Reading Group, Halloween & October Nominations Needed

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Booksellers have three opportunities in August to nominate titles for Book Sense Picks lists:

  • August 3 -- October Book Sense Picks List
  • August 10 -- Halloween Top Ten List
  • August 10 -- Fall Reading Group List

With a number of strong titles in fiction and nonfiction poised for publication in the fall, the deadline for the October list is a great opportunity to help create a selection of titles that will be influential with customers.

The addition of a second Picks Reading Group list to the yearly roster is a decision based on its popularity. (It continues as the list with the most requests for additional copies throughout the year.) Booksellers have made clear that the Reading Group list is a great marketing tool for in-store use and for outreach to book buyers in reading groups. In addition, the list showcases a wide range of paperback titles, which extends the Book Sense program into a store's backlist inventory.

To submit nominations for the Reading Group list, booksellers should simply send five to 10 reading group favorites, especially those that have been published in the past year. There's no need to rank the titles or to send in a nomination quote.

For nominations to any of the lists, just e-mail recommendations to [email protected] or use the online nomination form.

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