From: New England Independent Booksellers Association nan@neba.orgSubject: This Week from NEIBA

Date: April 10, 2019 at 3:47 PMTo: nan@neba.org

NEIBA NewsApril 10, 2019

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Notes From the NEIBAAdvisory Council

By Kelsy April, Savoy Bookshop & Cafe, Westerly RI

Let’s talk about the work/life balance. And no, I’m not talking about amorphine drip. I’m talking about how to not lose your mind with howmuch you have on your work plate versus your life plate, and how tofind moments of stillness to enjoy.

Sometimes, we as booksellers pride ourselves in overworking. Pushing ourselves to do more,read more, interact more, participate more. And I think it’s brilliant and lovely. Yet, this oftencomes at great cost to our mental health. We feel burnt out, tired, exhausted, andoverwhelmed with the sheer load of work that has to be done. So how do we find a way to notlet that tidal wave crash over us and wash us away? How do we figure out how to balance itout?

I’m very young, but I think I’ve done a pretty good job at figuring out how to avoid burn out inthe work place. I’ve found something that is almost the exact opposite of bookselling, but in alot of ways has some similarities. To strengthen my mind I have books, and for my body andspirit I have martial arts. At least 4 days a week, I put on my gi, tie my belt around my waist,and bow onto the tatami to focus on myself for a few hours at a time. No phones, no emails,no distractions. I practice jiu-jitsu – an ancient and complete fighting system that was broughtto mainstream popularity through mixed martial arts competitions like the UFC. When you’relearning how to fight, and how to defend yourself, there is no room for stressful thoughts, ordebilitating moments of panic because you have so much to accomplish at work the next day. Ican step on the mats, and for a few blissful hours, everything else falls away. I focus on thetechnique and live in the moment with a clear mind.

One of the pillars of jiu-jitsu is philosophy, and at the core of that philosophy are three termsthat all jiu-jitsu practitioners seek to understand; Mushin, Zanshin, and Fudoshin. Mushin is astate of no-mind – being open to everything around you and not fixated on one particularthing. Zanshin is our state of awareness and alertness – being aware of our surroundings. AndFudoshin, my personal favorite, is our state of equanimity and imperturbability – emotionalbalance. This last philosophy has helped me in my personal life in so many ways. It has seepedinto my problem solving in the work place and in my personal life. It’s helping me understandhow to separate extreme emotion from action, and act based on reason and judgement.

how to separate extreme emotion from action, and act based on reason and judgement.

Now, is it a perfect answer? Hell no. Do I still lose my top once in a while? Oh yeah. But,finding an activity that demands my full attention, with no cell phone, no computer, nodistractions, has really helped me balance out the crap. Hopefully, my fellow booksellers, youhave found such an activity, and if not, I encourage you to do so!

REMINDER: Indie Presses for Indie StoresCatapult, Europa Editions, and Seven Stories Press have two Indie Playlist promotions currentlyin play for independent bookstores. Stores not only reap the benefits of special discounts ontitles from the "Prize-Winning" and "Quick Reads" lists, but the presses are also backing arelated display contest that should spur sales and could net cash!

A prize of $500 will be awarded to be split between the store and its lead display crafter whobest build around the lists (displays must contain at least some of the curated titles but mayincorporate additional titles as well) and project "inventiveness and selling effectiveness" intheir designs.

Contest will be judged by marketing experts from Seven Stories Press and New AtlanticIndependent Booksellers Association. Send a photo to NAIBA Executive Director EileenDengler. The April promotion runs from March 28th through April 29th. Additional promotionswill be offered in June and October.

NEIBA Receives Library of CongressState Literacy Award

At last week’s All About the Book event in Cambridge, MA theMassachusetts Center for the Book presented NEIBA with theLibrary of Congress State Literacy Award. The Award comes with a$1,000 grant, which will be used to sponsor first-time booksellerattendance at the NEIBA Fall Conference.

As part of Independent Bookstore Day An Unlikely Story,Plainville MA will host a fundraiser for the Binc Foundation!At the event, authors, publisher sales reps, and independentbooksellers from MA, RI, and CT will go head to head in agame show-style trivia contest. Join in the fun and cheereverybody on!

Proceeds from the general admission tickets and the cash barwill go to Binc. An Unlikely Story will also providecomplimentary snacks, so come out to support a great cause, mingle with authors &booksellers, and generally have a fabulous time!

Tickets

Here's what else is happening at NEIBAbookstores!

