Specialty Bookselling

11 Feb

The Indie Love and Romance Bestseller Lists

In recognition of Valentine's Day, we present the Indie Love and Romance Bestseller Lists. Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 9, 2010.

Love (Nonfiction)

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09 Dec

Lambda Rising's Maccubbin Reflects on a Successful 35-Year Run

This week, Lambda Rising owners Deacon Maccubbin and Jim Bennett announced plans to close their remaining two stores, located in Washington, D.C., and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, by the end of the year. Maccubbin founded Lambda's first, 300-square-foot store catering to the gay and lesbian community in D.C.

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09 Dec

The Indie Holiday Entertaining & Cooking Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending December 8, 2009, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

The New Thanksgiving Table: An American Celebration of Family, Friends, and Food
Diane Morgan, Chronicle, $24.95, 9780811864930

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23 Nov

The Indie Comics & Graphic Works Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending November 17, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024

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19 Nov

Top Indie Recommendations for Kids & Young Adults: Winter 2001 - 2009

The number-one indie title recommendations for kids for winter 2001 through 2009 are now featured in an attractive downloadable PDF flier.

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12 Nov

The Winter Children's Indie Next List Preview

The Winter 2009/2010 Kids' Indie Next List can now be seen in preview online. The four-page, full-color flier will be arriving at indie bookstores in the upcoming quarterly Children's White Box.

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11 Nov

The Indie Politics & Current Events Bestseller List

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, for the eight-week period ending November 10, 2009.

1.

Arguing With Idiots
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $29.99, 9781416595014

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10 Nov

The Winter '09/'10 Children's Indie Next List

1. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
(Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780385737944)
"James Dashner's The Maze Runner is a fast-paced, disorienting, and frighteningly adventurous story, one that any fan of The Hunger Games or Lord of the Flies is sure to love." --Kyla Paterno, Garfield Book Company at PLU, Tacoma, WA

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04 Nov

ABC's 'Best Books for Children' to Arrive in Kids' White Box

In a strategic move that will increase its 2009 catalog circulation by 75 percent, the Association of Booksellers for Children is distributing a quantity of its 2009 Best Books for Children catalog to all of the ABA member stores receiving the Winter Children's White Box mailing this month. This is in addition to the 260 ABC members that already receive the catalog.

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21 Oct

The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending October 20, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438

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07 Oct

The Indie October Baseball Bestseller List

With the Major League Baseball post-season now underway, we present the Indie October Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 6, 2009.

1.

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Larry Tye, Random House, $26, 9781400066513

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23 Sep

The Indie Mystery Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending September 22, 2009, and based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores throughout the U.S.

1.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley, Delacorte, $23, 9780385342308

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09 Sep

The Indie Music Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending September 9, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400033539

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03 Sep

Legendary Feminist Bookstores Celebrate Big Anniversaries

Two stalwarts of the feminist bookstore community are celebrating milestone anniversaries this fall, each with a series of in-store and off-site events, featuring locally known and nationally recognized authors. Chicago's Women & Children First is celebrating its 30th anniversary throughout September and October. And, in Atlanta, Charis Books & More will hold a weeklong party in November to mark its 35th year.

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22 Jul

The Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending July 21, 2009, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309

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