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.
As part of ABA’s new social media initiative, any member bookseller that “likes” the association’s new Facebook page by November 29 will be entered into a random drawing to win one of two sets of IndieBound “Eat Sleep Read” and “Snack Nap Read” posters.
In celebration of the Major League Baseball post-season, we present the Indie Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 7, 2012.