Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• Ci2026: Rebuilding School Relationships Without Librarians
• Ci2026 Comes to a Close
• Design Process: M. Judson Reveals New Logo
• Bookseller Video: Gone Fishing
• Awards: Ursula K. Le Guin Fiction Shortlist
• Starred Review: Bodega Stories
• Ci2026: 'Making Children's Booksellers Out of Everyone'
• Media Heat: Isaac Butler on Fresh Air
• Image of the Day: The Emergency Playbook at Watchung Booksellers
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Lost Haida Manga
• B&N Opening Oak Park, Ill., Store; Relocating Lexington, Ky., Store
• Ci2026: Authors Who Open Doors
• Ci2026 in Pictures: Costumes, Authors, Booksellers!
• Review: Enchantment
• Awards: Orwell Winners
• Macmillan Offers Matching Grant on Monthly Contributions to Binc
• Media Heat: Isaac Fitzgerald, Yasmine Cheyenne on Today
• Inaugural Black Bookstore Day Set for August 29
• Phictly Global Digital Book Festival Set for July 25
• Happy 15th Anniversary, Word Up!
• Human Chain Helps Move Downtown Books, Dothan, Ala.
• Image of the Day: Lauren Hough at Brazos Bookstore
• TV: The Wolf King
• Movies: Sense and Sensibility
• Image of the Day: Black Summers at Source Booksellers
• Bookshop Dog: Bella at Rooted Books & Gifts
• #Anti-PrimeDay: 'We Are a Prime Part of this Community'
• Workers at B&N in South Burlington, Vt., Vote to Unionize
• Kwame Alexander, Sourcebooks Launching New Imprint 
• Ownership Change at Chapters on Main, Van Buren, Ark.
• Obituary Note: Bernie Flynn
• International Update: More Indie Bookshops in U.K., Ireland; Frankfurt Book Fair's Dedicated Kids Books Space
• Awards: German Peace Prize Winner
• Bookseller Moment: lala books
• Grand Reopening Set for Brewer Bookstore's Remodeled Café in Canton, N.Y.
• Ann Patchett to Receive Library of Congress American Fiction Prize
• Reading with... Cynthia Pelayo
• Review: Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
• Marty Brown Named Director of Oregon State University Press
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Obituary Note: Jill Smokler
• Video: 'When a Customer Buys the Book You Wanted to Take Home at the End of Your Shift'
• At Gibbs Smith, Michelle Branson Named Publisher & President, Succeeding Suzanne Taylor, Who Is Retiring
• AAP Sales: Up 4.4% in April; Year to Date Up 1.7%
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan
• Robert Gray: 'Like Literature, Soccer Connects People from All Across the World'
• This Weekend on Book TV: The Gaithersburg Book Festival
• Image of the Day: New Bookstore in N.H. Hosts First Event
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Trailer of the Day: MIND MGMT
• Awards: Miles Franklin Shortlist
• Media Heat: Caldecott Medal Winner Cátia Chien on Here & Now
• Opening Date Set for Final Draft, Wichita, Kan.
• 518 Romantasy Hits the Road in Upstate N.Y.
• Starred Review: The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard
• Retiring Exec Director Eileen Dengler to Receive NAIBA Legacy Award; Book Winners Named
• Bookshop Moment: Between the Covers
• TV: The Everlasting
• Chalkboard: Excelsior Bay Books
• Awards: Weston International Winner
• Obituary Note: Mark Singer
• Bell Bird Books Comes to Nashville, Tenn.
• Simon & Schuster to Sell and Distribute Bindery Books
• Image of the Day: Jonah Zimiles of [words] Bookstore Honored
• Media Heat: Lauren Tarshis on the Kelly Clarkson Show
• Photo Op, 'Name Change' at Loganberry Books 
• Kentucky's From the Ground Up Books Adds Tea Parlor
• Reading with... Shasta Grant
• Starred Children's Review: The Hungry Forest
• LOC, ALA Publish Two New Books in 'Discover and Learn' Series
• At OverDrive, Marc DeBevoise Named CEO; Steve Potash Becomes Chairman
• Bookshop.org's Anti-Prime Campaign
• Media Heat: Farideh Sadeghin on Today
• Review: The Art of Charming a Changeling
• Chalkboard: Good Neighbor Bookstore
• Movies: Scouts and Raiders
• Awards: Sisters in Crime Australia's Davitt Longlist
• Pride Month Storefront Window: Anderson's Bookshops
• Image of the Day: Greg Sarris at Book Passage
• The Peddler's Pack Book Co. Opens in Tomball, Tex.
