Links

Enjoy this list of helpful links. Peruse for inspiration, education, or recreation–and let us know if we’re missing anything.

Bookselling Industry

American Booksellers Association
The American Booksellers Association is the national trade association for independent booksellers.

• ABA Contact Information
• ABC Children’s Group
• ABA E-Fairness Action Kit
• Indiebound

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE)

American Library Association

Association of Educational Publishers

Audio Publishers Association

Book Expo America

Book Industry Charitable Foundation
A 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to assisting booksellers in need since 1996.

• Thinking of opening a bookstore?
• Sample newsletter (pdf)

Book Industry Study Group

Children’s Book Council

Children's Literature Resource Guide

Common Core Information

• Common Core Standards
• Association for Supervision and Development Curriculum (ACSD)
• International Reading Association (IRA)
• Education Week
• Library Journal
• School Library Journal
• National Title 1 Association
• Readkiddoread
• Drop Everything and Read
• US Dept of Ed grants page

Museum Store Association

National Association of College Stores

National Association of Independent Publishers Representatives

Paz & Associates
The Bookstore Training & Consulting Group of Paz & Associates, home of Opening A Bookstore workshops for prospective booksellers.

• Paz & Associates Bookstore Training Group
• Paz & Associates customized newsletter program
• Bookstore Job Board
• Opening a Bookstore

Literary Awards and Prizes

Looking for something good to read? Click on the hyperlinks for a list of award winning books. And please check back as we plan on adding more awards over time in various categories.

National Prizes

• Pulitzer Prize
• National Book Award
• National Book Critics Circle Award
• PEN / Faulkner Award
• American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation
• Lambda Literary Award
• Indies Choice Book Award (formerly known as Book Sense Book of the Year, and the American Booksellers Book of the Year [ABBY]) Award 

International Awards

• Nobel Prize in Literature
• Man Booker Prize
• International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Mystery Awards

• Edgar Award
• Ellery Queen Award
• Grand Master Award

Poetry Awards

• Recent American Poetry Awards
• Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
• Poet Laureate

Science Fiction & Fantasy Awards

• Nebula Award
• Hugo Award
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award
• James Tiptree Award

Children’s Book Awards

• Caldecott Medal
• Newbery Medal

Other Related Awards

• Grammy Awards (Best Spoken Word Album)

Nonfiction Awards

• Orbis Pictus
• Yalsa Award