![]() The minimum quantity for any item is 450 pieces. Standard pricing for inclusion in all 750 boxes is as follows:įor galleys, ARCs and F&Gs, costs for inclusion usually range between $1.60 and $2.75 per piece, dependent on size and weight. By collating, packing and shipping all these materials from one warehouse, we are able to offer publishers substantial savings in time, labor, and postage over individual mailings done on their own. Please mark all cartons and/or packing slips: “FOR ABA BOX MAILING”.Įarly shipments are possible, but must be pre-approved.įour times a year, a box is sent to each of the approximately 750 stores, including members of the ABC Children’s Group and general stores with active children’s sections. Transport Specialties International, Inc. IMPORTANT: Please contact Linda Ford ( to reserve a place in a Monthly Box mailing. Charges for collation will be custom quoted. There is an additional charge for the insertion of any bounceback cards, letters, or any other collation done in our warehouse. Upon receipt of the dimensions and number of pages, we are happy to provide a custom quote for any proposed inclusion. Standard pricing typically ranges from $1.60 to $2.75 per piece. $370 and up, dependent on size minimum $.60 per piece for quantities less than 750įor galleys and ARCs, cost of inclusion is dependent on size and weight. $550 and up, dependent on size minimum $.70 per piece for quantities less than 750 ![]() $135 $.22 per piece for quantities less than 750 $158 $.25 per piece for quantities less than 750 $132 $.21 per piece for quantities less than 750 ![]() $230 $.35 per piece for quantities less than 750 Standard pricing for inclusion in all 750 Monthly Boxes is as follows: The minimum quantity for inclusion in any mailing is 450 pieces. The mailing is prioritized, based on the level of a store’s participation in ABA programs. The Bi-Monthly Box Mailing is shipped within the first half of the designated month to approximately 750 ABA member stores. Sell sheets may be submitted for approval and inclusion in the box, subject to screening for hate speech per the United Nation’s definition Books with content that meets the United Nation’s definition of hate speech are not included. Similarly, we choose to not send hate speech to our members. Mailings are scheduled for mid-February, mid-May, mid-August, and mid-November, and carry galleys, ARCs, F&Gs, and other materials that a publisher wishes to make available to this target audience (babies & toddlers through YA.) The mailing is sent to currently 750 stores.īooks previously published are not included as the box is intended to offer booksellers a preview of upcoming books.ĪBA supports free expression and a publisher’s right to choose and to market directly what it publishes. The Quarterly Kids’ Mailing offers publishers the opportunity to participate in a mailing dedicated solely to materials of interest to children’s-only stores, members of the ABC Children’s Group, as well as those general stores with active children’s sections. This is an excellent and cost effective way to reach the independent bookstore market, and by collating, packing and shipping all these materials from one warehouse, we are able to offer publishers substantial savings in time, labor, and postage over individual mailings done on their own. Mailings are scheduled for January, March, May, July, September and November. Stores “earn” their bi-monthly box mailing through participation by regularly reporting to the Indie Bestseller List and nominating titles to the various Indie Next Lists. The Bi-Monthly Box Mailing, currently sent to 750 ABA member stores, contains the stores’ initial allotment of the latest Indie Next List flyers as well as any other timely materials from ABA, point-of-purchase materials from publishers such as shelftalkers, easelbacks, bookmarks, or posters other marketing materials, including sell sheets and catalogs as well as galleys or Advance Reading Copies (ARCs) that publishers wish for booksellers to read and consider stocking, handselling, and nominating to the Indie Next Lists. These mailings offer publishers an easy and cost-effective means of communicating information to all IndieBound stores. ![]() When planning promotions, publishers are asked to be aware of our commitment to antiracism, inclusion, representation, and diversity as outlined in our ends policies.ĭescriptions, Criteria, Rate Cards, Deadlinesīi-Monthly Box Mailings, Quarterly Kids’ Box Mailings
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