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The American Booksellers Association today announces the winners of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards, reflecting the spirit of independent bookstores nationwide and the IndieBound movement.
This year's winners were chosen by the owners and staff at ABA member stores nationwide in more than four weeks of voting. Book of the Year winners and Honor Award recipients are all titles appearing on the 2009 Indie Next Lists.
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Meg Smith, the American Booksellers Association's membership and marketing officer, and indie booksellers Steve Bercu and Betsy Burton are on the program of the American Independent Business Alliance's International Conference this weekend in Tampa, Florida.
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When the Red Box lands in stores next week, booksellers will get their first look at the redesigned Indie Next List fliers.
Starting with the May edition, the Next List flier features 12 "Now in Paperback" titles with jacket images -- twice as many as in the previous design.
Booksellers have reported that many of their customers prefer paperback books, so the redesigned fliers offer stores an opportunity to remind those customers that past Indie Next List Great Reads have been released in their preferred format.
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Here's a preview of the titles on the May Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement, as well as the May Indie Notables, which will be featured in a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers on BookWeb.org, beginning May 1.
Along with the May Indie Next Great Reads, the newly redesigned print flier features an expanded list (12) of "Now In Paperback" titles with jacket images. The month's Notables no longer appear on the print flier.
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The April Indie Next List flier, in stores now, includes the wrong publisher, price, and ISBN for Solar by Ian McEwan. The correct information is Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385533416. The April Indie Next List on BookWeb is correct.
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Booksellers can now download the April Indie Next List Notables title recommendations from BookWeb.org in flier and shelf-talker formats. Each month, the Indie Next List Notables showcase outstanding writing recommended by indie booksellers nationwide.
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For the eight-week period ending March 23, 2010, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley, Bantam, $15, 9780385343497
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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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