Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• IPG Adds Seven Publishers
• Image of the Day: Ross Barkan at P&T Knitwear
• Chicago's Build Coffee Rebranding Under New Ownership
• Awards: Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Winner
• Reese's Summer YA Book Club Pick: Stuck Up and Stupid
• This Weekend on Book TV: Sophie Gilbert on Girl on Girl
• Robert Gray: Canadian Book Consumers by the Numbers
• Book Series Trailer of the Day: Casey's Cases
• Media Heat: Amanda Hess on Fresh Air
• International Update: Australian Global Book Crawl a 'Success'; Rio de Janeiro Celebrates as UNESCO World Book Capital City
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West
• Kindred Stories, Houston, Tex., Moving to Larger Space
• June Opening Set for the Well Red Damsel in Wauwatosa, Wis.
• TV: The Life Inside
• For Sale: Out West Books, Grand Junction, Colo.
• Top Book Club Picks in April
• Bookish Police Blotter: Storefront Hit & Run in Rome, Ga.; Parklet Destruction Arrest in Kingston, N.Y.
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast
• Awards: Sami Rohr Finalists
• Rediscovered Books, Boise, Idaho, Relocating
• Personnel Changes at Candlewick/Holiday House/Peachtree
• Media Heat: John Green on the Daily Show
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Reel Wish
• Image of the Day: Sherman Alexie at Village Books
• Oberlin College Bookstore Closing
• Reading with... Sarah Ruhl
• Children's Review: I Come from Another Galaxy
• Bookseller Moment: Betty's Books
• Movies: Billion-Dollar Ransom
• 2025 Pulitzer Prize Winners
• Bookseller Moment: Bromley's Books
• Personnel Changes at Common Notions Press
• ABA Board Election Results: Cynthia Compton Elected Board President
• Awards: Locus Finalists
• McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, Mich., Adding Used Bookshop The Archives
• Obituary Note: Dean Margaret Hauck
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Media Heat: Ruthie Ackerman on All Things Considered
• Image of the Day: Cream & Amber's Boozy Book Fair
• Review: So Far Gone
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough
• TV: Lulu Is a Rhinoceros
• Media Heat: Kelsey Grammer on Tamron Hall
• #FreeComicBookDay: 'Be the Hero of Your Own Story'
• Review: Flashlight
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan
• Awards: Christian Book Winners
• Book Trailer of the Day: Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic
• Cupid's Bookshop Opens in Philadelphia, Pa.
• Libro.fm Bestsellers in April
• Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
• 'I'd Love It If the Whole World Could Be More Like an Indie Bookstore'
• Image of the Day: Bookstore, Sibylline Press Authors Rally After Crash
• 'Temporary Move' for 2nd & Charles Bookstore in Harrisburg, Pa.
• Chalkboard: Ghoulish Books
• Pink Couch Books Coming to Wilmette, Ill.
• Media Heat: David Grann on Fresh Air
• Amazon: First-Quarter Sales Up 8.6%; North American Sales Gain Lowest Ever
• L.A.'s North Figueroa Bookshop Expanding, Launches Fundraiser
• Cool Idea of the Day: Black Girl Bookstore Fair
• Movies: The Riders
• ABFE's Philomena Polefrone Discusses Attacks on Bookstores
• B&N's May Book Club Pick: My Friends
• Awards: Edgar Winners; Reading the West Shortlists; Carol Shields Fiction Winner
• Obituary Note: Andrew Gross 
• Personnel Changes at Ingram
• Image of the Day: Rebecca Stead at Brooklyn's Lofty Pigeon
• International Update: French Indie Bookshop Openings Up in 2024; RISE Bookselling Conference Aftermovie
• Book Trailer of the Day: Little Great Island
• Reading with... Arianna Rebolini
• Review: Cat Fight
• Simon & Schuster and Urano World Publishing in Joint Publishing Agreement
• 'We're in Dark Times, & the Light Is Shining Out of the Windows of Bookstores'
• Awards: Plutarch Shortlist; Danuta Gleed Literary Shortlist 
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Bookseller Moment: Wheatberry Books
• Robert Gray: Indie Bookstore Day vs. Amazon Book Sale: 'Don't You Bring That Evil In Here!'
• Image of the Day: Dave Eggers at Warwick's
• This Weekend on Book TV: The Annapolis Book Festival
• Albatros Expanding U.S. Operations
• Personnel Changes at Judging by the Cover and Familius
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Glass Pyramid
• Media Heat: Misty Copeland on CBS Mornings
• B&N Opening New Store in Puyallup, Wash.
