Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• Obituary Note: Bruce Joshua Miller
• NFL Handselling: Eagles Player Makes Book a Bestseller
• Movies: The Performance
• Awards: T.S. Eliot Winner
• Wildfire Update: Binc Announces $45,000 Matching Gift; Zibby's Bookshop Organizing Clothes and Book Giveaways
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Bluestone Books Launched
• Personnel Changes at Holt; Random House Worlds
• Media Heat: Brooke Shields on the Kelly Clarkson Show
• Review: The Café with No Name
• Bookshop Marriage Proposal: Subterranean Books
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Art of Embroidery Design
• Books-A-Million Closing Waynesboro, Va., Store
• The Cranford Bookstore, Cranford, N.J., Looking for Permanent Home
• The Spicy Librarian Coming to Denver, Colo.
• At Brentwood's Diesel Bookstore: 'Gratitude, Relief, Reassurance'
• Media Heat: Josh Gad on Today, Colbert's Late Show, the View
• Review: Snowy Day and Other Stories
• Awards: Philip K. Dick Nominees; Story Prize Finalists
• Bookshop Mural: Porter Square Books
• Southern California Wildfires: Bookstores Respond
• Philomena Polefrone Promoted to Associate Director, ABFE
• Movies: In the Lost Lands
• Obituary Note: Barry Malzberg 
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Psychosis Workbook
• 'Take Care of Your Delivery People'
• B&N's January Book Club Pick: The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
• The Little Nook Bookstore Opens in Wading River, N.Y.
• Image of the Day: Octavia's Bookshelf, Pasadena, Calif., 'Mutual Aid Pit Stop'
• Bookshop.org Matching Binc Donations to Help Booksellers Affected by Wildfires
• Movies: The Partner
• Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
• Bookseller Snow Day Moment: Bookish
• Crown Launching Storehouse Voices Imprint
• Romance-Landia Bookstore Opens in Centreville, Md.
• Personnel Changes at S&S Publisher Services; Berkley
• The Imaginary Bookshop, Greenfield, Mass., to Close
• Robert Gray: What I Read on My Winter Vacation
• Bookshop Chalk Art: Doylestown Bookshop
• Obituary Note: Martin Palmer
• Awards: Crook's Corner Winner
• International Update: BA Warns of Challenging Year for Booksellers; Filéas Book Tracking System in France
• Reading with... Elizabeth Harris
• Review: Maya & Natasha
• Obituary Note: Joseph Monninger
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Media Heat: Jimmy Carter Interview Selections on Fresh Air
• Books-A-Million Opens New Store in San Marcos, Tex.
• This Weekend on Book TV: Malcolm Gladwell
• Pages Bookshop, Detroit, Mich., to Close
• Awards: Pacific Northwest Book Winners
• B&N: New Store in Bellevue, Wash.; 60 Openings Planned for 2025
• Bookstore Marriage Proposal: Anthology for Books
• Personnel Changes at Abrams; Grand Central
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Mother
• Macmillan Selling & Distributing Darrington Press
• Nook & Cranny Books, Seattle, Wash., Looking for New Home
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: Hungerstone
• The Book Club Opening in Mission, Kan.
• Movies: The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
• Snowy Bookseller Moment: Whistlestop Bookshop
• Reese's January Book Club Pick: The Three Lives of Cate Kay
• Oprah's Book Club Pick: A New Earth
• Obituary Note: Andrew Pyper
• HarperCollins Holland Acquiring Lifestyle Imprints from Gottmer
• Baker & Taylor Publisher Services to Sell & Distribute Guideposts
• Awards: Arabic Fiction Longlist
• Serendipity Books, Chelsea, Mich., to Relocate
• Binc Adds Three Board Members
• Media Heat: James Longman on the View, Live with Kelly and Mark
• Personnel Changes at Crown Currency; Scribner; Dutton, Plume & Tiny Reparations Books
• Libro.fm Bestsellers in December
• Reading with... Keenan Jones
• Children's Review: What Makes a Bird?
• Quarter Moon Books, Topsail Beach, N.C., Closes
• Chalkboard: Schuler Books
• TV: Lights, Camera, Action at Market Block Books in Troy, N.Y. 
