TOP Shelf
APRIL2017
magazine
™
A Comprehensive Bookseller’s Guide to
TopShelf Authors & Books!
table of contents masthead
spotlights CEO, President, & Publisher
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Noteworthy Books
columns
7 TOPSHELF MARKETING 101:
World-Class Customer Service
9 THE INSIDE LOOK: Does Publishing
Need Gatekeepers?
11 IN THE AGE OF GOOGLE, the Library
is Still Where It’s At
interviews
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Steve Berry
Mindy Mejia
reviews
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A Bridge Across the Ocean
Besieged
Cruel and Unusual
The Darkness of Evil
Everything You Want Me To Be
The Lost Order
Ren: The Monster’s Death
Rise
directories
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Bookseller Resources
Keith A. Katsikas Jr.
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E.V.P. & Director of Marketing
Rebecca Katsikas
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Lead Editor
Rosemary Fifield
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Creative Director
Keith Katsikas
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Contributors & Reviewers
J .H. Bográn
Rosemary Fifield
Julie Ann Gerber
Sharon Isbell
Keith Katsikas
Rebecca Katsikas
Jon Land
Sarah Noffke
Donald Richard
Carole P. Roman
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