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- The Oldest and Newest Technologies: AI, AS, and RI
- Simon & Schuster to Sell and Distribute Penzler Publishers
- Chalkboard: Flint Hills Books
- Movies: Oh, the Places You'll Go!
- Literally Books Opening July 25 in New Paltz, N.Y.
- The Book Loft Opening Next Month in Oak Park, Ill.
- Awards: Dr. Tony Ryan Semifinalists
- B&N Debuts New Store in Rapid City, S.Dak., Today
- Obituary Note: John Martin
- Personnel Changes at Putnam; Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Media Heat: Zarna Garg on the View
- Image of the Day: Claire Jia at the Strand
- International Update: German Book Market 'Remains Resilient'; RISE Booksellers Exchange Program Applications Open
- Blind Date with a Book... Literally
- Reading with... Drew Daywalt
- Children's Review: Emmie Builds Something New
- IPG Adds Five Publishers
- Movies: Anita de Monte Laughs
- Agate Publishing, Medill School of Journalism Create Medill Books
- Image of the Day: Frances Mayes Honored
- For Sale: Verb Bookstore, Jonesboro, Ark.
- Cool Idea: Skylark Bookshop
- Awards: Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists
- Obituary Note: Fanny Howe
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Media Heat: Stacey Abrams on Fresh Air
- Review: Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?
- Book Trailer of the Day: Wayward Girls
- Dream Palace Books & Coffee, Indianapolis, Ind., to Close
- Oliver Books Debuts in Prineville, Ore.
- Obituary Note: Martin Cruz Smith
- Review: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
- Media Heat: Calvin Duncan on Fresh Air
- Chalkboard: The Book & Cover
- TV: Outlander: Blood of My Blood
- Bookstore Video: Copperfish Books
- Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Suffers Water Damage
- Top Book Club Picks in June
- NYU Summer Publishing Institute Report: Book Culture
- The Scribbled Hollow Opens in Glendale, Ariz.
- Book Trailer of the Day: CeeCee
- B&N, UBS Partnership Beginning in Seattle, Wash., This Week
- Awards: PEN Pinter Winner
- Media Heat: Danzy Senna on Fresh Air
- SIBA's Tropical Storm Chantal Update
- Personnel Changes at Ingram Publisher Services
- Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast
- Grand Opening Sunday for Lovestruck in Seattle
- Movies: The Eyes Are the Best Part
- Dad Suggests Books Children's Bookstore Opens in Fayetteville, Ark.
- Obituary Note: Bob Ditter
- Book Trailer of the Day: The Worst Day
- Reading Group Choices' Most Popular June Books
- NYU Summer Publishing Institute Report: The Strand
- 'Bookselling Is a Labor of Love'
- Awards: Four Quartets Winner; Summer Natan Notable Book
- Image of the Day: Minnesota's Literary Community Welcomes Cindy Burnett
- Chalkboard: Anthology for Books
- Reading with... Benedict Nguyễn
- Review: Katabasis
- Personnel Changes at HarperCollins Christian Publishing; PRH Christian Publishing Group
- Books & Mortar Bookstore in Grand, Rapids, Mich., Adding Holland Store
- Awards: Order of Canada Honorees
- Valerie Pierce Promoted to V-P, Independent Sales and Retail Marketing, at Sourcebooks
- Bookstore Wedding: Byrd's Books
- Page & Pine Debuts in Puyallup, Wash.
- Robert Gray: Prime Day, aka 'Anti-Pr*me Week'
- This Weekend on Book TV: Patrick McGee on Apple in China
- NYU Summer Publishing Institute Report: Brooklyn's Greenlight Bookstore
- Media Heat: Alex Aster on Good Morning America
- Lerner Publisher Services to Sell and Distribute Cicada Books
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Book Trailer of the Day: I Know I Should Exercise, But...
- International Update: IPA Condemns Russian Attacks on Ukraine's Book Sector; French 'Rentrée Littéraire' Trends
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Review: Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together
- TV: Funny You Should Ask
- Awards: Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution WInner
- Obituary Note: Katie Cunningham
- Book Trailer of the Day: The Hard Work of Hope
- Personnel Changes at Zando; Steerforth & Pushkin Press
- Ownership Change at Book Larder, Seattle, Wash.
