IndieBound

Here’s a preview of the titles on the January Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

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

Kenneth Bonert hopes that readers of his debut novel, The Lion Seeker, will become lost in a world that absorbs them — and that afterwards they will want to return to it again to discover more meaning with each rereading.

Ensure your staff favorites are reflected in next year’s Indie Next Lists by downloading the complete list of 2014 nomination deadlines and posting it in your store’s back room or wherever reading copies and ARCs are kept.

Bookstores can add to the season’s festivities with Winter Holiday designs for banners, posters, and bookmarks archived in the Bookseller DIY’s Designs & Downloads. 

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 17, 2013.

Graeme Simsion talks about his inspiration for The Rosie Project, what he’s working on now, and more.

Sara Farizan hopes readers will see her debut YA novel, If You Could Be Mine, as both a love story and a story about finding yourself and being true to who you are, even when that seems really terrifying.

Fiona McFarlane offers tips for handselling her debut novel, The Night Guest, and explains how she came to write about a woman who believes there is a tiger in her house every night.

Elizabeth Kiem talks about the inspiration for her debut novel, Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy; her fascination with Russia; the importance of YA fiction; and more.

Here’s a preview of the 52 titles on the four-page, full-color Winter 2013 – 2014 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Children’s White Box.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 3, 2013.

Friday, November 1, is the final day for ABA member bookstores to select their titles for the Spring 2014 Indies Introduce Debut Authors promotion.

With more and more authors signing onto Indies First, now is the time for ABA members to promote the IndieBound and IndieCommerce affiliate programs to ensure that a buy button for indie bookstores appears as the first purchasing option on authors’ websites.

Lindsay Smith, author of Sekret (Roaring Brook Press), talks about the inspirations for her debut title, Cold War espionage crime thrillers, the importance of YA fiction, and more.