Follow ABA

       

Specialty Bookselling

The Autumn ’13 Kids’ Indie Next List Preview

The fall flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Children’s White Box, features the top 10 titles of the season based on nominations from independent booksellers nationwide and an additional 41 titles organized by age group.

2013 ABC Best Books for Children Catalog Titles Unveiled

Presented here in alphabetical order by publisher are the more than 150 titles featured in this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog.

The Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 4, 2013.

The Indie Biography & Memoir Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 21, 2013.

Orders Being Accepted for ABC Best Books Catalog

ABA member bookstores have until August 20 to place their orders for this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog. The full-color, 20-page consumer circular featuring approximately 200 fully vetted frontlist and backlist titles is slated to be in stores in early October.

The Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 7, 2013.

Call Is Out for Fall Kids’ Indie Next List Nominations

All ABA member booksellers are being encouraged to express their enthusiasm for the children’s books that they’re looking forward to handselling this fall by nominating those titles by July 16 to the Fall Kids’ Indie List.

Ordering Opens for ABC Best Books for Children Catalog

ABA member stores can place their orders for this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog from now until August 20 via an online order form on BookWeb.org.

The Indie Love & Romance Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 16, 2013.

Children’s Book Professionals Share Insights Into Common Core

Six panelists joined moderator Richard Buthod of Turtleback Books for the session “Common Core: Insight From Industry Touchpoints” at BEA: Melissa Jacobs-Israel from the New York City public school system; Cheryl Dickemper of The Booksource; Kenny Brechner of Devaney Doak & Garrett; Phoebe Yeh, then of HarperCollins Children’s Books; Becky Anderson of Anderson’s Bookshops; and Victoria Stapleton of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Pages