- NYU Summer Publishing Institute Report: Brooklyn's Ripped Bodice
- Oprah's Book Club Pick: Culpability
- Media Heat: Leila Mottley on Fresh Air
- Half Price Books Closing Berkeley, Calif., Location
- Reading with... Katherine Wood
- YA Review: Flip
- Inner Traditions Distributing Grupo Gaia in the U.S. and Canada
- Grand Opening Set for Haven Booksellers, Kingsport, Tenn.
- Image of the Day: Frederic Durbin at Sydney Lynn's Little Bookshop
- Harris and Barnett T-Shirts Benefit Binc's 'I Stand with Book and Comic Stores' Campaign
- Amberley Publishing Buys Ryland Peters & Small
- Personnel Changes at Crown
- Movies: Eruption
- Obituary Note: Helgi Davis
- Awards: Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalists
- Mystic Box Bookshop Hosts Grand Opening in Huntington Beach, Calif.
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Book Trailer of the Day: Class Pet Ghost Detective #1
- Media Heat: Patti Callahan Henry on Good Morning America
- NYPL's Patience & Fortitude, Indie Bookstore Style
- Review: Ruth
- Image of the Day: K.A. Linde at Book People
- Lit Brews Coffee & Books Coming to Lubbock, Tex.
- TV: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Spinoff
- Awards: CWA Dagger Winners
- The Wandering Page Holds Grand Opening in Omaha, Neb.
- Chalkboard: Wicked Good Books
- Obituary Note: David R. Slavitt
- Read with Jenna and GMA July Book Club Picks
- Review: Hemlock & Silver
- Image of the Day: Baited at Mont.'s Shakespeare and Company
- Barnes & Noble Opening on Wednesday in Keene, N.H.
- Media Heat: Stacey Abrams on Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Personnel Changes at Harlequin
- Roots Bookstore and Market Opens in Miami, Fla.
- Burn Bright Books Brings Romance to Rochester, N.Y.
- Book Trailer of the Day: The AI Incident
- Personnel Changes at Hachette; Microcosm
- Notes from the ABA: Wi2026 Scholarships; Counter-Prime Day; ABACUS
- 'Indie Bookstores Are Beacons of a Decent, Flourishing Society'
- Summer Message Board: First Chapter Bookshop
- Awards: Wainwright Longlists; Kelpies Shortlists
- Page, Print & Pint Opening Saturday in Keokuk, Iowa
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Copperfield's Books Downsizing Petaluma, Calif., Store
- This Weekend on Book TV: James Patterson and Bill Clinton
- Robert Gray: Independence Day Reflections
- The Strand Opens New Location on New York City's Upper West Side
- Image of the Day: Asha Elias at Books & Books
- Happy Fourth of July!
- Media Heat: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on All Things Considered
- Trans Couple Launches Crowdfunder to Buy Outside of a Dog Books & Games, Vermillion, S.Dak.
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Review: Lessons in Magic and Disaster
- Scrawl, Scribble & Smirch Bookshop Coming to Gustine, Calif.
- Book Trailer of the Day: Little Red Barns
- Bookstore Video: 'Small Biz Reality Check for You All'
- In Praise of Madison Gaines
- Movies: The Cat in the Hat
- Awards: Commonwealth Short Story Overall Winner
- Image of the Day: NBA Reunion at ALA
- Reese's July Book Club Pick: Spectacular Things
- Libro.fm Bestsellers in June
- Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast
- Ownership Change at The Bookworm of Edwards in Colo.
- Denver's The Bookies Bookstore Has New Owner
- Personnel Changes at Berkley
- Obituary Note: John Robbins
- Book Trailer of the Day: Millie Fleur Saves the Night
- Media Heat: Christine Brennan on Good Morning America
- Reading with... Samantha Mann
- Children's Review: Candace, the Universe, and Everything
- Chalkboard: Wonderland Books
- The Sparkle Bookstore Opening in Sparkill, N.Y.
- Shelf Awareness Turns 20!
- B&N's July Book Club Pick: The Letter Carrier
- Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks; Bloomsbury
- TV: The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
- Review: Where Are You Really From
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Obituary Note: Jane Stanton Hitchcock
- NYC's Bluestockings Cooperative Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
- Image of the Day: Pride in San Francisco
- Book Trailer of the Day: Buzz! Boom! Bang!: The Book of Sounds
- Media Heat: Tamara Yajia on All Things Considered
- Awards: Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book, Stephen Leacock Humor Medal Winners
- Yours Truly Bookshop Opens in Roseburg, Ore.
