Book Sense Bestseller List Media Center
Many newspapers and other media outlets nationwide publish the Book Sense Bestseller List. It’s free publicity for your store, and reinforces the positive associations consumers have with good books and their local independent bookstore. To include your local paper on this list, please contact Meg Smith.
 
Bestseller List Media Outlets
NATIONAL BOOK SENSE BESTSELLER LIST

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Gilroy Dispatch, Hollister Free Lance, Gilroy, CA
The I-70 Scout, Strasburg, CO
The Bloomsbury Review, Denver, CO
Montrose Daily Press (Scene Magazine), Montrose, CO
Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA
The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA
Enterprise Newspapers, Falmouth, MA
Mount Desert Islander, Bar Harbor, ME
St. Croix Valley Press, White Bear Lake, MN
The Beaufort Observer, Washington, NC
Star-Herald, Scottsbluff, NE
The Sunday Telegraph, Nashua, NH
¡Vamonos! [Ruidoso News], Ruidoso, NM
Pulse, Poughkeepsie, NY
Time Out NY, New York, NY
The Palladium Times, Oswego, NY
Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
The Journal News, White Plains, NY
Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH
The Harrison Press, Harrison, OH
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH
The Daily Astorian (Coast Weekend Section), Astoria, OR
Baker City Herald, Baker City, OR
The Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA
Alternatives NewsMagazine & Coast Magazine, Myrtle Beach, SC
The Daily News, Galveston, TX
Blue Willow Booksense Bestseller List, Houston, TX
Wasatch Wave, Heber City, UT
The Burlington Free Press, Burlington, VT
The Capital Times, Madison, WI

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authorlink.com
Bookreporter.com
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
Chronogram Online
Heartland Reviews and The Book Barn
Ingram Book Company [Restricted-Login required]
northwest-books.com
Objective Consulting, Inc.
The Times Tribune (each Wed., Lifestyles/Entertainment section)
Town Crier News

REGIONAL BOOK SENSE BESTSELLER LISTS

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Fayetteville Free Weekly, Fayetteville, AR
Daily Review (of Hayward) [ANG Newspapers], Oakland, CA
The Argus (of Fremont) [ANG Newspapers], Oakland, CA
Oakland Tribune [ANG Newspapers], Oakland, CA
Tri-Valley Herald [ANG Newspapers], Oakland, CA
San Mateo County Times [ANG Newspapers], Oakland, CA
Gilroy Dispatch, Hollister Free Lance, Gilroy, CA
Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, ID
The Times Record, Brunswick, ME
Harbor Light Newspaper, Harbor Springs, MI
The Beaufort Observer, Washington, NC
Baker City Herald, Baker City, OR
Alternatives NewsMagazine & Coast Magazine, Myrtle Beach, SC
Wasatch Wave, Heber City, UT

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abc7news.com (KGO-TV/DT)
Bookreporter.com
northwest-books.com

SPECIALTY BOOK SENSE BESTSELLER LISTS

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Alternatives NewsMagazine & Coast Magazine, Myrtle Beach, SC
Wasatch Wave, Heber City, UT

ELECTRONIC
authorlink.com
The Times Tribune (each Wed., Lifestyles/Entertainment section)


Booksellers: How to Get the Book Sense Bestseller List Into Your Local Paper
You just make the contact; we'll follow-up.

Take or send them a recent actual bestseller list, a Book Sense Picks flier, your good thoughts and enthusiasm, AND the 'Attention All Media' flier, and the day will be won. This one-page flier summarizes the power of the Book Sense list, explains the basics of Book Sense, and directs all interested media to Meg Smith for guidelines and all the details.
Reprint Requests
The Book Sense Bestseller List is produced weekly and is based on sales from nearly 500 independent bookstores with Book Sense across the country.  Book Sense Category Bestseller Lists are produced periodically and are archived on this website. Any Book Sense Bestseller List may be reprinted upon approval from ABA. Requests should be sent to Meg Smith. Logo use is encouraged but not required.