NECBA MeetingMay 2, 2019

Candlewick Press, Somerville MA

DETAILSRegistration Deadline April 15

NECBA Windows & Mirrors Project 2019 Book Submissions

NECBA Windows & Mirrors Project 2019 Book SubmissionsDeadline April 30, 2019

NEIBA Best Sellers

for the week endedSunday April 7, 2019

Based on reporting from the independent booksellers ofNEIBA and IndieBound

HARDCOVER FICTION1. Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens, Putnam, $26, 97807352190902. The American AgentJacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 97800624366653. CirceMadeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 97803165563474. There ThereTommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 97805255203755. Women Talking NewMiriam Toews, Bloomsbury, $24, 97816355725826. The RiverPeter Heller, Knopf, $25.95, 97805255218777. The Silent PatientAlex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 97812503016978. Daisy Jones & The SixTaylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $27, 97815247986289. Black Leopard, Red WolfMarlon James, Riverhead Books, $30, 978073522017110. Devotions NewMary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30, 978039956324911. The Island of Sea WomenLisa See, Scribner, $27, 978150115485012. Unto Us a Son Is GivenDonna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $26, 978080212911613. Sing to ItAmy Hempel, Scribner, $25, 978198210911014. Run Away NewHarlan Coben, Grand Central, $29, 978153874846615. GingerbreadHelen Oyeyemi, Riverhead Books, $27, 9781594634659HARDCOVER NONFICTION1. BecomingMichelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 97815247631382. EducatedTara Westover, Random House, $28, 97803995905043. Say NothingPatrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 97803855213144. The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty NewSusan Page, Twelve, $32.50, 97815387136485. Dreyer's EnglishBenjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25, 97808129957016. Women Rowing NorthMary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27, 9781632869609

6. Women Rowing NorthMary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27, 97816328696097. Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir NewRuth Reichl, Random House, $27, 97814000699968. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone NewLori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 97813286620579. Bad BloodJohn Carreyrou, Knopf, $27.95, 978152473165610. Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions NewPatricia Marx, Roz Chast (Illus.), Celadon Books, $20, 978125030196311. Doing JusticePreet Bharara, Knopf, $27.95, 978052552112912. Mama's Last HugFrans de Waal, Norton, $27.95, 978039363506513. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's FuturePete Buttigieg, Liveright Publishing, $27.95, 978163149436914. Inheritance NewDani Shapiro, Knopf, $24.95, 978152473271415. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat NewSamin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION1. A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles, Penguin, $17, 97801431104392. The Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 97800627971553. The Lost Girls of ParisPam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99, 97807783302714. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 97807352206905. The Woman in the WindowA.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 97800626784236. The Overstory NewRichard Powers, Norton, $17.95, 97803933566877. Warlight NewMichael Ondaatje, Vintage, $16, 97805255629628. The ImmortalistsChloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16, 97807352150929. The PowerNaomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99, 978031654760410. An American MarriageTayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 978161620868411. PachinkoMin Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 978145556392012. LessAndrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 978031631613213. The HuntressKate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 978006274037314. The FriendSigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $16, 978073521945815. The Alice Network NewKate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062654199TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION1. Born a CrimeTrevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 97803995881982. My Own WordsRuth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 97815011452543. SapiensYuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 97800623161104. Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 97803077424835. White FragilityRobin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 97808070474156. The Collected SchizophreniasEsmé Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16, 97815559782737. I'll Be Gone in the Dark

7. I'll Be Gone in the DarkMichelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 97800623197918. Fly GirlsKeith O'Brien, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $15.99, 97813285927989. Just MercyBryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 978081298496510. Pleasure ActivismAdrienne Maree Brown (Ed.), AK Press, $20, 978184935326711. On Grand Strategy NewJohn Lewis Gaddis, Penguin Books, $18, 978014313251612. Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine NewAlan Lightman, Vintage, $15.95, 978052543259313. Braiding Sweetgrass NewRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 978157131356014. How Democracies Die NewSteven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt, Broadway, $15, 978152476294015. The Body Keeps the Score NewBessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $18, 9780143127741MASS MARKET1. DuneFrank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 97804411727192. Cave of Bones NewAnne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 97800623919333. Good OmensNeil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 97800628369774. American GodsNeil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 97800625721105. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy NewDouglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 97803453918036. Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 97804401802967. The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 97803167694888. Animal Farm NewGeorge Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 97804515263429. Neuromancer NewWilliam Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 978044156959510. Guards! Guards! NewTerry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780062225757CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED1. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 97806940036172. Make Way for DucklingsRobert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 97801405643413. Little Blue Truck's Springtime NewAlice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 97805449380904. We Don't Eat Our Classmates NewRyan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 97813680035515. Don't Let Them Disappear NewChelsea Clinton, Gianna Marino (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 97805255143296. The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 97803992269087. The Good Egg NewJory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 97800628660048. A Piglet Named Mercy NewKate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 97807636775349. Pat the BunnyDorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 978030712000710. Hello LighthouseSophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316362382CHILDREN'S INTEREST1. On the Come UpAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 97800624985642. New Kid

2. New KidJerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 97800626911943. SHOUT NewLaurie Halse Anderson, Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 97806700121074. Astrophysics for Young People in a HurryNeil DeGrasse Tyson, Norton Young Readers, $11.95, 97803933565025. Five Feet Apart NewRachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 97815344515686. The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 97800628713507. Max and the Midknights NewLincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 97811019310808. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers NewFred Rogers, Luke Flowers (Illus.), Quirk Books, $19.99, 97816836911369. White Rose NewKip Wilson, Versify, $17.99, 978132859443310. Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself NewMatthew Gray Gubler, Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780525648444CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES1. Dog Man: Brawl of the WildDav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 97813382365762. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The MeltdownJeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.95, 97814197274363. Big Nate: Payback Time!Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 97814494977434. Dog ManDav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 97805455816085. Dog Man: Lord of the FleasDav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 97805459351736. Supernova (Amulet, #8)Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix, $12.99, 97805458286047. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties NewDav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 97805459352108. Dog Man UnleashedDav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 97805459352039. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone NewJ.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 978059035342710. Crush (Berrybrook Middle School, #3) NewSvetlana Chmakova, JY, $11, 9780316363242

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