Book News

Next fall, Coffee House Press, distributed to the trade by Consortium, will publish Our Favorite Books, a compilation of 25 lists of independent booksellers’ favorite titles that began as a project of Micawber’s Bookstore owner Hans Weyandt for the store blog.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 20, 2011.

The December Indie Next List’s 10 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

At the 62^nd annual National Book Awards ceremony, held yesterday in New York City, stories of struggle were honored and the award winners, who included three women of color, gave voice to them. Also honored with lifetime achievement awards were Books & Books’ Mitchell Kaplan and poet John Ashbery.

The winners of the 2011 National Book Awards were announced tonight, November 16, at the National Book Foundation’s 62nd Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 8, 2011.

This year’s Indie Next List Highlights, ready for download in flier and shelf-talker formats, features the #1 Indie Next List titles from January through November and nine additional titles strongly supported by ABA members nationwide.

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

Maryelizabeth Hart, co-owner of Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, in San Diego, California, is the editor of San Diego Noir (Akashic Books), an anthology that showcases award-winning and first-time authors, while exposing a darker side of San Diego.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 23, 2011.

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

The latest addition to publisher e-book promotions featured on IndieCommerce.com’s Publisher Promotions page is from Hyperion.

On Wednesday, the finalists for the 2011 National Book Awards were announced in Portland, Oregon, as part of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud morning radio program. This year’s list includes six titles chosen earlier this year by independent booksellers as Indie Next List Great Reads.

With the Major League Baseball post-season now underway, we present the Indie Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 9, 2011.

The Women’s National Book Association is marking its fifth annual celebration of October as National Reading Group Month with a series of events celebrating the joy of shared reading and a list of Great Group Reads.