Librarians Throughout the Midwest to Judge Midwest Book Awards
For the first time in the Midwest Independent Publishers Association’s thirty-year history, the judging panel for the 2020 Midwest Book Awards is comprised almost entirely of librarians. This year’s...
View ArticleThe Self-Publishing Checklist
5 Steps to Get from Manuscript to Published Book BY JILLIAN MANNING Self-publishing, you may feel overwhelmed by the options available. There are dozens of avenues to choose from when it comes to the...
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By JILLIAN MANNING, FOR THE INDEPENDANT PUBLISHER If you’re self-publishing or looking to get more buzz going about your traditionally-published book, you’ve probably stumbled into the world of book...
View ArticleBookselling Profile: A Room of One’s Own
Once again, A Room of One’s Own in Madison, Wis., is a bookstore in transition. Founded by five young women in 1975, A Room relocated in 1997 and again in 2011, to a 6,000-square-foot retail space in...
View ArticleJune Starts with a 4.1% Gain in Print Unit Sales
With only the adult and YA fiction categories posting increases, unit sales of print books still rose 4.1% in the week ended June 5, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for IMLS
PW talks with Institute of Museum and Library Services director R. Crosby Kemper III Since its founding in 1996, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has been a vital source of support for...
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