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Allie Brosh, the author and illustrator of Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (Touchstone), offers insights into her creative process as well as her motivations for sharing her personal stories.

Here’s a preview of the titles on the December Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement. A downloadable PDF version of the list will also be available beginning December 1.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 20, 2013.

Here is a preview of the Winter 2013 – 2014 Indie Next List for Reading Groups, featuring booksellers’ Top 10 favorites and titles in six discussion-starting categories.

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

In celebration of the Major League Baseball post-season, here is the Indie Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 6, 2013.

Baker & Taylor’s Indie Next Promotion in a Box simplifies the process of promoting the month’s most anticipated titles.

NetGalley has launched a new feature that enables ABA member booksellers to nominate titles to the Indie Next Lists via its galley review program.

More than 100 independent bookstores are receiving funds from author James Patterson’s College Book Bucks program, which awards college-bound high school seniors with gift certificates ranging from $250 to $1,000 to be spent at an IndieBound-affiliated bookstore of their choice. 

Booksellers are singing praises for Graeme Simsion’s debut novel, The Rosie Project, their top pick for the October 2013 Indie Next List. Here, Simsion talks about the winding path that led to him to The Rosie Project and what booksellers can expect from him next.

Here’s a preview of the titles on the November Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement. A downloadable PDF version of the list will also be available beginning November 1 on BookWeb.org and IndieBound.org.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 23, 2013.

The October 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 independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 8, 2013.

Following last year’s success, ABA –– with the support of IndieBound’s publisher partners –– is reprising the Thanks for Shopping Indie promotion this holiday season.