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Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $300,000, to be distributed in amounts of $500, to 600 booksellers from ABA member bookstores. 

Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $300,000, to be distributed in amounts of $500, to 600 booksellers from ABA member bookstores. 

As Ingram also faces the supply chain challenge, coupled with their own labor shortage and supply chain issues, they're offering some suggestions to help stores optimize their ordering for the season.

Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $250,000, to be distributed in amounts of $500, to 500 booksellers from ABA member bookstores. 

Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $250,000, to be distributed in amounts of $500, to 500 booksellers from ABA member bookstores. 

Publishers are reporting significant printing issues, which are affecting frontlist reprints, on-sale dates and backlist reprints, and labor shortages which result in slower fulfillment times at warehouses

View the times ABA staff will be available here. 

ABA member stores are invited to participate in a one-night virtual event with authors Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter to celebrate the publication of In the Heights: Finding Home.

Just in time for Independent Bookstore Day, President Barack Obama spoke with six independent bookstores in support books and reading.

Despite the slight drop in the e-commerce conversion rate last week, the 8.74 percent increase in the number of online shoppers resulted in a 4.13 percent increase in online sales over the past 7 days

The e-commerce conversion rate over the past week is 182.63 percent higher than the same week in 2019.