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All participating stores receive a quantity of the printed Indie Next List fliers printed in four-color. Booksellers provide recommendations for books they have enjoyed reading and look forward to handselling in their stores.These recommendations are collected and tabulated, with the 25 titles receiving the most nominations designated as “Indie Next List Great Reads” and presented with jacket image and a bookseller quote.
An additional 6 titles are selected for the flier to be featured as “Now in Paperback.” These are titles that had been featured as Great Reads as hardcovers and continue to be hand-selling favorites in bookstores. A PDF with jacket image and bookseller quote as well as a shelf-talker for each “Now in Paperback” title is available for download here.
Stores also receive a quantity of the bi-monthly Kids’ Next List fliers, which is also printed in four-color, and feature a #1 overall title and ten books in each of the following age categories: Picture Books, Middle Grade, and Young Adult.
Both the adult Indie Next List and the Kids’ Next List are distributed electronically as store-branded e-newsletters with the book “buy” buttons linking back to the stores’ websites. The adult Indie Next List goes out on the first Thursday of each month with its full list of 25 new “Great Reads” titles and 6 “Now in Paperback” titles. The Kids’ bi-monthly list of 31 titles goes out the third Thursday of the first month for each issue (ie the January/February issue goes out the third Thursday of January).
Once a book is chosen for an Indie Next List, the publisher will be asked to consider providing funds to support the printing and distribution of the flyers.
#1 Title Includes cover placement in paper; author interview in electronic |
$5,150 |
Top 25 Titles (other than #1 title) Includes printing and distribution costs for fliers and production and distribution costs of the electronic version. |
$3,600 |
“Now in Paperback” (6 titles per month) Featuring books that that were previously INL picks in hardcover and appear with original bookseller quote |
$1,525 |
All charges include design, printing and distribution costs for both printed fliers and electronic version.
Rates subject to change without notice.
“#1 Pick” Includes cover placement in paper; author interview in electronic |
$3,000 |
Regular listing Includes placement in appropriate section of picks for Picture Books, Middle Grade, or Young Adult |
$1,850 |
All charges include design, printing and distribution costs for both printed fliers and electronic version.
Reading Group Guides are published four times per year, with Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter issues.
Regular listing, Frontlist | $1,275 |
Regular listing, Backlist | $625 |
All charges include design, printing and distribution costs for both printed fliers and electronic version.
Rates subject to change without notice.
Download this schedule as a PDF
Nominate titles via the online form.
Need a Reminder? Post this Indie Next List Nomination Shelf-Talker wherever you keep your ARCs.
Questions or Comments? Email matthew@bookweb.org
JANUARY 2023 LIST | October 31, 2022 |
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2023 KIDS' LIST | November 7, 2022 |
FEBRUARY 2023 LIST | November 29, 2022 |
SPRING 2023 READING GROUP GUIDE | January 3, 2023 |
MARCH 2023 LIST | January 5, 2023 |
MARCH/APRIL 2023 KIDS’ LIST | January 9, 2023 |
APRIL 2023 LIST | January 30, 2023 |
MAY 2023 LIST | February 27, 2023 |
MAY/JUNE 2023 KIDS’ LIST | March 13, 2023 |
JUNE 2023 LIST | March 27, 2023 |
SUMMER 2023 READING GROUP GUIDE | April 10, 2023 |
JULY 2023 LIST | May 1, 2023 |
JULY/AUGUST 2023 KIDS' LIST | May 8, 2023 |
AUGUST 2023 LIST | June 6, 2023 |
SEPTEMBER 2023 LIST | June 28, 2023 |
FALL 2023 READING GROUP GUIDE | July 10, 2023 |
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023 KIDS’ LIST | July 12, 2023 |
2023 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE | July 18, 2023 |
OCTOBER 2023 LIST | July 31, 2023 |
NOVEMBER 2023 LIST | August 28, 2023 |
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023 KIDS' LIST | September 6, 2023 |
DECEMBER 2023 LIST | September 25, 2023 |
WINTER 2023-2024 READING GROUP GUIDE | October 16, 2023 |
JANUARY 2024 LIST | October 30, 2023 |
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024 KIDS' LIST | November 6, 2023 |
FEBRUARY 2024 LIST | November 28, 2023 |
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