Anvil Publishers, Inc.

VanderWyk & Burnham of Acton, Mass., has been sold to Quick Publishing, LC of St. Louis. Among the titles transferred to Quick is “Front of the Class,” the basis of a CBS movie telecast on Dec. 7 about an Atlanta teacher with Tourette syndrome.

A number of independent bookstores have become casualties of the depressed U.S. economy. But there is hope for retailers willing to adapt to the economic slump.

L.B. May and Associates has announced that the 2009 Spring Book Show will be held March 6-8 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in north Atlanta.

Paige Poe of the American Booksellers Association informed independent bookstore managers at a meeting in Atlanta on Aug. 1 on details of ABA’s new IndieBound program. She spoke at the Great American Bargain Book Show.

Booksellers attending the Great American Bargain Book Show at Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria Centre on Aug. 1-2 found a wide variety of bargain books suitable for holiday stocking of store shelves.

Paige Poe of the American Booksellers Association will be in Atlanta Aug. 1 to introduce independent booksellers to details of ABA’s new IndieBound program. She will speak at the Great American Bargain Book Show.

As consumers seek to compensate for budgets threatened by spiraling fuel costs and the rising cost of essentials such as food, one of the discretionary budget areas where they’re cutting spending is on books.

As a way to familiarize the burgeoning church bookstore market with the availability of low-cost Christian books, the Great American Bargain Book Show is waiving the $50 registration fee for church bookstore attendees.