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Jessica Hendry Nelson’s If Only You People Could Follow Directions is a collection of autobiographical essays about family relationships, addiction, and the chaos they bring. Reviewers have praised Nelson’s debut memoir as hypnotic and wryly funny.

Herald the arrival of spring on March 20, less than 35 days from now, with new customizable spring poster and web banner designs, as well as some past favorites, from BookWeb’s Designs and Downloads.

Willy Vlautin, author The Free, talks about the struggle of daily life in our country, the qualities of strength and persistence in his characters, and the influence of music and literature on his career.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 2, 2014.

Many of the stories in The UnAmericans were inspired by Molly Antopol’s family history, notably their involvement in the Communist Party. “I come from a big family of storytellers,” said Antopol, “and I grew up surrounded by tales of surveillance, tapped lines, and dinnertime visits from the FBI.”

Daily Candy, an online resource for fashion, beauty, entertainment, food, and fun, has teamed with IndieBound to feature the full selection of bookseller-recommended titles from the Indie Next List each month.

Here’s a preview of the titles on the March Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement. A downloadable PDF version of the list will also be available beginning March 1 on BookWeb.org and IndieBound.org.

Helen Peppe is the author of Pigs Can’t Swim, a memoir of childhood by the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond-eccentric Maine family. Her debut title has been praised for being outrageous, hilarious, and touching.

The February Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 12, 2014.

James Scott is the author of The Kept, a debut novel about family and retribution, which he hopes will leave readers with a deeper understanding of the characters and empathy for the things they’ve done and had to do.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 5, 2014.

In his debut title, the memoir Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West, Bryce Andrews recounts his experience of living and working on a cattle ranch in remote, windswept southwest Montana, where there’s a fragile balance between the tame and the wild.

In case you missed the announcement during the holiday rush, here’s a reminder that the January Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are now available for download on both a flier and shelf-talkers.

Owners and managers are encouraged to post the list of 2014 Indie Next List deadlines in their stores’ backroom or wherever reading copies and ARCs are kept to encourage staff to nominate the titles they will be enthusiastically handselling in the coming months.