Archive for Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for the book trade

• 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?'
• Exes & Ohs Books Opens Bricks-and-Mortar in Bozeman, Mont.
• Media Heat: Deb Haaland on Science Friday
• Firefly & Fox, Norfolk, Ontario, to Relocate
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Bookish Summer Vibes: Gramercy Books
• Awards: Arthur C. Clarke Winner
• Grand Opening this Weekend for To Be Read Bookstore in Greenville, S.C.
• Red Hook Books Opens in Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Obituary Note: Johanna Fernández
• Movies: The Dallergut Dream Department Store
• Chalkboard: Bookends
• Barbara Kline Pope to Retire as Head of Hopkins Press
• Reading Group Choices' Most Popular July Books
• Bookseller Moment: The Mysterious Bookshop
• West of Loveland
• Reading with... Seven Rasmussen
• 'I've Never Met More Amazing People than I Have Through Having the Bookstore'
• Image of the Day: My Killer Family Reunion at Quail Ridge Books
• Atomic Books, Baltimore, Md., Expanding
• Obituary Note: Richard Lingeman
• The Reading Nest Opening Today in Cedarburg, Wis.
• Robert Gray: Book Lovers Day--'Your Stories Matter Here'
• Media Heat: Gil Durán on Political Breakdown
• The Poetry Shelf: Homer; Back to School
• Awards: German Book Longlist
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Phictly's Inaugural Global Digital Book Festival Brings Readers and Authors Together
• Starred Review: Black Moon
• Book Trailer of the Day: Off the Wall: Making Stuff Together
• MSU Student Book Store Relocating, Downsizing
• Fables & Pages Looks to Fall Launch in Ottawa
• Andrew Rein Promoted to President of Zando
• TV: Jane Eyre
• Chalkboard: Wicked Books
• Sales Floor Display: 'BookTok Table' at the BookSmiths Shoppe
• Image of the Day: Kemper Donovan at Partners in Crime
• Awards: Aurora Winners
• Obituary Note: Jacqueline Korn 
• Media Heat: Sissy Goff, David Thomas on NBC News
• Top Book Club Picks in July
• Shelf Awareness Presents: WOW Books: Window and Floor Merchandising for the Fall
• NVNR: Honoring Eileen Dengler
• Cupid's Bookshop Sets Grand Reopening in New Location
• Children's Starred Review: Puma Concolor
• Reading with... Emil Wilson
• Book Trailer of the Day: Louie Mattar's Fabulous Car
• HarperCollins Christian Adds Harper Catholic Imprint
• Movies: Stag Dance
• Giller Prize Receives Funding Gift from Weston Foundation
• NVNR: Navigating Economic Downturns
• A Great Book with Barack Obama Podcast Debuting in September
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan Children's Publishing; Hachette
• Obituary Note: Cathy Sill
• Chalkboard: Downtown Books
• Image of the Day: Lisa Gardner at Tales and Tails Book Cafe
• Media Heat: Chang-rae Lee on Here & Now
• Book Trailer of the Day: See It to Be It
• The Sea-King and the Sorceress: Life and Death in the Viking Age
• The Mooving Bookstore Roams Newcastle, Wyo.
• Shelf Awareness Call for Information: Halloween
• Bookshop Cat: Buster at Split Rock Books
• Pamela MacColl Retiring from Beacon Press After 27-Year Career
• Image of the Day: BISG@50 Meet-up
• Video: 'Our Booksellers Went to NVNR 2026'
• Awards: Dr. Tony Ryan Semifinalists
• Personnel Changes at MVB
• Media Heat: Sissy Goff, David Thomas on Today
• Book Trailer of the Day: Pumpkin and Beetle
• Obituary Note: Martha Rivers Ingram
• On Stage: Middlemarch
• International Update: Russian Attack Destroys 8 Million Books in Ukraine; BA's Halls Named Book Trade Charity Chair
• Music Against the Night
• Reverie Books in South Austin, Tex., Fundraising for Second Location
• Eight : Twenty Eight Opens in Mitchell, S.Dak.
• Media Heat: Monty Roberts on Fresh Air
• Dialing Up: Libro.fm to Sell E-Books
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Leigh Haber Joining Sourcebooks as Head of Communications, Special Projects
• Chalkboard: Half-off Sale with a Literal Twist
• Books & Mortar, Grand Rapids, Mich., to Reopen
• Storefront Window Display: Ink & Ivy Book Boutique
• Awards: Wainwright Nature Writing Shortlist
• Obituary Note: Ursula Hegi
• Movies: Deep End
• Personnel Changes at HarperCollins Focus; Berkley Books
• Bookshop Moment: 'Come Hang Out!!'
• All My Friends Books Opens Second Location, in Skaneatles, N.Y.
