IndieBound

The July Indie Notables title recommendations are now featured on a flier and shelf-talkers in PDF format on BookWeb.org.

Due to the Fourth of July holiday, next week's Indie Bestseller List reporting period has been extended.

IndieBound has now expanded to the Southern Hemisphere. The Australian Booksellers Association (OzBA) is launching an Oz-based IndieBound this July.

Based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 22, 2010.

Due to the July Fourth holiday, the reporting deadlines for next week's Indie Bestseller Lists are being extended.

Facebook offers an inexpensive, targeted ad platform that may help booksellers reach new customers.

Bookstores looking to join this year's Independents Week celebrations (July 1-7) have access to an abundance of freely available resources from the American Independent Business Alliance and ABA's Bookseller DIY.

Based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 8, 2010.

The title The Sisters From Hardscrabble Bay: Fiction by Beverly Jensen
(Viking, $25.95, 9780670021666) appears incorrectly on the July Indie Next List flier as "The Sisters of Hardscrabble Bay."  It is correct on the July Indie Next List online.

Russo's Books invited customers to a party built around the store's successful "Eat. Sleep. Read." T-shirts.

Kate DiCamillo, winner of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Award for "Most Engaging Author," offers a message to booksellers from her acceptance speech at ABA's Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon at BEA. "Booksellers Make the Difference" is presented here and as a downloadable two-page PDF.

Here's a preview of the titles on the July 2010 Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement, and a reminder that the June Indie Next List Notables titles are featured on a flier and shelf-talkers, now on BookWeb.org.

At the ABA's Town Hall and the newly revamped Annual Meeting, which was held on Wednesday, May 27, at BookExpo America, there was an air of optimism and excitement among ABA members as they discussed the potential for having a leading role in a rapidly expanding, and fluid, digital marketplace.

Due to the Memorial Day holiday, next week's Indie Bestsellers reporting period will be extended.

For the eight-week period ending May 17, 2010, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.