The Word From Paige…
More info than ever
IndieBound book info pages now have more info than ever.
Thanks to National Public Radio, book info pages now feature unique audio content, gathered from NPR's extensive book coverage: reviews, interviews and more.
Longer, richer descriptions, author biographies, and editorial reviews can now be found on thousands of book pages, in addition to reviews from alternative weekly newspapers and conversation starters from ReadingGroupChoices.com.
Check out Jonathan Lethem's new novel Chronic City or David Chang's Momofuku for examples of how all this new stuff fits together!
November 2009 Indie Next List
Out now is November's Indie Next List: new titles hand-picked and recommended by independent booksellers, plus November's Notable books, and past Indie Next List titles Now in Paperback.
We've got a video with John Irving on his new novel Last Night in Twisted River, as well as Stuart Neville's much-praised debut novel The Ghosts of Belfast.
You can find the printed list at an independent bookstore near you. We're also offering a print-at-home version, found on the Indie Next List page directly beneath the carousel of titles, so you can read at home and take it to your local indie.
Happy reading!
The Indie Local First Reading List
Check out these great reads about making and keeping local communities vibrant. Print this list and take it to your local indie bookstore for intriguing titles on shopping, eating and living locally—all recommended by independent booksellers.
It's also great for book groups looking for meaningful nonfiction reads, and for local business alliances to help prompt and promote local first activities. We've also included links to local first resources, including IndieBound To-Go, where you can find more ways to spread the Shop Local message.
Why shop Indie?
When you shop at an independently owned business, your entire community benefits:
The Economy- Spend $100 at a local and $68 of that stays in your community. Spend the same $100 at a national chain, and your community only sees $43.
- Local businesses create higher-paying jobs for our neighbors.
- More of your taxes are reinvested in your community--where they belong.
- Buying local means less packaging, less transportation, and a smaller carbon footprint.
- Shopping in a local business district means less infrastructure, less maintenance, and more money to beautify your community.
- Local retailers are your friends and neighbors—support them and they’ll support you.
- Local businesses donate to charities at more than twice the rate of national chains.
- More independents means more choice, more diversity, and a truly unique community.
Now is the time to stand up and join your fellow individuals in the IndieBound mission supporting local businesses and celebrating independents.
IndieBound supports Independent Business Alliances around the country. To find an alliance near you, visit AMIBA or BALLE.
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Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein HarperCollins |
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Skeletons at the Feast Chris Bohjalian Crown |
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Last Night at the Lobster Stewart O'Nan Viking |
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The Story of a Marriage Andrew Sean Greer Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
