We put him to work today (oh, just 300+ books to sign š³), but @uiweala still mustered up a smile for this picture š We canāt wait for everyone to read #SpeakNoEvil, on sale 3/6! . . #weloveourauthors #indienext #igreads #beastsofnonation #publishing
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
ā Live Streamingā Interactive Chatā Private Showsā HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch ⢠No registration required ⢠HD streaming
Congratulations to our wonderful author @uiweala! His upcoming novel #SpeakNoEvil is a March Indie Next pick! ššš @shteyngart calls it āa lovely slender volume that packs in entire worlds with complete mastery.ā . . #indienext #indiebound #thankyoubooksellers #uzodinmaiweala #beastsofnonation #IGreads
Here is a preview of the titles on the July/August 2021 Kidsā Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Kidsā Box mailing.
Find my recommendation for this thrilling, clever, and utterly hilarious graphic novel about a literary-inspired vampire hunting pigĀ in the American Bookseller Associationās July & August Kids issue of Indie Next.
Ham Helsing #1: Vampire Hunter by Rich Moyer
Crown Books for Young Readers, 9780593308912, $12.99, Ages 8-12
āHam Helsing is a surprising delight and a fresh take on the vampire-hunting legend. This graphic novel is chock-full of hammy humor, perfect puns, and swashbuckling adventure.ā
āCat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL
Ham Helsing was also a Kids Indies Introduce nominee!
Here are the nominated titles the ABA Childrenās Indies Introduce panel discussed that are being published this upcoming month, which ones made the final list, and ways to get them into your hands.
The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper SanchezĀ
June 1st 2021
Katherine Tegan Books (Harper Collins)
YA
Preorder the book here
Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
June 1st 2021
Sourcebooks
YA
PreorderĀ the book here
Everywhere Blue by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
June 1st 2021
Holiday House (Penguin Random House)
Middle Grade
Preorder the book here
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimmons
June 1st 2021
Dial Books (Penguin Young Readers)
YA
Preorder the book here
Donāt Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd
June 1st 2021
Bloomsbury YA
YA
Preorder the book here
The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
June 1st 2021
InkYard Press (HarperCollins)
YA
Preorder the book here
Ham Helsing #1: Vampire Hunter by Rich Moyer
June 1st 2021
Crown Books for Young Readers (Random House)
Middle Grade, Graphic Novel
Preorder the book here
Coming Storm by Regina M. Hansen
June 1st 2021
Ateneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster)
YA
Preorder the book here
The In Between by Marc Klein
June 1st 2021
Poppy (Hachette)
YA
Preorder the book here
The Sea is Salt and So Am I by Cassandra Hartt
June 8th 2021
Roaring Book Press (Macmillan)
YA
Preorder the book here
Secret Starling by Judith Eagle
June 8th 2021
Walker Books US (Candlewick Press)
YA
Preorder the book here
Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlo
June 8th 2021
Dial Books (Penguin Young Readers)
Middle Grade
Preorder the book here
Both Can Be True by Jules Machias
June 8th 2021
Quill Tree Books (HarperCollins)
Middle Grade
Preorder the book here
Daughter of Sparta by Claire Andrews
June 8th 2021
Jimmy Patterson (Hachette)
YA
Preorder the book here
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
June 15th 2021
Margaret K Elderberry Books (Simon & Schuster)
YA
Preorder the book here
Learn More
This spring, I was one of eight panelists in the American Bookseller Associationās Childrenās Indies Introduce panel for Summer and Fall of 2021.
The panelās goal is to read and discuss early galleys and manuscripts of forthcoming middle grade and young adult books that publishers submit to be part of debut author promotions, and choose ten titles for the final list, and to present at ABAās Childrenās Institute. From January to April, we read and had biweekly zoom calls to share our thoughts.
View the full list of the ABA Childrenās Indies Introduce Summer/Fall Panel titles here, or, check out the links below to see titles released by month.
June | July | August | September | October | November
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
ā Live Streamingā Interactive Chatā Private Showsā HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch ⢠No registration required ⢠HD streaming
Todayās the day! @marykubica and I will be in conversation TONIGHT at 7pm EST to celebrate the launch of her brilliant LOCAL WOMAN MISSINGāa #indienext and @libraryreads and @applebooks and @amazonbooks best mystery! It is all the things and it hits shelves today. So grab your copy and join us tonight. Link to sign up is in my bio. Hope to see you there! (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBEPXcrySu/?utm_medium=tumblr
Here are the 20 Indie Next Great Reads and 12 now-in-paperback picks featured on the February 2021 Indie Next List flier.
Find my recommendation for A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes & more in the American Bookseller Associationās February issue of IndieNext!
A Thousand Ships: A Novel by Natalie Haynes
Harper, 9780063065390, $27.99
āFrom The Aeneid to The Iliad and The Odyssey, classic stories of the Trojan War are implicitly reliant on the role of women, however reticent they are portrayed. Finally ā finally! ā we have a retelling that does women, girls, and goddesses justice. Through the perspective of women in various places and times during the war, Natalie Haynes constructs an epic collage that follows the warriors, refugees, oracles, muses, wives, and daughters of Troy, Greece, and beyond in one of the most famous conflicts in world history.ā
āCat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL
Here are the 20 Indie Next Great Reads and 12 now-in-paperback picks featured on the March 2021 Indie Next List flyer.
Find my recommendation for Jackie Polzinās Brood & more in the American Bookseller Associationās March issue of IndieNext!
Brood: A Novel by Jackie Polzin
Doubleday, 9780385546751, $24
āOver the course of a year, told in a collection of snapshots, Brood shows the life of a woman grieving by doing anything but. She gives herself purpose by taking care of a small flock of chickens, as well as finding small but kind, funny, or wry ways of interacting with her neighbors, eccentric mother-in-law, and caring husband, Percy. There are plenty of clever and funny moments from scene to scene (not to mention the odd and interesting analyses of a chickenās life and point of view), but the beauty in this book lies in the narratorās acceptance of the everyday, and of all the things ā bad, good, but mostly in-between ā that come therein.ā
āCat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL