolis, Minn
- Better Days Books & Beers Debuts in Cairo, N.Y.
- Macmillan to Distribute Lonely Planet in U.S.
- Media Heat: Michael Grynbaum on Good Morning America
- B&N Opening New Chicago Bookstore Today 'at the Heart of the Loop'
- Booksellers' Music Video: Winnie & Mo's Bookshop
- Book Trailer of the Day: Chasing Goodfellas
- Reading with... Elizabeth Little
- Children's Review: The Moonlit Spiral
- Chapters on Chestnut Planned for Needham, Mass.
- Sourcebooks Expands Its Embrace of Romance
- Movies: People of the Book
- Awards: Laurel Poetry Shortlist
- Grand Opening Set for Periwinkle and Prose in Frederick, Md.
- Bookshop Engagement: Love's Sweet Arrow
- Chalkboard: Excelsior Bay Books
- Image of the Day: Jill Biden at Browseabout Books
- Obituary Note: Mary de Rachewiltz
- 'Buzz Books Romance 2026' Published; Panel Set for Tonight
- Media Heat: Julian Shapiro-Barnum on CBS Mornings
- Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast
- Book Trailer of the Day: Early Man Was a Woman
- NEIBA's Beth Ineson on 'Where Young People Discover the Magic of Reading'
- Starred Review: Advantage Player: A Memoir of Blackjack, Backrooms, and Beginnings
- New Book Joy in Brookfield, Ill., Relocates
- Obituary Note: John Crowley
- TV: Last Seen
- #BookstoreRomanceDay: 'It's the Most Romantic Day of the Year!'
- Image of the Day: Summer Fun with Traveling Tales
- Personnel Changes at Vintage
- Book Trailer of the Day: Story Rug
- Lerner Publisher Services to Distribute Flowerpot Press
- Kris Kliemann to Receive BISG's Industry Champion Award
- Awards: Kansas Fiction Winner
- Media Heat: Daniel E. Lieberman on Fresh Air
- Review: The Queen of Roses
- 'Who Would You Cast as the Lead in Your Favorite Book?'
- Exes & Ohs Books Opens Bricks-and-Mortar in Bozeman, Mont.
- Media Heat: Deb Haaland on Science Friday
- Firefly & Fox, Norfolk, Ontario, to Relocate
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Bookish Summer Vibes: Gramercy Books
- Awards: Arthur C. Clarke Winner
- Grand Opening this Weekend for To Be Read Bookstore in Greenville, S.C.
- Red Hook Books Opens in Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Obituary Note: Johanna Fernández
- Movies: The Dallergut Dream Department Store
- Chalkboard: Bookends
- Barbara Kline Pope to Retire as Head of Hopkins Press
- Reading Group Choices' Most Popular July Books
- Bookseller Moment: The Mysterious Bookshop
- West of Loveland
- Reading with... Seven Rasmussen
- 'I've Never Met More Amazing People than I Have Through Having the Bookstore'
- Image of the Day: My Killer Family Reunion at Quail Ridge Books
- Atomic Books, Baltimore, Md., Expanding
- Obituary Note: Richard Lingeman
- The Reading Nest Opening Today in Cedarburg, Wis.
- Robert Gray: Book Lovers Day--'Your Stories Matter Here'
- Media Heat: Gil Durán on Political Breakdown
- The Poetry Shelf: Homer; Back to School
- Awards: German Book Longlist
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Phictly's Inaugural Global Digital Book Festival Brings Readers and Authors Together
- Starred Review: Black Moon
- Book Trailer of the Day: Off the Wall: Making Stuff Together
- MSU Student Book Store Relocating, Downsizing
- Fables & Pages Looks to Fall Launch in Ottawa
- Andrew Rein Promoted to President of Zando
- TV: Jane Eyre
- Chalkboard: Wicked Books
- Sales Floor Display: 'BookTok Table' at the BookSmiths Shoppe
- Image of the Day: Kemper Donovan at Partners in Crime
- Awards: Aurora Winners
- Obituary Note: Jacqueline Korn
- Media Heat: Sissy Goff, David Thomas on NBC News
- Top Book Club Picks in July
- Shelf Awareness Presents: WOW Books: Window and Floor Merchandising for the Fall
- NVNR: Honoring Eileen Dengler
- Cupid's Bookshop Sets Grand Reopening in New Location
- Children's Starred Review: Puma Concolor
- Reading with... Emil Wilson
- Book Trailer of the Day: Louie Mattar's Fabulous Car
- HarperCollins Christian Adds Harper Catholic Imprint
- Movies: Stag Dance
- Giller Prize Receives Funding Gift from Weston Foundation
- NVNR: Navigating Economic Downturns
- A Great Book with Barack Obama Podcast Debuting in September
- Personnel Changes at Macmillan Children's Publishing; Hachette
- Obituary Note: Cathy Sill
- Chalkboard: Downtown Books
- Image of the Day: Lisa Gardner at Tales and Tails Book Cafe
- Media Heat: Chang-rae Lee on Here & Now
- Book Trailer of the Day: See It to Be It
- The Sea-King and the Sorceress: Life and Death in the Viking Age
- The Mooving Bookstore Roams Newcastle, Wyo.
- Shelf Awareness Call for Information: Halloween
- Bookshop Cat: Buster at Split Rock Books
- Pamela MacColl Retiring from Beacon Press After 27-Year Career
- Image of the Day: BISG@50 Meet-up
- Video: 'Our Booksellers Went to NVNR 2026'
- Awards: Dr. Tony Ryan Semifinalists
- Personnel Changes at MVB
- Media Heat: Sissy Goff, David Thomas on Today
- Book Trailer of the Day: Pumpkin and Beetle
- Obituary Note: Martha Rivers Ingram
- On Stage: Middlemarch
- International Update: Russian Attack Destroys 8 Million Books in Ukraine; BA's Halls Named Book Trade Charity Chair
- Music Against the Night
- Reverie Books in South Austin, Tex., Fundraising for Second Location
- Eight : Twenty Eight Opens in Mitchell, S.Dak.
- Media Heat: Monty Roberts on Fresh Air
- Dialing Up: Libro.fm to Sell E-Books
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Leigh Haber Joining Sourcebooks as Head of Communications, Special Projects
