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Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 16, 2014.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 2, 2014.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 19, 2014.

Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize for Fiction; First Amendment groups challenge Idaho school’s parental consent form; Eric Schwartz joins Columbia University Press as editorial director

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 5, 2014.

Digital galleys of an array of adult and children’s titles in the Winter/Spring 2015 Indies Introduce Debut Authors and New Voices promotion are now available on NetGalley.

Jodi Picoult, author of Leaving Time (Ballantine Books), discusses why she chose to write about elephants, how she researched their behavior, the strength of mother-daughter bonds, and the role independent booksellers have played in her career.

Banned Books Week is being celebrated in bookstores throughout the country from September 21 – 27 with special events, displays, videos, and more. 

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 21, 2014.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 7, 2014.

David Mitchell, the author of The Bone Clocks, recently spoke with Bookselling This Week about the inspiration for his latest bestseller, some of the characters readers might recognize from previous novels, and his own experience working in a bookstore.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 17, 2014.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 3, 2014.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 20, 2014.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 6, 2014.