Bestseller Reporting Crucial During Holiday Season

[1]As ABA CEO Oren Teicher noted last week in his bimonthly letter to members [2], indie booksellers are heading into this holiday season on a strong note, and, at the end of October, the approximately 500 stores reporting to the weekly Indie Bestsellers List were showing double-digit increases over 2011 for the year to date.

With the holiday selling season kicking off in full force this week, it is crucially important that all stores continue to report each week’s sales to the Indie Bestseller Lists. The aggregated Bestseller reporting data provides ABA with hard evidence that demonstrates to publishers and other industry stakeholders the strength of local independent booksellers.

Don’t forget to take a moment to report your sales this week and every week! [3]

There is no change in Bestseller reporting deadlines for the Thanksgiving weekend. The reporting site is open from Sunday, November 25, at 12:00 a.m. EST until the time noted below – for the seven-day period of Sunday, November 18, through Saturday, November 24.

Reporting deadlines (Eastern Standard Time):

• ABA Manual Entry: 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 27, via the ABA reporting site.
• ABA File Upload: 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 27, via the ABA reporting site.
• BookScan reporters: 6:00 p.m. on Monday, November 26, directly from the store POS.