• Book Trailer of the Day: Same Page
• Leviathan Bookstore, St. Louis, Mo., Moving to Permanent Home
• Thunder Road Books, Spring Lake, N.J., Expanding
• Obituary Note: Belinda Jones
• Independent Publishers Caucus Launches Indie Press Month Bookstore Display Contest, Social Media Campaign
• Michael Jacobs, Sheridan Hay Form Filmore Projects
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Personnel Changes at Putnam; Phaidon; Berkley
• Media Heat: Tyler Moore on the Today Show
• Bookseller Cats-in-residence: Roxy & Lucy at Sower Books
• Review: The Garden
• Bookstore Romance: Judith Rosen on Getting Engaged or Married in Bookstores
• Semicolon Books, Chicago, Ill., Closing Physical Stores
• Review: The Dollhouse Academy
• Bookish Golden Globe Winners
• Bookstore Wedding: Archivist Books
• Obituary Note: David Lodge
• Kim Dower, aka Kim-from-L.A., on Being a Poet and a Publicist
• Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
• A Jimmy Carter Bookstore Visit Remembered
• Media Heat: Lynne Peeples on Fresh Air
• Book Trailer of the Day: Blood and the Badge
• Serendipity Crystals & Bookshop Coming to Taunton, Mass.
• Books-A-Million Moving Peachtree City, Ga., Store
• Bookseller Dog: Rudder at Lupine Books
• Holiday Hum: 'Vibrant and Successful'; 'Classic Bookselling'
• Bookstore Marriage Proposal: Storyline Bookshop
• Whitty Books, Tulsa, Okla., to Close
• Obituary Note: John Marsden
• Simon & Schuster Handling World Print Sales for Big City Press
• Robert Gray: Holiday Family Portraits from Indie Booksellers
• Chalkboard: Epilogue Books
• Movies: The Monkey
• Reading with... Jane Yang
• Review: Three Days in June
• Seattle's Paper Boat Booksellers Plans to Move
• Ink Drinkers Anonymous, Muncie, Ind., Opening in New Location Tomorrow
• Bookstore Display: 'Read. Write. Rest. Resist!' at Changing Hands
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Holiday Hum: General Retail Sales Up 3.8%
• Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, Va., Moving--And Keeping Current Space
• This Weekend on Book TV: Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Grand Opening Saturday for Novel Read Books, Watsontown, Pa.
• Bookseller Cat: Koda at Hearthside Books
• Bookstore Marriage Proposal: The Book & Cover
• Booksellers' Moment: Books Are Magic
• Awards: King Charles's New Year's Honors List
• In Memoriam: Jimmy Carter, Author
• Review: The Wolf Tree
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Federal Judge Rules Arkansas Book Ban Law Unconstitutional
• Media Heat: Full Menu of Cookbooks and Self-Help Books
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Movies: Wuthering Heights
• POTUS44's Reading List: Obama's Favorite Books of 2024
• Bookstore Marriage Proposal: Red Balloon Bookshop
• Bookseller Dog: Tommy at Epilogue Books
• Bookseller's Christmas Moment: White Whale Bookstore
• Holiday Season Chalkboard: Bards Alley Bookshop
• Awards: Order of Canada Appointees
• Hey Darling Romance Bookstore Opens in Austin, Minn. 
• Image of the Day: Act 4 Books Now Has Three Partners
• Happy Holidays!
• Media Heat: Ina Garten, Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, Cher, Venus Williams, Pamela Anderson, and More
• Veronica Liu Reports on the Guadalajara International Book Fair
• Lovestruck Books Debuts in Cambridge, Mass.
• B&N Opening New Stores in Stamford, Conn., & Naperville, Ill.; Closing in Spartanburg, S.C.
• Review: Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
• Swoon Books & Wine Opening in Oakwood, Ohio, Next Year
• Hurricane-damaged Blinking Owl Books, Fort Myers, Fla., Reopens in New Location  
• Cool Idea of the Day: 'Literati Cookies'
• Personnel Changes at Harper Perennial; Macmillan
• Bookshop Storefront Window Display: Quail Ridge Books
• Awards: Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Winner
• Obituary Note: Margaret Hackney Frith
• AAP Sales: 8.3% Jump in October, Up 7.1% for YTD
• Robert Gray: More Season's Greetings, Indie Bookseller Style
• Best Adult Books of 2024
• Movies: Reminders of Him
• Holiday Hum: Nearing the Finish Line
• Bookseller Holiday Season Moment: White River Books
• ESG Bookstore Opens in Princeton, N.J.
• Reading with... Darren Bernhardt
• Review: On My Honor: The Secret History of the Boy Scouts of America
• Andy Borowitz: 'Why Buy Books from Craven Creep Jeff Bezos?'
• Media Heat: Miranda July on Fresh Air
• Ana Maria Allessi Named President, Publisher of Hachette Audio
• Image of the Day: Holiday Greetings from [words] Bookstore
• Holiday Spirit Chalkboard: Barrier Island Books & Art
• Bookseller Dog: Wally at Gramercy Books 
• Always Here Bookstore, Portland, Ore., Moving to Permanent Home Next Spring
• This Weekend on Book TV: The Southern Festival of Books
• The Nook Bookstore & Mocktail Lounge Debuts in Manitowoc, Wis.
