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Google Preview - Browse Inside the Book
We're very excited to announce the addition of Google Preview to book info pages here on IndieBound.org. Google Preview offers a speedy, thorough way of browsing through a wide variety of titles.
Just click on the Google Preview button (example on the right) to peek inside any book where it is available.
Here are some examples to get you started:
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson
A Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova
Happy browsing!
January 2010 Indie Next List
Out now, the Indie Next List for January!
We have videos for Joshua Ferris' new novel The Unnamed, and Andrea Lyon's memoir of her career as a death penalty defense lawyer Angel of Death Row.
Listen to NPR stories on Tracy Chevalier's new novel Remarkable Creatures, Elizabeth Kostova's The Swan Thieves, and Committed, the new memoir from Elizabeth Gilbert.
January's list features debut novels—Amy Greene's Bloodroot, Brian Hart's Then Came The Evening—series continuations—Patrick Taylor's An Irish Country Girl—and perhaps a new series beginning—Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey.
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!
If you didn't get enough books over the holidays...
Twenty titles chosen by booksellers for the 2009 Indie Next Lists in hardcover—and now available in paperback format—are highlighted in our end-of-year list Presenting Paperbacks. In fiction, biography & memoir, mystery and nonfiction, you can find several books on which to spend your indie bookstore gift cards!
If that's not enough book coverage, NPR audio stories on IndieBound.org book info pages have recently featured lists of fantastic titles. Don't miss Season's Readings, with recommendations from indie booksellers at Milwaukee's Boswell Book Company, The BookMark in Atlantic Beach, FL, and Portrait of a Bookstore in Studio City, CA.
More excellent recommendations come from librarian Nancy Pearl's 2009 Under-The-Radar Books, featuring the excellent Liar by Justine Larbalestier, the 10 Best Cookbooks of 2009, with the delicious Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking, Maureen Corrigan's Best Books of 2009, featuring several Indie Next List titles of this year, and Alan Cheuse's Book Picks to Warm a Winter's Night—although American Fantastic Tales is giving me the chills.
Happy reading and Happy New Year!
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.
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The Privileges Jonathan Dee Random House |
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The Unnamed Joshua Ferris Reagan Arthur Books |
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Committed Elizabeth Gilbert Viking Adult |
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The Crossing Places Elly Griffiths Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
