Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• Image of the Day: Launch Day for Ann Aguirre at Tropes & Trifles
• Movies: The Bell Jar
• Awards: Mo Siewcharran Shortlist
• International Update: Bloomsbury's 'Leadership Succession Plan'; FutureBook Conference at LBF 2027
• Book Trailer of the Day: World News from Waverley High
• Obituary Note: Rich Wojcikowski
• Hachette Book Group to Sell & Distribute Flame Tree Publishing
• Personnel Changes at Doubleday and Pantheon
• Media Heat: Richard Beck on Fresh Air
• Book Passage San Francisco Moves to Larger Ferry Building Space
• Bookseller Faves: September Romance Preview
• Reading with... Shifa Saltagi Safadi
• Starred YA Review: Children of Owl
• The Bookery of Old Town Opens in Brunswick, Ga.
• Glenside Book Garden Coming to Glenside, Pa.
• Libro.fm Bestsellers in August
• Image of the Day: Book Passage Hosts Congressman Jared Huffman
• Movies: If Love Should Die
• Bookseller Dog: Timber at Composition Shop
• Awards: Derek Walcott Poetry Finalists
• 'I Love the Environment of an Indie Bookstore'
• Willbloom Books to Launch Physical Storefront in Weaverville, N.C.
• Long Dark House Opens in Alexandria Va.
• Obituary Note: Robin Morgan
• Top Book Club Picks in August
• Media Heat: Casey Gerald on Fresh Air
• Review: Murmurs from the Hills: Rwandan Tales
• Storefront Window Mural: Analog Books
• B&N Opening New Stores Tomorrow in Fla. & Tex.
• Chalkboard: Main Street Books
• Media Heat: Fresh Air Remembers Gloria Steinem
• ThriftBooks to Close Halethorpe, Md., Warehouse
• TV: We've Decided to Go in a Different Direction
• Awards: Baillie Gifford Longlist
• Quimby's Bookstore, Brooklyn, N.Y., Relocating
• Seasonal Vibes: 'Getting into the Fall Spirit at the Bookshop'
• An Unlikely Story Wins BPRNE's Independent Spirit Award
• Chalkboard: The Book Cove
• Happy Labor Day!
• Burglary Damages East Village Bookshop's Midtown Store in Sacramento, Calif. 
• Personnel Changes at Bloomsbury
• Porchlight Books Arriving in Richardson, Tex.
• Reading with... Maha Hashwi
• Review: Notes on Postcards: A Memoir
• Leaves & Lore Grows in West Chester, Pa.
• Indie Bookstores Have 'Always Been Magical Spaces to Me'
• Obituary Note: Gloria Steinem
• Wiley Receiving BISG's Inaugural Founders Award
• Lakeside Book Co. Adds Four Publishers
• Personnel Changes at Chronicle Books; Berkley
• Image of the Day: Andre Hardy Launch at Warwick's
• Whitefish Bay Books Debuts in Wisconsin
• Back to School Window Display: Split Rock Books
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast
• Robert Gray: Opening Bookshop Doors--Themes & Variations
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• This Weekend on Book TV: Theo Baker on How to Rule the World
• Awards: Cundill Shortlist
• Media Heat: Dr. Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell on CBS Mornings
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Bibliobar, Plano, Tex., Moving to New Location
• Starred Review: The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
• Bold Fork Books, Washington, D.C., Closing
• TV: Heated Rivalry Season 2 
• Well Read Bookstore Hosts Grand Opening in Lee's Summit, Mo.
• Linda Cannon Program Grant Winners
• Applications Open for Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship
• Obituary Note: Wendell Berry
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan; Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Media Heat: Natasha Singer on Fresh Air
• Sirena Noir Books Debuts in Southington, Conn.
• Awards: YA Book Prize Winner
• Bookshop Moment: Annie Bloom's Books
• Reading with... Hank Phillippi Ryan
• Children's Review: Our Starry, Starry Night
• Bookseller Video: 'Carpe the Cringe'
• Chalkboard: Curious Iguana
• Fable & Craft Co. Comes to Beaver, Pa.
• Awards: Hugo Winners
• Bookstore Wedding: Bookends & Beginnings
• TV: Enigma Variations
• Boss Lady Books Hosts Grand Opening in Beaumont, Tex.
• Books & Botanicals Debuts in Brainerd, Minn.
• Image of the Day: Alyssa Maxwell at Charter Books
• Obituary Note: Will Murray
• Red Wheel Weiser Selling, Distributing New World Library, Dharma Publishing
• Media Heat: Marlon James on All Things Considered
• Half Price Books Adding Store in St. Louis, Mo.
