New president of the American Booksellers Association
According to Ed Nawotka reporting for Publisher’s Weekly, Jamie Fiocco just started her term as the American Booksellers Association board president. Fiocco is the owner of Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North… Read more »
Another merger in the book world (possibly)
The hot publishing news this week is that NCIBA and SCIBA are considering merging. For those of you that work outside the book world that think NCIBA and SCIBA look… Read more »
Publishers donate thousands of books for refugees
The idea began with Denise Chávez, the owner of Casa Camino Real Book Store and Art Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and a desire to help. The idea: Get… Read more »
No matter what Amazon does, there are consequences: proposed Queens HQ is canceled
Announced Thursday afternoon, Amazon has decided it will not open a campus in Long Island City, Queens. Not now, not ever. Many see this as a direct win for the grassroots organizing done by labor activists, unions,… Read more »
Booksellers across the country reflect on the impact of Amazon Books
This week, the American Booksellers Association published a field report on independent booksellers facing competition from the first wave of Amazon Books, the internet retailer’s unsavory foothold in meatspace. The first… Read more »
Independent booksellers continue to protest Chronicle’s handling of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
The release of John Oliver’s parody book project, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, has been surprisingly complicated. First announced on Oliver’s HBO show Last Week Tonight, the… Read more »
The ABA and Civic Economics update their “Amazon and Empty Storefronts” study
The American Booksellers Association and Civic Economics have issued an update to their “Amazon and Empty Storefronts” report from February, and it shows a problem getting worse, not better. As David Grogan… Read more »
Lena Dunham, established literary lady, backs Indies First 2016
Lena Dunham isn’t slowing her foray-turned-career-swerve into all things book-related. We’ve followed her journey from publishing a bestselling book to co-founding Lenny Letter to finding herself the face of her very own imprint (with… Read more »
As in Mississippi, boycotts in North Carolina following anti-LGBTQ law
Following up on yesterday’s post about Mississippi’s House Bill 1523, there’s also been upheaval in North Carolina, where House Bill 2—aka the “bathroom law,” which similarly limits civil liberties for… Read more »
Scenes from Winter Institute 2016 with author Martin Seay
Greetings from Denver and the American Bookseller Association’s annual Winter Institute, where Melville House has been representing great books and celebrating author Martin Seay (The Mirror Thief, out in May 2016)! It’s… Read more »