Specialty Bookselling

Friday, April 2, is the deadline for the:

Carol Seajay, former bookseller and publisher of the now defunct Feminist Bookstore News, launched a newsletter in September titled Books to Watch Out For. Available in two editions -- The Lesbian Edition and The Gay Men's Edition -- the e-newsletter, also available in print, features book reviews, industry happenings, and other book news for readers interested in gay, lesbian, and feminist literature.

For the four-week sales period ending March 21, 2004, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S. Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677. Attention Media: Please contact Kristen Gilligan at kristen@bookweb.org for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

Based on four weeks of sales at over 400 independent bookstores across America. Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677. Attention Media: Please contact Kristen Gilligan at kristen@bookweb.org for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

As opening day of the 2004 baseball season approaches, BTW Senior Editor David Grogan, an admitted baseball addict, who is joined by a surprising number of ABA staff members in his love of the sport, shares some of his favorite baseball titles. Perhaps no other sport lends itself to the form of literature than does the game of baseball.

Stores will be receiving the 2004 - 2005 Reading Group Suggestions Book Sense 76 in the March White Box mailing, but the full list, with bookseller quotes, can be previewed online at news.bookweb.org/read/2313 now.

April is National Poetry Month, but the Academy of American Poets (AAP), organizers of the annual event, are hoping that booksellers will be inspired to extend their celebrations of verse throughout the year. In addition to sponsoring numerous readings and poetry-related events in April, AAP is launching a Web-based Poetry Almanac on April 1 that will provide 365 days' worth of poetry highlights, activities, and ideas for individual or classroom use.

Here is the Spring 2004 Book Sense 76 Poetry Top Ten, based on the nominations of independent booksellers from all regions of the country. The March White Box will contain the Poetry Top Ten pads, and you can download a PDF of the list, by clicking here.

Here are independent booksellers' picks for the Top Ten Easter and Passover titles for 2004. This list was developed by Book Sense in collaboration with the Association of American Publishers' Get Caught Reading initiative, an ongoing project that will continue through 2004. Many thanks to all the independent booksellers who contributed a wealth of enthusiastic nominations for this list. Pads of the list will be included in the March White Box mailing.