- The Dark, Unbound Coming to Falls Church, Va.
- Awards: Firecracker Book Winners
- Personnel Changes at Random House Publishing Group
- TV: Park Avenue
- Cool Idea: Kids 'Reading with Madison,' the Therapy Dog
- Bookseller Moment: Hills & Hamlets Bookshop
- Media Heat: Jeffrey Seller on Fresh Air
- The Lynx Bookstore, Gainesville, Fla., Debuts Airport Book Vending Machine
- Obituary Note: Bill Moyers
- Review: Baldwin: A Love Story
- ALA Names Daniel J. Montgomery Executive Director
- Supreme Court Rules Public School Parents Can Opt Out of LGBTQ+ Books
- Book Trailer of the Day: Ivy & Bearlock Holmes
- Image of the Day: Mike Curato at Books on the Square
- B&N Launching Bookstores in Glen Allen, Va., and York, Pa.
- Bookseller Moment: The Green Dragon Bookshop
- The Little Bookshop Opens in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Cool Idea: Summer Reading Marches in at Green Apple Books
- TV: Vladimir
- Personnel Changes at Morrow & HarperCollins Children's Books
- Bonfire Bookstore & Yarnery Debuts in Woodstock, Va.
- Awards: Orwell Book Winners
- Obituary Note: Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Chalkboard: Fiction: A Novel Bookshop
- Image of the Day: Buzz Me In at Book Soup
- Moonstruck Market Bookstore Coming to Melbourne, Fla.
- Page Society Bookshop on the Move in Oklahoma
- Reading with... Sebastian Castillo
- Review: The Sunflower Boys
- Lori Benton Joins Abrams as Senior V-P, Children's Publishing
- 'It Was a Glorious Moment, to Enter that Bookshop'
- Outside of a Dog Books & Games Will Close or Be Sold Due to S.Dak. Anti-Trans Law
- Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
- Heat Wave Reading Display: Octopus Bookshop
- Personnel Changes at Harper
- Awards: Miles Franklin Shortlist
- Robert Gray: BookPeople's Conference: 'Book Selling, Building Community, & Nurturing Creativity, Imagination, & Ideas'
- This Weekend on Book TV: Stanley McChrystal
- Book Trailer of the Day: Overcoming Shame-Based Social Anxiety and Shyness
- Media Heat: Robin Givhan on Fresh Air
- Kim Turrisi Promoted to V-P at SCBWI
- Image of the Day: Eliza Knight at Story & Song
- IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
- Review: Fonseca
- Recluse Books Opens in Fort Worth, Tex.
- Bad B's Books Hits the Road in Wilmington, N.C.
- At Kirkus, Publisher & CEO Kuehn Leaving; Judy Hottensen Takes Interim Role
- Bookseller Moment: Wild Geese Bookshop
- BookWoman, Austin, Tex., Vandalized
- Books Are Magic's NYC Voting Reminder
- AAP Sales: Down 4% in April; Down 0.2% YTD
- B&N Opening a Store in Phoenix, Ariz., Today
- Obituary Note: James Lloydovich Patterson
- Movies: Nuremberg
- Awards: Boston Globe-Horn Book Winners
- Image of the Day: James Frey's Back
- Media Heat: Emily Kasriel on the World
- Chalkboard: Broadside Bookshop
- Reading with... John Wiswell
- YA Review: Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories
- The Rogue Bookshop Coming to Beloit, Wis.
- TV: Washington Black
- Community Rallies Around Iffy Books, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Obituary Note: Linna Thomas
- Image of the Day: BookTowne Hosts Kristin Harmel
- The Chapter Books & Gifts Opens in Lufkin, Tex.
- Simon & Schuster to Sell and Distribute Melbourne University Publishing
- Personnel Changes at Arcadia Publishing
- Awards: German Nonfiction Winner
- Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
- Media Heat: Hilton Carter on Today
- Review: The El
- Book Trailer of the Day: What the Deep Water Knows
- Lore Bookstore Opens in Los Angeles, Calif.
- Bookstore Romance Day: 'My Favorite Day of the Year'
- Welcome to Shelf Awareness: Extra!
- Bookstore Romance Day Woos Supporters with GoFundMe Campaign
- Save the Date: Bookstore Romance Day Arrives August 9
- Romance: 'The Leading Growth Category in 2025'
- TV: Foundation Season 3
- Chalkboard: Whitelam Books