• Johnson's Literary Depot Coming to Johnson City, Tenn.
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: The Listeners
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan
• Sourcebooks' Dominique Raccah: 'We Face Existential Questions'
• Movies: She Started It
• Sales Floor Display: 'Gift Ideas for Moms, Dads, & Grads'
• Obituary Note: Jane Gardam
• New Owners at Quimby's Bookstore, Chicago, Ill.
• 'Parklet' in Front of Rough Draft Bar & Books, Kingston, N.Y., Destroyed
• Awards: Oregon Book Winners
• Media Heat: Jeremy Renner on the View
• Book Trailer of the Day: Beach House Rules
• Cool Idea of the Day: 'Book Prom'
• Reading with... Patrick O'Dowd
• Children's Review: Graciela in the Abyss
• Toronto's Mabel's Fables Bookstore Launches Fundraiser for Relocation 
• Movies: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
• 'The Young People Are Taking Everything Over Now, and It's Going to Be Great'
• Bookstore Video: 'Matching Books to Gilmore Girls Transition Songs'
• Personnel Changes at Penguin Young Readers
• Awards: Aspen Words Winner; RBC Bronwen Wallace Finalists
• Image of the Day: Rainy Day Books Hosts Timothy Heaphy
• Globe Pequot Buying Square One Publishers
• Obituary Note: Valentin-Yves Mudimbe
• Malibu Village Books, Malibu, Calif., Turns to Crowdfunding Campaign
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Media Heat: David A. Graham on Fresh Air
• Review: Gaysians
• Book Trailer of the Day: Intuitive Eating for Diabetes
• Bluebird Play Opens in San Diego, Calif.
• Awards: Branford Boase Shortlist
• Movies: The Thursday Murder Club
• Canadian Independent Bookstore Day: 'Yesterday Felt Like One Giant Hug'
• First Quarter: Hachette Book Group Sales Rise 8%
• #IndependentBookstoreDay: 'Wow! What an Incredible, Joyful Day!'
• Independent Bookstore Day: Pictures from a Celebration
• Review: Notes on Infinity
• Independent Bookstore Day: Biggest and Best Ever
• Book Trailer of the Day: Sharp
• Media Heat: Daria Burke on Fresh Air
• 'I'm Thankful for All of the Booksellers I've Met During My Life'
• L.A.'s The Book Jewel Struck by Car
• Sales Floor Bookstagrammer Display: Phoenix Books
• Top Library Recommended Titles for May
• Image of the Day: Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder at Back Cove Books
• TV: Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir Novels
• Image of the Day: Anne Berest and Claire Berest at Papercuts JP
• IBD Bookshop Spirit Week: Book Character Dress-up Day
• Cool Idea of the Day: IBD Cookie Bookmarks
• Awards: Arabic Fiction Winner; Griffin Poetry Shortlists
• For Sale: The Curious Reader in Glen Rock, N.J.
• National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett Begins National Tour Next Month
• Niche Book Bar Hosting Grand Opening Tomorrow in Milwaukee, Wis.
• International Update: Report Shows 'Growing Reading Crisis' in U.K.; Aotearoa N.Z. Reading Rates 'Increasing'
• Video: Bookseller 'BookWalk'
• Bookstore Marriage Proposal: 57th Street Books
• Books-A-Million Opens Peachtree City, Ga., Store
• Book Trailer of the Day: Adult Children of Borderline Parents
• Reading with... Vinh Nguyen
• Review: Mafalda: Book One (Mafalda and Friends)
• 'My Career Has Depended on Indie Bookstores'
• Consortium Adds Five Publishers
• Deseret Phasing Out Its Seagull Book Stores 
• IBD Spirit Week: 'On Wednesdays We Wear Bookstore Shirts'
• Awards: Jhalak Shortlists
• Robert Gray: Global Book Crawl--'Come for the Books. Stay for the Magic'
• This Weekend on Book TV: Ezra Klein
• Media Heat: Hilton Carter on Today
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Book Trailer of the Day: So Many Books!
• Reese's May Book Club Pick: Great Big Beautiful Life
• Hey Books! Arrives in San Diego, Calif.
• Independent Booksellers Discuss Facing Harassment & Threats, Part 2
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
• The Book Lounge to Open in St. Petersburg, Fla.
