Specialty Bookselling

Presented here in order by publisher are the more than 200 titles  featured in this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog, scheduled to ship to stores in early October. The deadline for orders is September 1.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 21, 2011.

A dedicated committee of 14 children’s booksellers has chosen 20 outstanding  titles — 10 each in the Middle Grade and Young Adult categories — for the 2011 New Voices List, unveiled this week by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 7, 2011.

Based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 24, 2011.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week peiod ending July 10, 2011.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 19, 2011.

The ABC Children’s Group at ABA is seeking indie booksellers’ title recommendations for the fall 2011 Best Books for Children Catalog, the premier consumer catalog for the children’s book industry, which will be available for distribution by all ABA member bookstores.

Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 5, 2011.

On Tuesday, May 24, hundreds of booksellers, librarians, and publishers attended the Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, an annual highlight of BEA. This year’s breakfast featured a range of bestselling authors who share a love for reading and writing, and above all, a belief in the power of a book in a child’s hands.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 17, 2011.

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

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 24, 2011.

Based on sales in hundreds of indpendent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 10, 2011.

Reservations are now being accepted for the ABC Children’s Group Silent Auction and Reception at BEA to benefit the new ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books. A preview of this year’s Silent Auction artwork is available online.