NEIBA News
September 25, 2019
Fall Conference Pre-Registration due TODAY!






Does your registration form say "Edited 8.13.19"? If not, it's outdated! The above forms now include the cost for the Wednesday lunches (the Rep Pick-Nic, Bookstore Owner Roundtable Lunch, Buyer Roundtable Lunch, and Cafe Owner/Manager Roundtable Lunch) — all of which are $15. If purchasing an Event Pack, please specify the tickets you'll need for each lunch.
Snap a Pic with Elton John* at the Fall Conference!
To celebrate the NEIBA Fall Conference and their publication of ME , Macmillan will be bringing an exclusive cardboard cutout of the larger-than-life figure Elton John. Those who post a pic of themselves with Elton at the Macmillan booth to social media and use the hashtag  #EltonJohnNEIBA  will be entered to win a totebag. Sequins, feather boas, and serenading Elton with covers of "I'm Still Standing" is all greatly encouraged. May the best selfies win!
October's Indie Playlist Promotions
Don't miss out! Deadline is November 5.
October's 2 Indie Playlist promotions, featuring collections of titles from independent presses, are ready to be revealed! The themes are  A Jump on the Holidays  and  Gothic Tales .

Indie Playlist publishers are providing additional terms for the titles on these lists. Participating publishers for October include Catapult, Europa Editions, 7 Stories Press, Grove Atlantic, and Beacon Press. Stores can create displays around either — or both! — themes. Displays must include some titles from the above lists but can include additional titles of a store's choosing. 

The prize for best display is $500: $250 for the bookseller who creates it and $250 for the store. 

To submit your display, take a picture and email it
to  NAIBA   (with a cc to  NEIBA )  by November 5.

For more information about this program, contact Beth:   Beth@NEBA.org
Social Media Spotlight
The Book Review Maine
@ bookreviewmaine : It’s Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular...
Want to be featured? Use #NEIBA in social media posts
(or tag @neibabooks) so we can see & share your photos!

NEIBA 
Best Sellers   
for the week ended
Sunday September 22, 2019

Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of
NEIBA and IndieBound  

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
3. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066213
4. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746
5. The Institute
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982110567
6. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780525535270
7. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
8. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656159
9. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
10. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734
11. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $27, 9781476749297
12. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
13. Inland
Téa Obreht, Random House, $27, 9780812992861
14. A Single Thread
Tracy Chevalier, Viking, $27, 9780525558248
15. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $25.99, 9781250313195

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
2. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
3. Permanent Record
Edward Snowden, Metropolitan Books, $30, 9781250237231
4. She Said
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Penguin Press, $28, 9780525560340
5. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680
6. The Education of an Idealist
Samantha Power, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780062820693
7. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
8. Call Sign Chaos
Jim Mattis, Bing West, Random House, $28, 9780812996838
9. How To
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525537090
10. On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein, Simon & Schuster, $27, 9781982129910
11. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27, 9781451642292
12. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
13. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27, 9780525510543
14. How to Raise a Reader
Pamela Paul, Maria Russo, Dan Yaccarino (Illus.), Workman, $19.95, 9781523505302
15. The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
Eric Foner, Norton, $26.95, 9780393652574

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
2. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
3. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
6. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20, 9780316055444
7. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
8. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
9. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
10. The Winter Soldier New!
Daniel Mason, Back Bay Books, $16.99, 9780316477598
11. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17, 9780425284704
12. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780735224643
13. The Art of Racing in the Rain New!
Garth Stein, Harper, $16.99, 9780062364913
14. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033416
15. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9780451499066

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
2. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102
3. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
4. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
5. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
6. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18, 9781101904213
7. Heartland
Sarah Smarsh, Scribner, $17, 9781501133107
8. The Vagina Bible New!
Jennifer Gunter, Citadel, $18.95, 9780806539317
9. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780525512196
10. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
11. The Body Keeps the Score New!
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $18, 9780143127741
12. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965 New!
13. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
Eric Jay Dolin, Liveright Publishing, $18.95, 9781631496226 New!
14. The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
Anne de Courcy, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250164605
15. Whose Story Is This? New!
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781642590180

MASS MARKET
1. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
5. Of Mice and Men New!
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12, 9780140177398
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
7. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
8. A Raisin in the Sun New!
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333
9. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
10. The Reckoning New!
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Dinosnores
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781523508136
2. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780525514121
3. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
4. Bruce's Big Storm
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368026222
5. The Tale of the Tiger Slippers New!
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170744
6. Goodnight Moon New!
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
7. Llama Llama Mess Mess Mess New!
Anna Dewdney, Reed Duncan, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780670016440
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar New!
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780142501122
10. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Guts New!
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
2. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
3. Stargazing
Jen Wang, First Second, $12.99, 9781250183880
4. Small Spaces New!
Katherine Arden, Puffin, $8.99, 9780525515043
5. Frankly in Love
David Yoon, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984812209 New!
6. The Unofficial Ultimate Harry Potter Spellbook New!
Media Lab Books, $14.99, 9781948174244
7. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
8. Drama New!
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
9. Are You Listening? New!
Tillie Walden, First Second, $17.99, 9781250207562
10. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
2. Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #7)
Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338304510
3. The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade New!
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate, Viking Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780425292112
4. Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl
Ben Hatke, First Second, $14.99, 9781250191731
5. Dog Man Unleashed New!
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
6. The Last Kids on Earth New!
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780670016617
7. I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) New!
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic, $5.99, 9781338317411
8. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
9. Dog Man New!
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427