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Here are the titles on the September Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

Readers who preorder signed, personalized copies of Alan Gratz’s The League of Seven from Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café will receive a specially printed, numbered chapbook featuring a short story prequel to the trilogy. 

In the midst of the ongoing dispute between Amazon and Hachette Book Group, Stephen Colbert’s call for his fans to buy Edan Lepucki’s California at independent bookstores has landed the title on both the New York Times and National Indie Bestseller lists.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 20, 2014.

Tom Bouman is the author of Dry Bones in the Valley (W.W. Norton), which was chosen by booksellers for both the Summer/Fall 2014 Indies Introduce promotion and the July 2014 Indies Next List.

Readers looking for signed, personalized copies of Lemony Snicket books from Hachette this summer can order titles exclusively from Titcomb’s Bookshop.

In response to the removal of Emily Danforth’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post from a high school reading list, Browseabout Books is giving away copies, which have been donated by community members, book industry partners, and readers of AfterEllen.

In the debut memoir Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter, “Maria Venegas tells the story of her complicated relationship with her estranged father with an honesty and tough vulnerability that is compelling and moving,” said Adrian Newell of Warwick’s in La Jolla, California.

Amazon makes play to win over Hachette authors; HarperCollins launches new website; SIBA 2014 Book Award winners selected; Midwest Booksellers Choice Awards announced; Macmillan donates to Kids’ Right to Read Project in memory of Nancy Garden; Gallery Books, Simon & Schuster partner with Omnific Publishing; Zest Books launches “Pulp” imprint for new adults

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 6, 2014.

The American Library Association has named the winners of its 2014 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Fiction and Nonfiction as chosen by a seven-member committee of library professionals from titles written in the previous year and published in the U.S.

Erika Johansen, the author of The Queen of the Tearling, recently spoke to BTW about her inspiration for the novel, strong heroines in literature, and the importance of books in society.

Smith Henderson is the author of Fourth of July Creek, a featured title in the Summer/Fall 2014 Indies Introduce promotion. Stephanie Crowe of Page & Palette said Henderson’s novel is powerful and disturbing.

Here are the titles on the August Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is touring to promote her new book, Hard Choices, has visited independent bookstores spanning the length of the country over the past few weeks.