• Grand Opening Set for Ember & Ink, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
• On the Road in Wichita, Kan.: A Novel Escape Mobile Bookstore
• GoFundMe: Show Some Love for Bookstore Romance Day
• Bookstore Romance Day Plans: 'A Fun, Busy Day for Romance Lovers'
• Save the Date: Bookstore Romance Day Arrives August 15
• Welcome to Shelf Awareness: Extra!
• Arboreadum Bookshop and Garden Hosts Grand Opening in Cullman, Ala.
• Obituary Note: James Bradley
• Father's Day Chalkboard: Odd Bird Bookshop
• Media Heat: Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan on the View
• 'Books Are the Original Information System'
• Bookstore Wedding Proposal: Books & Books
• TV: The God of the Woods
• Review: The Song of Stork and Dromedary
• Awards: Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Shortlist
• Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
• Book Trailer of the Day: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales
• Books Across Borders Fellowship Application Deadline Extended
• Librairie Opens in Los Angeles, Calif.
• Image of the Day: Literary Luncheon at Story & Song
• Top Library Recommended Titles for July
• Daisy Chain Book Co. to Open in Jacksonville, Fla., This Summer
• Media Heat: Justene Hill Edwards on Fresh Air
• Image of the Day: Dinner with John Kenney
• Movies: My What If Year
• On Stage: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• ABFE Becomes a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit; Will Expand Free Expression Efforts
• Patchett Wins Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
• N.Y. Knicks Parade: A Bookseller's Perspective
• Awards: Waterstones Debut Fiction Shortlist
• Obituary Note: Robert Thurman
• Chalkboard: Highland Books
• M. Judson Booksellers Hosts Grand Opening for New Store in Fountain Inn., S.C.
• Pages & Perks Launches Pop-Up in Advance of St. Petersburg, Fla., Opening
• Love & Lore Bookshop in Huntington, Utah, Debuting in July
• Bookseller Moment: The Book Cabin
• Reading with... Meryl Branch-McTiernan
• Review: Under the Falls
• City Lights' Paul Yamazaki on 'How Did This Book Get Into My Hands'
• 'ReJOYCE! It's Bloomsday!'
• Personnel Changes at the Random House Publishing Group
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• This Weekend on Book TV: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Backtalker
• Obituary Note: Carlo Ginzburg
• Authors Against Book Bans Names Katherine Locke Board President 
• Black Pearl Books, Austin, Tex., Closing Bricks-and-Mortar Store
• Robert Gray: ''YES, We Scream During Independent Bookshop Week'
• Awards: Sami Rohr Jewish Literature Winner
• Media Heat: Percival Everett, Lokelani Alabanza on Today
• Wildwood Bookery & Flower Tattoo Open in Frankfort, Ky. 
• Image of the Day: David Beard Visits Park Road Books
• Starred Review: Mia
• WH Smith Raises Capital Through Share Sale, Cites Iran War for Lower U.S. Sales
• The Inked Page Coming to Overland Park, Kan.
• Movies: Lady Macbeth
• R.D. Talley Books Reopening in Las Vegas, Nev.
• Awards: Awards: PEN/Malamud Short Story, Australian Book of the Year Winners
• Media Heat: Melissa Albert, Shawn Johnson East, Andrew East on Today
• Chalkboard: Excelsior Bay Books
• Storefront Window Display: Left Bank Books
• A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, Calif., Closes
• Personnel Changes at Abrams; Open Road
• Reading with... P.C. Verrone
• Children's Review: Makade Asin/Black Stone
• Grand Opening for Brackish Books' Physical Storefront in Centreville, Md.
• Image of the Day: Interabang Books Launches Kate Khavari
• Sleepy Dog Books, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Receives AmEx Shop Small Grant
• Cool Idea: 'America 250 Wish Tree' 
• Crowne Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
• Movies: American Fantasy
• Obituary Note: Tim Johnston 
• Awards: Walter Scott for Historical Fiction Winner
• Harvard Book Store Opening Branch in Boston, Mass.
• Shelf Awareness Presents: Expert Advice for Booksellers
• Giancarlo Montemayor Joins PRH as Director of Sales, Christian Market
• Media Heat: Jesse Wegman on Fresh Air
• Personnel Changes at Candlewick/Holiday House/Peachtree
• Review: Big & Lily
• Bookshop Proposal: Carmichael's Bookstore
• Image of the Day: Charter Books Hosts Annabel Monaghan
• Leaves Bakery and Books, Fort Worth, Tex., Closing
• Obituary Note: Jane Yolen
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast
• Awards: Women's Fiction, Nonfiction Winners
• Review: The Hill in the Dark Grove
• Bookseller Video: 'Soccer, B-ball, and Hockey, OH MY!'
