Reporting to Bestsellers Lists
Join other GLIBA members and report your weekly sales! It is the best way to show that independent booksellers are a vital part of the bookselling landscape.
Indie Bestsellers list and Heartland Bestsellers List
Gathered every week by the ABA, the Indie Bestseller list aggregates sales figures for ABA’s member bookstores throughout the country. A print-ready version of this list is available on ABA’s IndieBound page to download and post in your store. Those figures are further divided into regional lists.
All ABA members are encouraged to report their sales weekly. Reporting is fast, easy and confidential. The Indie Bestseller Lists are the freshest expression of independent booksellers' handselling prowess. Other reasons to participate?
Just follow the steps below:
Reporting to The New York Times Bestseller List
The New York Times Bestseller List, released every Sunday in the paper’s Book Review, reflects sales reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; supermarkets, university, gift and discount department stores; and newsstands.
It’s increasingly important for independent booksellers to make their voices heard on a national level. Please, demonstrate the importance of the indie sales channel by reporting your sales to this important national outlet for book news.
To report your sales to The New York Times, please fill out this online request form.
Join other GLIBA members and report your weekly sales! It is the best way to show that independent booksellers are a vital part of the bookselling landscape.
Indie Bestsellers list and Heartland Bestsellers List
Gathered every week by the ABA, the Indie Bestseller list aggregates sales figures for ABA’s member bookstores throughout the country. A print-ready version of this list is available on ABA’s IndieBound page to download and post in your store. Those figures are further divided into regional lists.
All ABA members are encouraged to report their sales weekly. Reporting is fast, easy and confidential. The Indie Bestseller Lists are the freshest expression of independent booksellers' handselling prowess. Other reasons to participate?
- To showcase the strength of the indie channel in the publishing industry
- To receive customized demographics reports about what’s selling in your area (when reporting via BookScan)
- To receive a more robust monthly white box mailing of publisher-sponsored ARCs and galleys
- To create indie bookstore buzz in-store, in print and online
Just follow the steps below:
- Choose one of the three ways to report:
- Choose one of the three ways to report.
- BookScan - via your POS
BookScan is compatible with the following point of sale systems: Booklog, Anthology, WordStock, IBID and IBIDie, SQ1 and iMerchant, Basil, Books in Store, and Computac. For more information and to sign-up to report to BookScan, please contact Billy Law, VP, Content, Nielsen Entertainment at: [email protected]
- ABA manual entry - enter your top sellers by hand - view instructions
- ABA file upload - upload a simple file from your POS system - view instructions
- BookScan - via your POS
- Pick a convenient time to report.
- The report should include sales occurring during the week beginning 12:01 am Sunday through midnight Saturday.
- If reporting via ABA manual entry or ABA file upload, pleas transmit the weekly report no later than 3 am ET each Tuesday, via the ABA reporting site. The reporting site opens each week at midnight Saturday, ET.
- If reporting via BookScan, please transmit the weekly report from your POS to BookScan no later than 5 pm ET each Monday.
- The report should include sales occurring during the week beginning 12:01 am Sunday through midnight Saturday.
- Choose one of the three ways to report.
Reporting to The New York Times Bestseller List
The New York Times Bestseller List, released every Sunday in the paper’s Book Review, reflects sales reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; supermarkets, university, gift and discount department stores; and newsstands.
It’s increasingly important for independent booksellers to make their voices heard on a national level. Please, demonstrate the importance of the indie sales channel by reporting your sales to this important national outlet for book news.
To report your sales to The New York Times, please fill out this online request form.
- Every Tuesday, you’ll receive an email letting you know what titles are in the Book Review that weekend, giving you advance notice to order these titles for your loyal readers.
- You’ll also receive the Times Digest with the pdf containing the Best Sellers Lists a week and a half before it hits the printed edition.
- You’ll also receive a complimentary copy of the printed Book Review sent directly to your store.