• Loyalty Bookstores' Co-owner Bollow Is Relocating
• Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Anti-LGBTQ+ Story Book Case; PRH and Others File Friend of the Court Brief
• Oprah's Book Club Pick: Matriarch
• Independent Bookstore Spirit Week: 'We Are Decked in Plaid'
• Simon & Schuster to Sell and Distribute AMP Comics
• TV: Holes
• Personnel Changes at Workman, Artisan, and Black Dog & Leventhal
• Obituary Note: Dennis McDougal
• Annapolis Indie Helps Launch 'Operation Caged Bird' to Fight Naval Academy Library's Book Ban
• Awards: Ottaway for Promotion of International Literature Winner
• Media Heat: David Zweig, José Andrés on CBS Mornings
• Book Trailer of the Day: Under the Gulf Coast Sun
• Reading with... Sue Lowell Gallion
• Children's Review: Family Force V: Book One
• B&N Opening New Stores in Naperville, Ill., and Tampa, Fla.
• Image of the Day: Gamerman's Montana Tour
• Movies: The Life of Chuck
• Awards: BMO Winterset Award Winners
• Bookshop Marriage Proposal: Thank You Books
• Obituary Note: Sam Keen
• Tenn.'s Plenty Downtown Bookshop Moves Across the Street
• Grand Re-opening Celebration Set for Sulfur Books, Clifton Springs, N.Y. 
• Personnel Changes at Little, Brown
• Petals & Pages Opens in Custer, S.Dak
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Media Heat: Steven Levitsky on Fresh Air
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Dalai Lama's Smile
• Review: The Busybody Book Club
• Image of the Day: Mrs. Dalloway's with W. Kamau Bell
• PW's Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year: Source Booksellers, Ty Wilson
• Oldspeak Book Beer Bar Opens in Garden City, Idaho
• Movies: The Overnoise
• Obituary Note: Rosemary Sandberg 
• Chalkboard: Broadside Bookshop
• Bookstore Video: The Book & Cover
• Awards: Philip K. Dick Winner 
• Indies Respond to Am*zon Book Sale: 'Let Bezos Play Spaceman, We'll Be Selling Books'
• Review: Immaculate Conception
• Personnel Changes at Abrams
• Independent Bookstore Day Nears; Ambassador Trevor Noah; Amazon's Attack
• 'Anti-Wisdom' at the Naval Academy
• Media Heat: Chris Hayes on Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Image of the Day: Brian Selznick at Parnassus Books
• Media Heat: Joy-Ann Reid on Fresh Air
• Bookseller Moment: Athena Books
• Sales Floor Display: TidePool Bookshop
• Chalkboard: Cottage Book Shop
• TV: Imperfect Women
• Awards: Publishing Triangle Winners; Donner Shortlist
• Obituary Note: Clive Wilmer
• International Update: IPA's Prix Voltaire Shortlist; Soma Nami, Nairobi's Pan-African Bookstore
• Hodgepodge Books & Taps Coming to Eugene, Ore.
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
• Downtown Book & Toy, Jefferson City, Mo., to Be Sold
• Grand Opening Set for Snowfort Bookstore in Westport, N.Y.
• Reading with... Brooke Williams
• Review: The Incandescent
• Image of the Day: Chu and Taylor at Novel Books
• Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster
• Awards: Commonwealth Short Story Finalists
• Cool Idea of the Day: 'Make a Poem, Take a Poem'
• This Weekend on Book TV: John Green
• Obituary Note: David Tenney
• Robert Gray: On the Road for National Bookmobile Day
• New Owners at Watermark Books & Cafe, Wichita, Kan.
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Image of the Day: Jeneva Rose at Schuler Books
• Chalkboard: Wonderland Books 
• Book Brigade Moves Serendipity Books, Chelsea, Mich.
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: Life and Art: Essays
• Bromley's Books to Open Bricks-&-Mortar Store in Marquette, Mich.
• Bookseller Moment: Anticipating Indie Bookstore Day
• Media Heat: Shaun Walker on Fresh Air
• Simon & Schuster to Distribute C&T Publishing
• TV: Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan Series 
• Obituary Note: Richard Bernstein
• Seven Stories Press Acquires Two Dollar Radio
• Personnel Changes at S&S Children's Publishing; Tor Publishing Group
• Book Trailer of the Day: Strangers in Time
• Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Winners; Walter Scott Historical Fiction Shortlist
• Image of the Day: Beals at Book Passage
• Serendipity Bookshop Opens in Taunton, Mass.
• Reading with... Leigh Joseph
• YA Review: Never Thought I'd End Up Here
• Friendly Alien Books to Debut in Scranton, Pa.
• Second Shapes Bookstore Opens in  Portland, Ore.