Volume 256 Issue 17 04/27/2009
IndieBound Heads to the iPhoneApr 27, 2009
Independent booksellers went mobile last week with the American Booksellers Association's launch of an iPhone/iTouch app for IndieBound. The free download focuses on the three most popular features of IndieBound.org: book lists, including the Indie Next and Indie Bestsellers lists, a book search of 3.5 million titles and listings of indie stores.
“The IndieBound iPhone app puts independent booksellers' vast hand-selling knowledge directly into the hands of an enormous audience,” said ABA COO Oren Teicher. Future versions will include e-book functionality, the ability to set a favorite indie store for repeat purchases and integration with IndieBound's wish list.
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Ten employees will be affected. Clair Willcox, editor in chief, declined to comment but did note that neither he nor any of the staff knew about the change before a midmorning meeting.
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The ABA has launched a new video campaign that captures unscripted and impromptu testimonials about independent bookstores from authors, customers, and indie supporters around the country. The initiative “Why Indies Matter” will debut under the IndieBound marketing umbrella during BEA.
| Guilty Wives | Audio Fiction |
| Killing Lincoln (unabr.) | Audio Nonfiction |
| Serpent's Shadow | Children's Fiction |
| Duckling Gets a Cookie!? | Children's Picture Book |
| Hunger Games | Children's Series & Tie-ins |
| Blue Exorcist, Volume 3 | Graphic Novels |
| Deadlocked: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel | Hardcover Fiction |
| Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson | Hardcover Nonfiction |
| The Lucky One | Mass Market Paper |
| Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy | Trade Paper |
