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@shelf-awareness.com Apr 15, 2026, 3:26 PM Pinned

Scammers are impersonating Shelf Awareness editors in emails to authors asking for $ to review/publicize books. Shelf Awareness will NEVER ask for money to review your book. Our submission guidelines here: shelf-awareness.com/submissionguidelines.html [email protected] with any questions

@tomgauld.bsky.social Dec 21, 2025, 4:02 PMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

Title: The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.

Image: diagram of a small bookshop packed with coloured dots representing people. The various colours represent the following groups:

Contentedly browsing customer,
Frazzled staff member,
Can't find the book they want,
Can't remember what they came for,
Complete decision paralysis,
In the queue to pay,
Thinks they're in the queue but aren't,
Dozed off in a comfy chair,
Waiting to pounce on the comfy chair,
Crying child,
Crying adult,
Vortex of discombobulated shoppers.

@shelf-awareness.com Sep 16, 2025, 1:19 PM

Trump sues New York Times, Penguin Random House for defamation, seeks $15 billion

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

reuters.comTrump sues The New York Times for defamation and libel, seeks $15 billionU.S. President Donald Trump sued the New York Times, four of its reporters, and publisher Penguin Random House for at least $15 billion on Monday, claiming defamation and libel, and citing reputational damage, a Florida court filing showed.

@shelf-awareness.com Sep 3, 2025, 10:38 PM

If the acquisition is approved, the 174-year-old Books Inc. will preserve its independent identity. Books Inc. will continue to trade under its brand name, preserving the company’s seven neighborhood store locations, together with two stores operated at San Francisco International Airport.

@shelf-awareness.com Sep 3, 2025, 10:38 PM

Barnes & Noble just annced plans acquire Books Inc., the longtime Bay Area brick-and-mortar bookseller. Books Inc. has filed a motion asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California to allow sale of its assets to an affiliate of B&N Booksellers, Inc., for $3.25 million.

@shelf-awareness.com Aug 26, 2025, 7:19 PM

Breaking news! Jonathan Karp to step down as CEO of Simon & Schuster and launch the company's newest imprint, Simon Six.

@thehauntedbookshop.com Jan 30, 2025, 3:42 AMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

Our mood in a Star Trek GIF? Okay, we'll play

media.tenor.coma man without a shirt is reading a book while sitting in the sunAlt: Captain Picard, dressed in very casual clothes, relaxes on a futon with a large hardcover book in one hand. The caption reads, "All I require is to sit in the sun and read my book. Alone."

@mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social Jan 22, 2025, 10:34 PMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

Hello, Galaxy! You’re not alone. You matter. Your story matters. It’s as true today as it was yesterday. It will be true tomorrow.

@shelf-awareness.com Jan 18, 2025, 10:11 PM

"Our friends, Alison Reid and John Evans, lost their home in the devastating Palisades Fire. Alison and John have enhanced their communities with each of the Diesel Bookstores and now Camino Books in Del Mar."

Please help if you can

gofund.me/10d52f53

gofund.meDonate to Help Alison & John Rebuild After the Palisades Fire, organized by Tom BentonOur friends, Alison Reid and John Evans, lost their home in the devasta… Tom Benton needs your support for Help Alison & John Rebuild After the Palisades Fire

@roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Dec 19, 2024, 8:17 PMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

customer: i have made a pact with myself to get off amazon completely me: omg that rules customer: i don't buy books on there but i do buy things but i was wondering if you have alternatives to audible and for ebooks me: you are literally the best customer ever, yes i do

@thebookishtype.bsky.social Dec 17, 2024, 10:00 AMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

Sorry to say we're closed today (Tuesday) 😔 Someone has bricked our window, robbed the cash drawer and, bizarrely, the Bluetooth speaker 🎶 All the books are safe! Turns out robbers dont read. If you wanna help out this struggling queer bookshop our website is still open Merry bloody Christmas 😥

@shelf-awareness.com Dec 10, 2024, 1:19 PM

Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81

nytimes.comNikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 (Gift Article)As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.

@rilnj.bsky.social Dec 10, 2024, 12:08 PMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

Tentative agreement in the Strand Bookstore strike!

According to @UAWRegion9A:
We have a TA at the Strand! We won a $5.90/hr increase over 4 years, meaning ~30% raises for the membership. This TA is the result of a strong & united membership in UAW Local 2179. #StandUpUAW

screenshot of a tweet:
@UAWRegion9a: We have a TA at the Strand! We won a $5.90/hr increase over 4 years, meaning ~30% raises for the membership. This TA is the result of a strong & united membership in UAW Local 2179. #StandUpUAW

@wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social Dec 7, 2024, 6:01 PMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

there are real live reindeer by the store AND a story time going on out back AND lots of holiday shopping going on I’M IN MY ELEMENT

a fully grown reindeer next to a bucket of hay

an 8-month-old reindeer being held on a harness

@hhharlow.bsky.social Nov 30, 2024, 1:34 PMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

There are so many reasons to shop at indie bookstores, but there’s also this: we as booksellers love what we do. There’s really no other reason to do it. And we try to bring that joy to the shopping experience. Whether you end up talking to us or not. It’s there in every detail of the store.

@shelf-awareness.com Nov 30, 2024, 2:32 PM

A poster featuring Trevor Noah, Indie Bookstore Ambassador, urging you to SHOP INDIES FIRST! on Small Business Saturday 11/20/24

@shelf-awareness.com Nov 28, 2024, 7:32 PM

A classic from @harvardbookstore.bsky.social

A photo of a turkey looking in the window of Harvard Book Store

@bookcritics.bsky.social Nov 21, 2024, 5:00 PMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

NBCC member Nell Beram reviewed "How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History From NPR Music," edited by Alison Fensterstock for Shelf Awareness: https://buff.ly/4eyErQw

@gavingrant.bsky.social Nov 22, 2024, 10:35 PMReposted by @shelf-awareness.com

Hey look, an interview with Nalo in Shelf Awareness, yay!

www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

@nalohop.bsky.social

shelf-awareness.comReading with... Nalo Hopkinsonphoto: David C. FindlayNalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican Canadian author of science fiction, fantasy, and comics. She's received the World Fantasy