• Reading with... Emily Doyle
• Review: Death of an Ordinary Man
• B&N Opening Stores in N.Y., N.J., & Wyo. This Week
• Image of the Day: River City Book Room Hosts Designer Jared Bartman
• HarperCollins Fourth Quarter: Sales Up 15%
• This Weekend on Book TV: Matthew Spalding on The Making of the American Mind
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• NVNR: 'We Will Not Be Silenced' Opening Breakfast
• Obituary Note: Derek Johns
• Robert Gray: 'So Many Quiet Stories in One Room, All Overlapping at Once'
• Reese Witherspoon's August Book Club Pick: The Wild Beneath
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast
• Awards: Miles Franklin Winner
• At Third Place Books, Ruchti Heads to Grad School, Michels Named Author Events Manager
• Angela Baggetta Named Publisher of Columbia Global Reports
• Terry Borzumato-Greenberg Joins TvS Media Group
• Media Heat: Claire Vaye Watkins on Fresh Air
• Image of the Day: Celadon Celebrates The Secret Dinner
• Review: Will and Attention: A Memoir
• Awards: Armory Square Winner
• Movies: The Housemaid's Secret
• Berrett-Koehler Launches Montgomery Station Press Imprint
• Sales Floor Display: Fabled Bookshop
• Tryst, a Romance Bookstore Debuts in Walla Walla, Wash. 
• Obituary Note: Keigo Higashino
• Personnel Changes at Penguin; Abrams
• Media Heat: Laura Berman on Tamron Hall
• NVNR: A Lively, Energetic Conference in Pictures
• NVNR: The NAIBA Annual Meeting and SIBA Town Square
• 'When Book Weather Rolls In...'
• Reading with... Lynn Becker
• Children's Review: Young Cat, Old Cat
• Image of the Day: Jeanne Carstensen at Verbatim Books
• TV: The Poison Daughter
• Signs of the Times: BookPeople
• Personnel Changes at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Jeff McLaughlin Joins Abrams as Head of Business Development
• Likely Story Opens in Downtown Leesburg, Fla.
• Thank You Books, Birmingham, Ala., Hosts Grand Reopening for Expanded Store
• Awards: SCWBI Crystal Kite Winners
• Media Heat: Brooke Averick on Today
• Image of the Day: Colson Whitehead at Bookmarks
• Obituary Note: Joseph Caldwell
• Bookseller Video: 'What Do You Make as a Small Business Owner?'
• Review: Partita
• TV: You Are Here
• Awards Cundill History Longlist
• Chalkboard: Solid State Books
• Mitchell Kaplan, Stephen Colbert Share Anti-Censorship Award
• Obituary Note: Mildred Pitts Walter
• Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
• Image of the Day: New Voices, New Rooms Kicks off in Baltimore
• Media Heat: Micki McElya on Fresh Air
• Starred Review: Desire Lines: A Memoir
• Bookshop on the Square Opening in Monticello, Ill.
• Bookseller Video: 'When Our Doctor Says We Need More Greens'
• Schmendrick's Bookshop Opens in Wilton, Conn.
• Top Library Recommended Titles for August
• Amazon's Second Quarter: Sales Up 20%; AWS Up 37%
• The Next Generation Takes Over at Givens Books, Lynchburg, Va.
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan
• Obituary Note: Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Awards: Four Quartets Winner
• 'Bookstores Give Us Space to Be a Community and I Love It'
• Bookshop Moment: TidePool BookShop
• Agatha Christie Estate Solves Adaptation Success Mystery
• Libro.fm Bestsellers in July
• Senior Staff Changes at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art 
• Book Trailer of the Day: The House with Nobody in It
• The Fleuria Airstream Arrives in Costa Mesa, Calif.
• Image of the Day: Bookseller Connection
• Reading with... Tracy Borman
• Review: Night of a Thousand Hells
• Obama's Summer Reading List 2026
• Nominations Open for ABA's Children's Advisory Council
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• Beacon Press Launching Fiction Imprint, Fort Point
• Image of the Day: Griftopia Plays Pickeball
• This Weekend on Book TV: Ben Rhodes
• Obituary Note: Adrian Driscoll
• Awards: Center for Fiction Lifetime Award Winner
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites
• Robert Gray: 'A Good Bookstore Is Inhabited'
• Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster
• Media Heat: Dr. Lucky Sekhon on Today
• Sales Floor Display: Fabled Bookshop & Cafe
• Starred Review: Fair Ones: A Double Novel
• Black Dog Books Debuts in Tucker, Ga.
• The Novel Sip Coming to New Albany, Ohio
• Media Heat: Emily Wilson on Fresh Air
• Hachette Book Group Sales Up 1.3% in First Half; Lagardère Up 2%
• Obituary Note: Ian McDonald 
• Black Spring Books, Brooklyn, N.Y., Turns to Crowdfunding After Flood
• Bookseller Moment: Skylark Bookshop
• Movies: Children of Blood and Bone
• Chalkboard: Highland Books
• Watermark Books Opens in Beaufort, N.C.
• Personnel Changes at Highlights
• 'Dogs & Questions About Dogs' Welcomed at Village Books' How to Live with a Dog Event
• Awards: Booker Prize Longlist
• Image of the Day: Bookends: Literature & Libations Debuts in Ybor City, Fla.
• Reading with... Sandra Jackson-Opoku
• Starred Children's Review: The Voice of the Snow
• Frisco Booksellers Coming to Frisco, Tex.
• Awards: Sisters in Crime Australia's Davitt Shortlist
• Video: What happens when Waldo looks for Waldo?