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BookCon announces celebrity-studded guest list; HarperOne to publish new digital-first fiction line; 2015 National Outdoor Book Award winners announced; District of Columbia Library Association wins 2015 WNBA Eastman Grant

Here are the titles, along with bookseller quotes, featured on the Winter 2015–2016 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Children’s White Box.

Here, author B.A. Shapiro talks about the making of The Muralist and how she blended fact with fiction to create a detailed look at the birth of Abstract Expressionism during the Depression.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 1, 2015.

In addition to 20 Indie Next Great Reads and six Now in Paperback titles, the December Indie Next List features the debut of the Revisit & Rediscover program, which highlights three backlist titles selected by booksellers as enduring works, critical for bookstores to have on their shelves at all times.
 

U.K. indies report book sales up 30 percent during “Books Are My Bag” campaign; Authors share #BooksThatHooked in Twitter campaign; HarperCollins acquires e-Book deals newsletter The Midlist

ABA’s new Revisit & Rediscover program aims to highlight favorite backlist titles through a regular feature in the monthly Indie Next List and quarterly Kids’ Indie Next List fliers.

The November Indie Next List’s 10 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

This week, the American Library Association revealed the shortlists for its 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The announcement’s move to October gives booksellers the chance to promote the finalists to holiday shoppers.

Query Books launches Kickstarter to reprint forgotten LGBT classics; A Brief History of Seven Killings wins 2015 Man Booker Prize; Ingram Content Group to offer Global Connect in China, India, and Italy; 12 U.S. publishers sign PEN’s pledge to address Chinese censorship

Here are the shortlists for the 2015 National Book Awards; the winners will be announced on November 18 at a ceremony in New York City.

Top online communities for small business owners; National Reading Group Month’s 2015 Great Group Reads; Ingram to distribute Humanoids Inc.; Consortium adds seven distribution clients; Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Prize in Literature; Keen Communications acquires Adventure Publications

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 4, 2015.

SBA offers EMV card webinar; Schumacher wins Thurber Prize; We Need Diverse Books to present first Walter Dean Myers Award; 23 publishers sign deals with IPG; National Book Foundation announces 2015 “5 under 35” honorees; 2015 Kirkus Prize finalists announced; NetGalley introduces “Wish Granting”; Edelweiss partners with DOGObooks; HarperCollins forms HarperCollins Italia 

Steerforth Press, which launched its first list in 1994, has established a reputation for quality fiction and nonfiction. Through its distribution services arm, Hanover Publisher Services, it provides sales and marketing support to several small publishers as well as distribution through PRHPS.