• Review: What She Saw
• Book Trailer of the Day: Maya: Seed Takes Root
• River & Ink Bookshop Arrives in Port Huron, Mich.
• Movies: The Troop
• Obituary Note: Lesley Grant-Adamson 
• Media Heat: Annie Lowrey on Fresh Air
• Black Bookstore Day: 'We Had a Magical Day'
• Image of the Day: Shingle Style Houses at Rizzoli
• Awards: Crook's Corner Longlist
• Caitlin Meyer Named Director of Publicity at Beacon Press
• Review: The Grassland Queen: An Avian Love Story in the American Plains
• Wijaya House Expanding to Tucson, Ariz.
• Book Trailer of the Day: Come Closer
• Bookstore Sidewalk Art: Rooted Books & Gifts
• The Ohio Reader Hits the Road
• At Penguin Random House, First Half Revenues Rise 2.3%
• HarperCollins's Katie McGarry Wins NEIBA's Saul Gilman Award
• Personnel Changes at New World Library; Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Hachette Book Group to Sell & Distribute Welbeck Publishing Group
• Movies: In a Holidaze
• Cool Idea of the Day: the Reading Bug's Kids Podcast Festival
• Obituary Note: Peter Nadas
• From My Shelf Books & Gifts, Wellsboro, Pa., Staying Open
• Reese's September Book Club Pick: Big Little Truths
• Awards: Heartland Booksellers Winners; Dr. Tony Ryan Finalists
• Beans & Bind Debuts in Spokane Valley, Wash.
• Grand Opening Tomorrow for the Lost Story Bookshop, Katy, Tex.
• Half Price Books, Austin, Tex., Opens Temporary Space in Anticipation of New Store
• Image of the Day: Palmdale in Palmdale
• Reading with... Malavika Kannan
• Review: No Such Thing as Monday
• HarperCollins Halloween Highlights
• Appalachian Pages Comes to Pikeville, Ky.
• TV: How to Kill Your Family
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Fern & Fable Books, Ormond Beach, Fla., Merging with Sister Store
• Magnolia & Main Books, Ridgeway, Va., Closing This Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• This Weekend on Book TV: Annie Jacobsen and Cory Doctorow
• Winter Institute 2027 Scholarship Winners
• Awards: Ned Kelly Shortlist
• Bookseller Cat: Copper at Analog Books
• A Shelf Awareness Presents Webinar: Actionable Tips for Fall Merchandising
• Robert Gray: Dolly Parton 'Believed Deeply in the Power of Reading'
• Happy 50th Birthday, Orinda Books
• Image of the Day: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Visits Newtonville Books
• Review: The Elements of Life: How Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Nourish Us and Threaten the Planet
• Grand Opening Set for Jolene's, Newark, Ohio
• PRH's Skip Dye Receiving BISG's Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service
• Film: Donnie Darko Sequel Book in the Works
• Kona Stories Weathers Storm for Delayed Bookstore Romance Day
• Bookseller Moment: Hills & Hamlets Bookshop
• Obituary Note: John Rousmaniere
• International Update: Booksellers Association Restructures; Goldsboro Books Opens Store in Malaysia
• Personnel Changes at HarperCollins
• Awards: Desperate Literature Short Fiction Winner
• Grand Opening Set for the Dog-Eared Book, Edenton, N.C.
• Image of the Day: Traci Saulsberry at Charis Books & More
• 'A Customer Walks in While You're Making Social Content'
• Reading with... Hannah Whitten
• Starred YA Review: Like Glass
• B&N Opening Stores Today in Ky. & Calif.
• Movies: Wildwood
• Awards: Golden Poppy Finalists
• Chalkboard: Highland Books
• Liz Carrasco Named Chief Technology Officer of OverDrive
• Bookseller Moment: The Underground Bookshop 
• Pleasant Pheasant Bookstore, Woodland, Calif., Relocates
• Rainy Day Books in Fairway, Kan., Adding Second Location
• Obituary Note: Helen 'Greenie' Neuburg
• Personnel Changes at Bookshop.org; Microcosm
• Image of the Day: Chang-rae Lee at Green Apple Books on the Park
• Media Heat: Joby Warrick on Fresh Air
• Review: Castles: A Fortified History of the World
• Kaleidoscope Books & Sundries Debuts in Pikeville, Ky.
• Welcome to Shelf Awareness: Extra!
• Halloween: A Spooky Roundup of Titles
• Scout's Tales Opens in Arlington Heights, Ill.
