By Guinevere Platt

Here's a preview of the August Indie Next List now on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

This Friday, July 11, is the deadline for nominations for the Fall Children's Indie Next List, which will be the debut kids' Next List.

When Vicky Uminowicz of Titcomb's Bookshop in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, received her store's IndieBound "Eat Sleep Read" poster, she immediately knew it would be too big for the store's multi-paned colonial windows. However, Uminowicz did have the perfect place for the big red poster: on the back of the bookstore's red, white, and blue Fourth of July parade float.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the 12-week period ending July 8, 2008.

PC Magazine's AppScout, which "scour[s] the world in search of the best software, sites, and Web apps," recently named IndieBound.org to its list of "Cool Web Sites."

The summer reading season is kicking into high gear, and so is IndieBound.org. A number of innovative features have recently been added to help consumers find great titles... and nearby indie bookstores.

Here's a look at what's new:

The July 2008 Indie Next List Notables flier is now available in a downloadable PDF on BookWeb.org. The redesigned flier joins and amplifies the other new IndieBound materials, especially the new Indie Next List fliers, which debuted with the July list.

Over the next several months, American Booksellers Association staff will be visiting locations around the country to answer questions, share ideas, and help position bookstores to take advantage of IndieBound and all that it has to offer.