The National Indie Bestseller List is produced weekly and is based on sales from nearly 500 independent bookstores across the country. The Regional Indie Bestseller Lists are also produced weekly and are based on reporting from independent bookstores in the applicable region. Specialty Indie Bestseller Lists are produced periodically and are archived at indiebound/bestsellers/specialty.html.

Any Indie Bestseller List may be reprinted according to the guidelines outlined below. Please e-mail Meg Smith, meg@bookweb.org, if you have any questions and to let us know when and where the list is being used, and how credit will be given. It is requested that tear sheets of each use of the list be sent to:
Meg Smith
American Booksellers Association, Suite 600
200 White Plains Rd.
Tarrytown, NY 10591

***Consumer media may not run any week's INDIE BESTSELLER LISTS before Friday of the publication week.***

NATIONAL List -- The following is the minimum information required when running the national list:

The Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, [date], [year] (for the sales week ended Sunday, [Sunday date before pub date], [year]). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

Logo use is encouraged but not required. The IndieBound logo can be downloaded from indiebound/logos.html.

REGIONAL List -- The following is the minimum information required when running a regional list:
The [region, e.g. New England] Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and [regional association initials, e.g. NEIBA], for the week ended Sunday, [date], [year]. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the [regional association, e.g. New England Independent Booksellers Association] and IndieBound.
For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

REGIONAL ABBREVIATIONS:

• New England Independent Bestseller List - New England Independent Booksellers Association - NEIBA
• New Atlantic Independent Bestseller List - New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association - NAIBA
• Southern Independent Bestseller List - Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance - SIBA
• The Heartland Independent Bestseller List - Great Lakes Booksellers Association and Midwest Booksellers Association - GLBA and MBA
• Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List - Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association - PNBA
• Northern California Independent Bestseller List - Northern California Independent Booksellers Association - NCIBA
• Mountains and Plains Independent Bestseller List - Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association - MPIBA
• Southern California Bestseller List - Southern California Independent Booksellers Association - SCIBA

SPECIALTY Lists -- The following is the minimum information required when running a specialty list:

THE [title of list, e.g. GARDENING AND NATURE INDIE BESTSELLER LIST] Based on sales for the four-week period ended [date], [year] in hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

Logo use is encouraged but not required. The IndieBound logo can be downloaded from indiebound/logos.html.

Need help?

Please contact Meg Smith, Chief Marketing Officer, ABA, 200 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY, 10591; call (914) 591-2665, ext. 6641.

Revised 5/16/08