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New categories, new selection process highlight successor to Book Sense Book of the Year Awards
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The IndieBound team, which has been hard at work since the Winter Institute, this week announced five major new features that benefit everyone.
Info Pages for Books
Now it's easier than ever for authors, publishers, and bloggers to link to IndieBound and support independent bookstores. Any book result from the IndieBound.org site search will now link to a full information page on each book, with large cover art and a brief book description.
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With a fun and vibrant design that reflects the energy, verve, and insight of its indie bookseller recommendations, the Spring 2009 Kids' Next List has arrived. The new list can be seen in preview and is now featured on IndieBound.org in a clear, interactive format that lets consumers access all of the stellar picks and purchase titles from their favorite independent bookstores.
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ABA staff came out of the Winter Institute with so many requests and ideas from booksellers that we're brimming with new IndieBound resources for 2009. This week alone, we have three new updates to the IndieBound Bookseller DIY! Watch for more in the weeks to come.
IndieBound Bumper Stickers
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For the eight-week period ending February 10, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.
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Food Matters Mark Bittman, S&S, $25, 9781416575641
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Each month, the American Booksellers Association sends member booksellers Red and White Box mailings, but who gets what depends on a bookstore's level of participation in the IndieBound movement.
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1. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (Dutton Juvenile, $16.99, 9780525421030 / 0525421033) "This is a simple, beautifully told story of a girl's experiences after a horrific car crash. Forman deals with this difficult topic in a way that is striking and unusual, and thoroughly impressive." --Suzanna Hermans, Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck, NY
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Many an independent bookseller has been frustrated by authors and publishers who direct readers solely to Amazon.com or a chain retailer to purchase their books. But a growing number are now responding by directing those very same authors and publishers to the IndieBound.org Affiliate Program or one of several other simple methods designed for those not interested in receiving a commission on sales.
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Here's a preview of the March Indie Next List now on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.
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For the eight-week period ending January 27, 2009, 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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There will be three opportunities in February for independent booksellers to help create upcoming Indie Next Lists.
The deadlines for nominations are:
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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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