We’re excited. Booksellers are excited. Readers are excited. Let’s face it, there’s a lot of excitement. Whoa, Nelly, a heapin’ helping of excitement.

What’s all the excitement, you ask? Today’s the official publication day for the paperback of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. Now in paperback! (Did we say “paperback”? It’s available in paperback now. Did we mention that already? We’re excited about it. Did we mention that we’re excited?)

Why so excited, you ask? Well, the paperback edition of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (did we mention it’s now available in paperback?) comes with a massive mound of praise. Here’s a brief list of just some of the goodly goodness for this #1 Indie Next Pick (each item gets its own exclamation point — that’s how excited we are!):

•New York Times bestseller!

•LibraryReads Favorite of Favorites top pick for 2014!

•Target Book Club Pick for December!

•Library Journal Top Ten Best Book of 2014!

•Great Group Reads pick from the Women’s National Book Association!

•#13 on the Indie Booksellers List in its debut week!

•Third place in Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction!

(And check out that awesome display of Fikry excitement at Flyleaf Books here in Chapel Hill!)