Specialty Bookselling

09 Feb

Announcing the Book Sense Easter and Passover Top Ten

Here are independent booksellers' picks for the Top Ten Easter and Passover titles for 2005. This list was developed by Book Sense in collaboration with the Association of American Publishers' Get Caught Reading initiative, an ongoing project.

Many thanks to all the independent booksellers who contributed a wealth of enthusiastic nominations for this list. Pads of the list will be included in the February Red Box.

To download this list in PDF format, click here.

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03 Feb

Are You Ready for Some Football (Books)!

Chips, beer, pizza, goal-line stands, facemasks, and ... reading?

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26 Jan

The Book Sense Biography and Memoir Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending January 23, 2005, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent booksellers nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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13 Jan

Announcing the Book Sense Valentine's Day Top Ten

This week Book Sense announces the 2005 Valentine's Day Top Ten. The list is produced in conjunction with the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) Get Caught Reading initiative. This is part of an ongoing initiative with AAP to create seasonal lists based on the nominations of independent booksellers nationwide. The next Book Sense and AAP Get Caught Reading list will be an Easter/Passover Top Ten.

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13 Jan

2005 Specialty Bestseller Lists & Media Exposure

Book Sense specialty bestseller lists provide great opportunities for booksellers to introduce their stores, and the Book Sense program, to consumers through their local media. Many newspapers and magazines feature specialty sections or inserts that are a perfect match for one or more of the lists, and often what is needed is to bring the availability of the lists to the publisher's attention weeks or months in advance.

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12 Jan

The Book Sense Mind, Body, Spirit Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ended January 9, 2005, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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01 Dec

The Book Sense Holiday Cookbook Bestseller List

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the country for the four-week period ending November 28, 2004.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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18 Nov

The Book Sense Travel & Adventure Literature Bestseller List

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the country for the four-week period ending November 14, 2004.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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21 Oct

BTW Talks to Maureen Dowd, Author of Bushworld

Now that the presidential and vice-presidential debates are behind us and election day is less than two weeks away, all that's left to do is scrutinize and re-scrutinize the various shifting polls, bite your nails, rail to sympathetic ears or at unsympathetic ones, and read. Reading about the candidates, as the high number of political bestsellers shows, is how many are responding to a seemingly interminable wait until November 2.

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20 Oct

The Book Sense National Politics & Presidents Bestseller List

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the country for the eight week period ended October 17, 2004.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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12 Oct

The World Series of Bestseller Lists: Baseball

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the U.S. during the 2004 baseball season (April 2 through October 12).

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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30 Sep

The Book Sense Mystery and Horror Bestseller List

Based on sales from many hundreds of independent bookstores for the four-week period ending September 26, 2004.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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15 Sep

The Book Sense Music Bestseller List -- From Porter to Punk

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the U.S. for the four-week period ending September 12, 2004.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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02 Sep

Children's Book Council Publishes Online Election Bibliography

With the 2004 presidential election process in full swing, the Children's Book Council (CBC) has made available on its Web site, www.cbcbooks.org, an annotated bibliography of election-related titles for young people in grades K - 12.

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26 Aug

The Book Sense Parenting Bestseller List

For the four-week period ending August 22, 2004, and based on sales reporting by hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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