ABA & Newmarket Press Celebrate Book Sense Best Books

Esther Margolis, president and publisher of Newmarket Press, joined by ABA COO Oren Teicher (left) and ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz.

On Tuesday, September 28, the American Booksellers Association and Newmarket Press celebrated the publication of Book Sense Best Books: 125 Favorite Books Recommended by Independent Booksellers. Esther Margolis, president and publisher of Newmarket Press, joined ABA COO Oren Teicher and ABA CEO -- and now author -- Avin Mark Domnitz together with Newmarket staff and members of ABA's Book Sense team for a luncheon meeting at Newmarket's New York City office.

"It's been a great experience combining the forces of independent publishing and independent bookselling," Margolis said, also noting the independent status of Newmarket's distributor W.W. Norton & Company. "We've truly enjoyed working with Book Sense on this special project, celebrating their fifth anniversary, and hope this is just the first of many books together."

Book Sense Best Books is being published to mark the fifth anniversary of the Book Sense program and includes a foreword by bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver and an introduction by ABA's Domnitz. The book lists "Book Sense Best Books of the First Five Years" -- 15 adult and 10 children's titles, annotated by individual booksellers -- as well as an additional 50 Top Reading Group Recommendations and 50 Top Classics for Children and Young Adults. The $12.95 paperback book features an appendix representing the full Best Books ballot, which included 223 adult and 148 children's titles culled from the Book Sense 76 lists of the past five years. Also included is a complete index by title and author.

Orders should be placed through Newmarket's distributor, W.W. Norton at (800) 233-4830.