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Rachel Weaver is the author of Point of Direction (Ig Publishing), a Spring 2014 Indies Introduce and May 2014 Indie Next List pick.

The four-page, full-color Summer Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Children’s White Box, features the top 10 children’s titles for the summer publishing season and an additional 40 titles organized by age group.

Awards season in full swing; News Corp. to purchase Harlequin; New address for HarperCollins; BookCon signs on Veronica Roth; BEA staff celebrate reading in new video

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 4, 2014.

Rebecca Petruck is the author of Steering Toward Normal, a spring 2014 New Voices selection for middle grade readers and a Kids’ Indie Next List pick.

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Signup is now open for the Summer/Fall 2014 Indies Introduce promotion, featuring the best debut talent of the coming season as chosen by independent booksellers across the country.

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

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

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Booksellers have selected 10 adult Debut Author and 10 children’s New Voices titles by the brightest new talents for the Summer/Fall 2014 Indies Introduce promotion. The sign-up page features bookseller reviews for each title and all promotion details.

Tess Sharpe is the author of Far From You, a spring 2014 New Voices debut for young adults. “Part murder mystery, part forbidden romance, this lovely novel is both chilling and poignant,” says Emily Ring of Inklings Bookshop in Yakima, Washington.

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

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