• TV: Bad Monkey Season 2
• Media Heat: Esther Perel on Today
• Awards: Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Shortlist
• Obituary Note: Ted Smart
• Vellum & Vine Romance Bookshop Debuts in Albuquerque, N.Mex.
• Image of the Day: 2026 National Book Festival
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Five of Us
• Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
• Starred Review: Sweet Pea
• Bookseller Fashion Week Video: Cedar Canoe Books 
• 'I've Been Thinking About All the People Who Walked Through Our Doors Today'
• Top Library Recommended Titles for September
• Hardback Books Coming to Kansas City, Mo.
• Gwaltney Named Exec Director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center 
• Society House Books and Cafe Debuting This Fall in Valdosta, Ga.
• Image of the Day: Tayari Jones at Story & Song
• Personnel Changes at HarperCollins
• Media Heat: Naima Coster on Good Morning America
• Obituary Note: Eddie Bell 
• TV: The Ministry of Time
• Awards: New Adult Book Shortlist
• Bookshop Delivery Guy Shoutout: Janke Book Store
• Whispering Pines Bookstore Opens in Pennington, N.J.
• Bookseller Dog: Hollie at Pig City Books
• Kinokuniya Adding Bookstore in Haltom City, Tex
• Reading with... Archer Sullivan
• Review: Château Reverie
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Cool Idea: Audiobook Walks with Blushing Books
• Obituary Note: Ben Watson
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• The Inked Page, Overland Park, Kan., Opening Saturday
• This Weekend on Book TV: The National Book Festival and the Roosevelt Reading Festival
• Robert Gray: Happy 50th Birthday, Northshire Bookstore!
• Media Heat: Jack Carr on Good Morning America
• Romance Bookstore Nook & Quill Arrives in Pace, Fla.
• Ownership Change at Curious Iguana in Frederick, Md.
• Book Trailer of the Day: We
• Fox Chapel Publishing Selling and Distributing 5m Books
• Review: Lucid Dreams
• B&N Store Coming to Arlington, Va.'s Pentagon City Neighborhood
• Chalkboard: The Galaxy Bookshop
• Awards: Australian National Biography Winner
• TV: Slow Horses Season 6
• Personnel Changes at Stable Book Group
• Obituary Note: Dave Nee 
• At Women & Children First, Lynn Mooney Retiring, Raven Stubbs Becomes New Co-Owner
• Inaugural Midwest Black Book Fair Set for August 22 in Minneapolis, Minn
• Better Days Books & Beers Debuts in Cairo, N.Y.
• Macmillan to Distribute Lonely Planet in U.S.
• Media Heat: Michael Grynbaum on Good Morning America
• B&N Opening New Chicago Bookstore Today 'at the Heart of the Loop'
• Booksellers' Music Video: Winnie & Mo's Bookshop
• Book Trailer of the Day: Chasing Goodfellas
• Reading with... Elizabeth Little
• Children's Review: The Moonlit Spiral
• Chapters on Chestnut Planned for Needham, Mass.
• Sourcebooks Expands Its Embrace of Romance
• Movies: People of the Book
• Awards: Laurel Poetry Shortlist
• Grand Opening Set for Periwinkle and Prose in Frederick, Md.
• Bookshop Engagement: Love's Sweet Arrow
• Chalkboard: Excelsior Bay Books
• Image of the Day: Jill Biden at Browseabout Books
• Obituary Note: Mary de Rachewiltz
• 'Buzz Books Romance 2026' Published; Panel Set for Tonight
• Media Heat: Julian Shapiro-Barnum on CBS Mornings
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast
• Book Trailer of the Day: Early Man Was a Woman
• NEIBA's Beth Ineson on 'Where Young People Discover the Magic of Reading'
• Starred Review: Advantage Player: A Memoir of Blackjack, Backrooms, and Beginnings
• New Book Joy in Brookfield, Ill., Relocates
• Obituary Note: John Crowley
• TV: Last Seen
• #BookstoreRomanceDay: 'It's the Most Romantic Day of the Year!'
• Image of the Day: Summer Fun with Traveling Tales
• Personnel Changes at Vintage
• Book Trailer of the Day: Story Rug
• Lerner Publisher Services to Distribute Flowerpot Press
• Kris Kliemann to Receive BISG's Industry Champion Award
• Awards: Kansas Fiction Winner
• Media Heat: Daniel E. Lieberman on Fresh Air
• Review: The Queen of Roses
• 'Who Would You Cast as the Lead in Your Favorite Book?'