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Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 6, 2011.

Here is the 2011 Indie Next List Poetry Top Ten, based on the enthusiastic nominations of independent booksellers nationwide. A full-color PDF of the list is downloadable here  and from BookWeb.

Here’s a look at the Indie Next List Great Reads and Now in Paperback titles featured on the April 2011 Indie Next List flier on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

On Tuesday, March 1, the owners and staff at ABA member stores began voting to choose the winners of  the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards, which now include the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, previously administered by the Association of Booksellers for Children.

Owners and staff at all ABA member stores in good standing can now vote via electronic ballot for the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards, and, for the first time, the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, formerly administered by the Association of Booksellers for Children.

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

The March Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured on a flier and shelf-talkers, ready for download from BookWeb.org.

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, we present the Indie Love and Romance Bestseller Lists, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 6, 2011.

On Thursday, January 20, the ABA Board of Directors met with President Obama in the Oval Office for the presentation of the ABA White House Library, a selection of current titles given to each presidential administration since 1929, for the reading pleasure of the First Family.

Here’s a preview of the Indie Next List Great Reads and Now in Paperback titles featured on the March 2011 Indie Next List flier on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 23, 2011.

The February Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured on a flier and shelf-talkers, ready for download from BookWeb.org.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 9, 2011.

On Monday, January 10, at its Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, the American Library Association announced the winners of its Caldecott and Newbery medals and other awards for the best children’s and young adult literature.

Here’s a preview of the Indie Next List Great Reads and Now in Paperback titles featured on the February 2011 Indie Next List flier on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.