Additional “Good Books Come To Those Who Shop Early” assets are now available. These include a new carousel of graphics for Instagram and a graphic explaining the benefits of reading. Be sure to make it clear to customers how they can shop with your store — whether in-store, online, or both, and whether that includes curbside pickup or delivery.

Make sure to say hello to ABA at the upcoming Fall Trade Shows. SIBA will be held Wednesday, September 7, through Thursday, September 8, 2022. CALIBA will be held Friday, September 9, through Sunday, September 11, 2022. For those attending CALIBA, don’t miss the special keynote on Saturday, September 10: Congresswoman Katie Porter will be talking about her new book (I Swear: Politics is Messier Than My Minivan) with ABA’s Allison Hill.

Cozy up with the books on the Fall Reading Group Guide! This guide includes the following categories: Dazzling Debuts, Family and Coming of Age, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction & Memoir, and Small Bites.

ABA members are invited to join our host, Drag Queen Nebuer Styles, for Banned Books Bingo on September 12 at 3:00 pm ET. The Banned Books Bingo game card is available in ABA’s Banned Books Week digital assets. This fun virtual bingo game will provide a blueprint for booksellers should they want to hold a Banned Books Bingo game in their store during Banned Books Week. Prizes will be awarded. Space is limited, so register today!

Here is the Indie Poetry Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 4, 2022.

ABA is proud to announce the titles selected for the Winter/Spring 2023 Indies Introduce Program. This year’s list includes 10 adult debut titles and 10 kids’ debut titles chosen by bookseller panelists across the country.

Independent booksellers across the country have chosen Kwame Alexander’s The Door of No Return (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) as their top pick for the September/October 2022 Kids’ Indie Next List. Bookselling This Week and Alexander talk about how he wrote the book.

C.C. Harrington is the author of the novel Wildoak, a Summer/Fall 2022 Indies Introduce middle grade selection. Here, Harrington, Revati Kilaparti of Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins, CO, and Andrew King of Secret Garden Books in Seattle, WA discuss Wildoak.