• Image of the Day: House of Books Turns 50
• Media Heat: Eddie Glaude on Fresh Air
• Book Trailer of the Day: Open: Every Seed Has Its Moment
• Personnel Changes at W.W. Norton
• Bub's Bookstore, Carson City, Nev., Hosts Grand Opening
• powerHouse Opens Store in Manhattan's Columbus Circle
• TV: Slow Horses Season 6
• B&N Closing One Georgia Store, Relocating Another
• Media Heat: Fresh Air Remembers Marjane Satrapi
• The Cursed Page Bookstore Has Soft Opening in Sturbridge, Mass.
• Movies: Whalefall
• Mac's Backs Books, Cleveland, Ohio, on the Move
• Awards: Reading the West Winners
• Homestead Books & Co. Hits the Road in British Columbia
• Bookseller Moment: Skylark Bookshop
• Classic Bookshop, Palm Beach, Fla., Closing
• Obituary Note: Robert Coles
• Bookstore Event Collab: 'Nothing Short of Magical'
• 'It's What's Going on Inside the Store that Matters'
• NBA Playoffs Bookshop Display: 'Wemby Recommends'
• NBA Playoffs Chalkboards: Black Spring Books; Cranford Bookstore
• Reading with... Naomi Ishiguro
• Review: A Tender Age
• Image of the Day: Rhythm & Fire at B&N Union Square
• The Poetry Shelf: Classics; Celebrating Our Nations
• Gita Manaktala Named Columbia University Press Executive Director
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Awards: Klaus Flugge Shortlist
• Binc Launches Monthly Donor Campaign
• Obituary Note: Gordon S. Wood
• Queer Haven Books, Columbia, S.C., Closing Bricks-and-Mortar Store
• This Weekend on Book TV: Mike Pence
• Robert Gray: It's About Time... and Stones... and Memory
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Personnel Changes at Little, Brown; Berkley; Candlewick/Holiday House/Peachtree
• Movies: The End of the World Running Club
• Review: The Seekers of Deer Creek
• Image of the Day: Shannon Algeo at Godmothers
• Paragraphs and Pages Coming to Liberty Lake, Wash.
• Badd, Gramm-mar Comedy Series: 'Technically a Book Club'
• Personnel Changes at Soucebooks; Atria
• Ruby's Books in Folsom, Calif., Expanding with Move into Newly Purchased Building
• Awards: Nebula Winners
• Media Heat: Alison Roman on Tamron Hall
• Reel Booksellers: 'I Think the Shop Is Trying to Get People to Buy More Books'
• Bookseller Dog: Luna at Reedmor Books & Brews
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast
• International Update: Kyiv Hosts Literary Festival; Number of Japanese Bookstores Decline
• Reading with... Marley Dias
• Children's Review: Boo!
• Obituary Note: Lieke Marsman
• Chalkboard: The Curious Cat Bookshop
• Image of the Day: Ingram Hosts NAB2
• Betti's Arriving in Anchorage, Alaska, This Summer
• Happy 50th Birthday, House of Books!
• Lakeside Book Co. Adds Four Publishers
• Obituary Note: David C. Nelson
• TV: A Forgotten Kill
• Good Girl Cafe and Bookstore Opening in Englewood, Colo.
• Review: Kitten
• Awards: Griffin Poetry, German Non-Fiction Winners
• Media Heat: Mike Schur, Joe Posnanski on Late Night with Seth Meyers
• For the Plot Romance Bookstore in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Debuting This Month
• Image of the Day: Fiction Bookshop Hosts Ellen Baker
• A Shelf Awareness Presents Webinar: Holiday Title Buying and Merchandising Tips
• Personnel Changes at Bloomsbury Academic
• Celestial Books, San Francisco, Calif., Eyeing Bricks-and-Mortar Store
• Media Heat: Laverne Cox on the View, Live with Kelly and Mark, Kelly Clarkson, Today
• TV: Legacy of Spies
• Starred Review: Etna
• Image of the Day: Caro Clair Burke Draws a Crowd at Elliott Bay Book Co.
• Book Trailer of the Day: Marion
• APA: Audiobook Sales Rise 9%, to $2.43 Billion, in 2025
• Cool Father's Day Idea: 'Fatherless Day'
• Awards: RSL Ondaatje Winner
• Personnel Changes at Putnam; Sourcebooks
• Clevo Books, Cleveland, Ohio, to Close
• B&N Opening Stores This Week in Fla. & Calif.
• Storytime Bookshop in Kennewick, Wash., Reopening in New Location After Fire
• The Raven's Quill Takes Flight in Pittsburgh, Pa., Area
• Circana BookScan's Brenna Connor Joining Macmillan
• Cool Idea: Bookseller Branches into 'Minor Automotive Repair'
• Sunburns and Slow Burns Hits the Road in Hendersonville, Tenn.