IndieBound

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 6, 2013.

Here’s a preview of the titles on the February Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

With the Christmas and New Year’s holidays falling on Tuesday, the Indie Bestseller Lists will be produced and e-mailed to stores on Wednesday for the next two weeks; however, the reporting period each week remains unchanged.

Booksellers looking for help promoting this year’s bestselling titles and indie favorites have readymade tools: The 2012 Indie Bestsellers and the Indie Next Highlights lists.

The January Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending December 9, 2012.

Five new designs for posters and web banners that promote book buying during the holiday season and beyond are now available to ABA members in the Booksellers DIY.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending December 2, 2012.

Twenty top titles from this year’s Indie Next lists, including each month’s #1 Indie Next Great Read and eight additional titles that garnered especially strong support from independent booksellers nationwide, are featured on the just-released 2012 Indie Next Highlights List.

This week, the American Booksellers Association unveiled the 2012 Indie Bestsellers Lists, featuring the year’s top-selling titles at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.

Here’s a preview of the titles on the January Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

The December Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 11, 2012.

As the holiday season kicks off in full force, it is crucially important that all stores continue to report each week’s sales to the Indie Bestseller Lists. The aggregated reporting data provides ABA with hard evidence that demonstrates to publishers and other industry stakeholders the strength of local independent booksellers.

Make sure that your staff favorites will be reflected in next year’s Indie Next Lists by downloading the list of  2013 nomination deadlines and posting it in your store’s back room or wherever reading copies and ARCs are kept.