On Thursday, January 2, the January Indie Next List e-newsletter, powered by Shelf Awareness, was delivered to more than 619,000 customers at 150 ABA member stores.

Booksellers are invited to sign up now [6] to send the free monthly adult or quarterly Kids’ Indie Next List e-newsletters to their customers.

The store-branded e-newsletter for adults, delivered on the first Thursday of each month, features:

• The month’s Indie Next List titles, with bookseller quotes
• “Buy Now” buttons that lead to the purchase page for the title on the sending store’s website
• An interview with the author of the month’s number-one title

An example of January’s Indie Next List e-newsletter can be seen here. [7]

The quarterly Kids’ Indie Next List is divided into two e-newsletters that are sent about six weeks apart. Each newsletter includes:

• Half of the titles featured on the Kids’ Indie Next list (based on publication dates)
• Five of the top 10 titles
• An author Q&A with the number-one pick for that list

The first volume of the Winter Kids’ Indie Next List e-newsletter was sent on Thursday, December 12, to more than 519,000 customers at 142 ABA member stores; see an example of the most recent Kids’ Indie Next List newsletter here [8]. The second volume of the Winter 2019 Kids’ Indie Next List e-newsletter will be delivered to stores on Thursday, January 23.

The American Booksellers Association and Shelf Awareness teamed up in 2016 to launch this free e-newsletter program for independent bookstores. To sign up, stores should complete this form [6] on BookWeb. A username and password are required to access the form; booksellers who need login information can e-mail [email protected] [9].

During the sign-up process, booksellers will be required to upload their store logo and a CSV file of their e-mail list (instructions are on the form). Stores will retain ownership of their mailing lists, and customers will not be added to any other lists. New sign-ups will get to see a sample of their e-newsletter about a week before it is sent to customers.

Questions about the Indie Next List e-newsletter program should be sent to ABA Chief Operating Officer Joy Dallanegra-Sanger. [10]