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Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks Zack Hample, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307280329
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A New Earth Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963
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For the eight-week period ending September 23, 2008, and based on sales at independent stores nationwide.
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Watchmen Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, DC Comics, $19.99, 9780930289232
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For the eight week period ending September 9, 2008, and based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.
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Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
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With the success of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and just about every David Sedaris title, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender lit has long since moved from off- to center-stage at general bookstores. With so many choices for GLBT books, the tricky part for a bookseller is creating optimal GLBT section visibility, shelving titles that can span two, three, or more genres, and winnowing a rich field of contenders for shelf space.
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For the eight week period ending August 19, 2008, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.
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The Host Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316068048
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1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (illus.) (HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780060530921 / 0060530928)
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For the eight-week period ending August 5, 2008, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.
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Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780385494786
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For the eight-week period ending July 22, 2008, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566
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Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the 12-week period ending July 8, 2008.
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future Bill McKibben, Holt, $14, 9780805087222
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Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 24, 2008.
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The Art of Simple Food Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798
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If any bookseller participating in ABA's Day of Education at BookExpo America had doubts about the market for graphic novels, they were put to rest at the panel "Buying, Merchandising, and Selling Graphic Novels, 101," featuring Jessica Stockton Bagnulo, graphic novels buyer and author events coordinator at McNally Robinson Booksellers in New York City; comic artist Scott McCloud; and John Shableski of Diamond Book Distributors.
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The Afro-American Book Stop, which was destroyed three years ago by Hurricane Katrina, will reopen on July 1. The new 1,500-square-foot store will be near its former location in New Orleans East and will celebrate its grand reopening throughout the July 4th weekend.
"Reopening is something I'm both excited about, yet fearful of," said Afro-American Book Stop owner Michele Lewis. "Hearing and reading so much about the struggles of bookselling, it is a bit frightening, but at the same time I'm ready."
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Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 10, 2008.
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder Richard Louv, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781565126053
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About ABA
The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.
Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.
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