Specialty Bookselling

28 Mar

Talkin' Baseball: The Cubs Win It All, Baseball Haiku, and the Babe's 104 Home Run Season

While April 1, the opening day of the baseball season, is still a few long days away, in the book-publishing world, baseball season began about two to three months ago -- that's when the year's first crop of baseball books began hitting bookstore shelves and ARCs for new releases began to litter my desk and office floor (and I mean "litter" in the best possible sense).

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27 Mar

BEA Children's and College Store Programming Preview

The American Booksellers Association's Thursday Day of Education (at Hotel ABA, the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York) at BookExpo America 2007 also features programming for children's booksellers, sponsored by the Association of Booksellers for Children, and programming for college stores, sponsored by the National Associa

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27 Mar

Programming for African-American Book Industry Professionals at BEA

This year's BookExpo America program for African-American book industry professionals, sponsored by the African-American Booksellers Committee, will be held on Thursday, May 31, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Registration for the program, which is open to all BEA attendees, is not required.

Thursday May 31; The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

Opening Session and Luncheon
11:30 a.m.; Room 1E12 - 1E13

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22 Mar

Travel Books: "It" Destinations, Innovative Designs, and Web Content, Too

It's spring! Whether you're casting about for a way to sate your wanderlust or pondering which titles to recommend to customers looking to fulfill their travel fantasies, you're covered: travel book publishers are busy tracking hot destinations and publishing books designed to please daring adventurers and armchair travelers alike.

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21 Mar

The Book Sense Mysteries & Thrillers Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending March 20, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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14 Mar

The Book Sense Travel Literature Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 12, 2007.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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08 Mar

Announcing the Spring 2007 Book Sense Picks Poetry Top Ten

Here is the Spring 2007 Book Sense Picks Poetry Top Ten, based on the nominations of independent booksellers nationwide. The March Red Box will contain the Poetry Top Ten pads and a PDF of the list is available on BookWeb.

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07 Feb

The Book Sense Health & Fitness Bestseller List

Based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 6, 2007.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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07 Feb

The Spring 2007 Book Sense Children's Picks

1. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, by Brian Selznick (Scholastic, $22.99, 9780439813785 / 0439813786, Available in March) "The triple talents of Brian Selznick come into full play in this spellbinding mystery, which is presented through both narrative and original drawings. This story of a talented orphan boy, a bookish girl, and an old man with a mysterious past hidden in the early days of filmmaking will hold the reader's interest to its grand finale.

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24 Jan

The Book Sense Memoir & Biography Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending January 23, 2007, and based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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10 Jan

Lavender Inkwell Fills Niche in Syracuse Neighborhood

In October, central New York State became home to a new bookstore with a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) focus, when The Lavender Inkwell Bookshoppe opened in Syracuse. Co-owners Scott Henni and John Besaw started the barely 700-square-foot store because they felt a need for one, especially in the city's Near Northeast historic district.

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10 Jan

The Book Sense Mind / Body / Spirit Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending Tuesday, January 9, 2007, and based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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19 Dec

The Book Sense Holiday & Any Day Entertaining/Cookbook Bestseller List

Based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending December 17, 2006.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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16 Nov

Announcing the Winter 2006/2007 Book Sense Children's Picks

The Winter 2006/2007 Book Sense Children's Picks list can now be previewed online. Independent bookstores with Book Sense will begin receiving the Children's Picks fliers, which are being mailed directly from the printer, within the next week. Additional copies may be requested via e-mail to [email protected].

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