• Awards: King's Gold Medal for Poetry Winner
• Obituary Note: Jean Adamson
• Exile in Bookville Co-owners Named Chicagoans of the Year in Books
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Review: Bread and Milk
• Meet Cute Midland Comes to Midland, Tex.
• Grand Opening Friday for Spellbound Sisters Bookstore & Cafe in Boardman, Ohio
• Image of the Day: Meg Medina Honored as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
• Awards: Voss Literary Winner
• Movies: The Housemaid
• Obituary Note: Gary Chassman
• Media Heat: Simon Rich on Late Night with Seth Meyers
• Holiday Hum: Entering the Home Stretch
• Reading with... Kenneth C. Davis
• Bookseller Moment: BookPeople
• Children's Review: Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars
• Bookstore Marriage Proposal: Watchung Booksellers
• Personnel Changes at Above the Treeline; Catapult
• Binc Offering Two ComicsPro Industry Meeting Scholarships
• Oldspeak Bar Coming to Garden City, Idaho
• 'Now, I Want to Go Beyond the Books'
• B&N's James Daunt: The Importance of 'Beautifully Presented' Bookstores
• Abrams Aligns Sales Department with Focus Areas
• Personnel Changes at Tommy Nelson
• Image of the Day: Chicago Review of Books Awards
• A Thousand Stories, Herndon, Va., Closing Permanently
• TV: Jennifer L. Armentrout's Blood and Ash Series
• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles
• Lerner Publishing Group Acquires Soaring Kite Books
• Awards: Gordon Burn Longlist
• Review: Beartooth
• International Update: Waterstones Hit by Ransomware Attack; Industry Insights: Bookshops & Accessibility Released
• New Owners for Park Street Books & Toys, Medfield, Mass.
• Media Heat: Nicole Avant on the Tonight Show
• Holiday Season Window Display: WORD Bookstore
• Book Trailer of the Day: Living Well with OCD
• Image of the Day: Niche Books Hosts Loretta Ellsworth
• Media Heat: Michelle Obama on the Jennifer Hudson Show
• Review: End of August
• Movie: Nickel Boys
• Obituary Note: Alice Hudson
• In Brief: Copperfield's Not Opening in Depot Café and Bookstore
• Booksellers on Enjoying and Getting Through the Holiday Season
• Personnel Changes at Feminist Press; Penguin Random House
• Podcast Potpourri
• Awards: Naguib Mahfouz Winner
• Cool Idea: Bookstore Elopements
• Two Friends Books, Bentonville, Ark., Launches Nonprofit
• Needful Books & Things Opens in St. Augustine, Fla.
• Media Heat: Sunil Amrith on Science Friday
• More Patterson Holiday Bonus Recipients: 'Helping Us to Continue to Build Our Stories'
• TV: Donna Leon's Detective Brunetti Series
• Sourcebooks, PRH Audio to Launch Audiobook Publishing Program
• Folklore Bookshop Opens in Midway, Utah
• Awards: Porchlight Business Book Longlist
• Robert Gray: Season's Greetings, Bookseller Style: 'We Work Local, We Play Local!'
• Holiday Hum: Nearing Crunch Time; Certain Titles Unavailable
• Personnel Changes at PRH Grupo Editorial; Scholastic
• Friends to Lovers, Alexandria, Va., Reopens in New Space
• 'Romancing the Novel' Exhibition: Romance Novels & Their Cultural Impact
• Indie Bookstores: 'Crucial Wellsprings for the Health of Our Democracy'
• Winter Bookstore Moment: Honest Dog Books
• Best Children's and Teen Books of 2024
• Image of the Day: Goodnight Sounds in the Bay Area
• Bookstore Wedding: Pig City Books 
• Reading with... Ella Baxter
• Review: A Perfect Day to Be Alone
• Obituary Note: Lance Morrow
• Obituary Note: M.J. Rose
• For Sale: Quimby's Bookstore, Chicago, Ill.
• Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Recipients: 'Just an Amazing Gift--I Am So Grateful'
• Reese's Winter YA Book Club Pick: Throwback
• This Weekend on Book TV: The Southern Festival of Books
• Crowdfunder Launched for Two Denver Booksellers After Violent Home Invasion
• Awards: Center for Fiction First Novel Winner
• Image of the Day: Holiday Greetings from Mrs. Dalloway's
• Batch for Books Adds Four Partners