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For the eight-week period ending November 18, 2008, and based on sales at independent bookstores throughout the U.S. 1. Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255 2.

Booksellers from coast to coast are taking IndieBound's holiday marketing materials and are making them their own. Here's a look at some of the things they're doing to impress upon customers the value of the book as a holiday gift and the importance of shopping locally. A larger version can be obtained by clicking on many of the images below.

From now until December 12, W.G. Ellerkamp is offering 10 to 15 percent discounts on IndieBound paper bags, reusable totes, and giftwrap. The sale, which company president Jack Ellerkamp said is their way of saying thanks to ABA members for their business, includes merchandise bags, handled shopping bags, and the very popular Peace. Love. Books. reusable tote.

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Indie Bestseller List for the week ending November 23 will be published, along with our next edition of Bookselling This Week, on Wednesday, November 26. Bestseller reporting deadlines are as usual.

The author's name was incorrectly printed in the December Indie Next List flier for Blindspot: A Novel, by Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore (Spiegel & Grau). The online version of the December Indie Next List is correct. IndieBound apologizes for this error.

Last week, IndieBound.org introduced a new Wish List feature that allows members of the Indie Community to build a list of books and e-mail it to friends and family, along with a list of their favorite bookstores. Now, there's a new flier in the Bookseller DIY to help stores promote the Wish List to their customers. The 8-1/2" x 11" design can be used as a counter card, a handout at the store cash wrap, or as a bag stuffer.

Here's a preview of the Winter '08/'09 Kids' Indie Next List, which is now featured on IndieBound.org in a user-friendly, interactive format that lets consumers peruse these insightful indie recommendations and purchase titles.

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, $17.99, 9780439023481 / 0439023483)

Here's a preview of the December Indie Next List now on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

Just in time for the holiday retail season, IndieBound.org has introduced a new Wish List feature for members of the Indie Community. This feature allows anyone to build a list of books and e-mail it to friends and family, along with a list of their favorite bookstores.