New Titles Added to ABA’s Pre-Order Calendar

The American Booksellers Association’s Pre-Order Calendar highlights an array of upcoming titles that indie booksellers can consider promoting for pre-order through their stores.

The calendar specifically features books with added value, such as signed copies and exclusive merchandise, to entice customers to order from their local indie bookstore.

Updated each week, the calendar outlines selected books’ publication dates and details for ordering from publishers. When available, titles on the calendar will also link to a page with publishers’ downloadable digital marketing assets.

New items available for pre-order are indicated by the date they were added in red. Titles featured in a pre-order ad in an upcoming Indie Next List flier will have the notation *INL: Month* or *KNL: Month* for the kids’ list.

Some highlights from the Pre-Order Calendar, all added in recent weeks, include:

• Discover Your Dharma: A Vedic Guide to Finding Your Purpose by Sahara Rose Ketabi (Chronicle Prism, 9781797202068, Hardcover, $25.95, on sale January 5)
• Oslo, Maine by Marcia Butler (Central Avenue Publishing, 9781771682312, Paperback, $16.99, on sale March 2)
• The Bruce Swap by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney-Hyperion, 9781368028561, Hardcover, $17.99, on sale May 4)
• Meant to Be: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (Disney-Hyperion, 9781368050388, Hardcover, $26.99, on sale August 31) 

Every bookstore has the ability to take pre-orders, either in-store or online, if they have e-commerce capabilities. Booksellers can review the Pre-Order Calendar for more information.