Lonely Planet's Tony Wheeler on "10 Things I Hate in Hotels"
Start off your 2011 on the road in the right mindset: follow the lead of legendary travel writer & publisher Tony Wheeler (co-founder of one of the publishers we represent, Lonely Planet, of...
View ArticleStephen Gammell's new "making of" book trailer for Mudkin (Lerner Publications)
Mudkin by Stephen Gammell 9780761357902 | $16.95 | publishes in March 2011 Lerner Publishing Group You can see all of Lerner's videos at their YouTube Channel.
View ArticleNina Revoyr's Wingshooters is out & booksellers are loving it!...
Wingshootersby Nina RevoyrAkashic Books (Consortium) | 9781936070718 | $15.95 | Paper (Also available in limited quantities in a hardcover edition: 9781936070862 | $23.95 | Cloth) Indie Next pick -...
View ArticleKudos for one of our colleagues: John Eklund, fellow sales rep
John Eklund is one of our favorite fellow sales reps, a fellow midwesterner based in Milwaukee, book lover and bookstore lover. He's a sales rep for three great academic presses: Harvard, Yale and MIT...
View ArticleBook trailer for The Flint Heart (Candlewick Press)
The Flint Heartby Katherine Paterson & John Patersonillustrated by John RoccoCandlewick Press | 9780763647124 | $19.99 | Sept 2011 A really lovely book trailer for The Flint Heart, the enchanting...
View ArticleBook trailer: A Monster Calls (Candlewick Press)
A Monster Callsby Patrick Ness, inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowdillustrated by Jim KayCandlewick Press | 9780763655594 | $16.99 | Sept 2011 I wrote about A Monster Calls in a preview post on...
View ArticleStar Wars Limited Edition Moleskines get a "book" trailer
This has been floating around the internet for a few weeks now, but I was reminded to post it here since I just started a fresh Moleskine for my autumnal to-do list, and it's one of the new limited...
View ArticleFall regional trade show specials for MIBA and GLIBA
You can download the latest versions of our fall regional trade show summaries from our Terms and Specials page now. Offers are still valid for most publishers for MIBA, and still good for GLIBA, of...
View ArticleChelsea Green announces a crash drop-in title on presidential candidate,...
Coming in (hopefully) early September!Chelsea Green's early announcement on the book describes it this way: "Meet the essential Bernie Sanders—an authentic and uncompromising champion of the...
View ArticleHow To Draw A Coloring Book
One of the upcoming fall books we are most excited about here at HQ is Chronicle Books' entry in the hottest trend of 2015: coloring books! Here's a blog post from the always-illuminating Chronicle...
View ArticleWelcome to Diamond Book Distributors!
We are proud to welcome Diamond Book Distributors to the list of publishers that we represent. As of September 1, 2016, we're your midwest source for some of the best independent graphic novel and...
View ArticlePlease join us in welcoming our new publisher, Boydell & Brewer!
We are very glad to welcome a new publisher to our ranks – the esteemed UK-based academic publisher Boydell & Brewer.Founded in 1978 by the merger of Boydell Press and D.S. Brewer, the press has...
View ArticleIdeal Bookshelf is here! Enamel pins, mugs, notecards, prints and more!
We are very proud to announce that Abraham Associates are the midwest representatives for Ideal Bookshelf! Beginning with prints of artist Jane Mount's paintings of her clients' favorite books'...
View ArticleAbraham Associates is hiring a new sales rep!
We are hiring a metro Chicago based, full time, commission sales rep to represent our publishers to bookstores, museums, and wholesalers here in the midwest. If you have at least 2 years of bookstore...
View ArticleSay hello to our new sales rep, Sandra Law!
Here's some news that we've been breathlessly waiting to share!We are proud to announce that Sandra Law will be joining Abraham Associates, beginning October 11, as our new sales rep for Indiana,...
View ArticleCongratulations to Roy Schonfeld, the Voice of the Heartland 2017!
Here's some more news we've been waiting to share! We could not be more proud of Roy!The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association and Midwest Independent Booksellers Associations have jointly...
View ArticleWelcome our brand new vendor, the Literary Supply Co.!
We're very excited to welcome our newest vendor – the Literary Supply Company!Their first season's offering includes tote bags, zipper pouches, boxes of pencils, and boxes of buttons, all with a...
View ArticleOur very own John Mesjak has been named the 2018 Publishers Weekly REP OF THE...
We are so unbelievably proud! Congratulations, John, and thanks for everything that you do for bookstores, publishers, and your fellow sales reps! John has been in the Book Business for 28 years and a...
View ArticleBloomsbury Academic, welcome back to our list of publishers!
We are thrilled to announce that we are now representing Bloomsbury Academic again. They are a leading publisher in humanities, social sciences, and visual arts.Bloomsbury Academic is home to some...
View ArticleNew Items From Ideal Bookshelf
Check out these new items from Ideal Bookshelf!Also, don't miss Jane Mount's new book Bibliophile released this week from Chronicle Books.Click Here for the new Ideal Bookshelf Catalog.
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