We're just back from the 2013 conventions in Orlando and Columbus - the National Federation of the Blind, and the American Council of the Blind, respectively. Because these two conventions usually bump up against each other (they even overlap from time to time!), our Publications team splits up and sends two people to each convention.

 We spend most of our time at the conventions in the exhibit hall, showing and selling our books and other tactile products. We love getting to meet our customers and supporters face to face; our customers, in turn, appreciate the rare opportunity to browse a table full of braille books.

Now, we're back in the office. We've entered the orders and tallied the sales - and here are the top-selling books and braille items from the 2013 conventions!

1. iPhone iOS6 Updates, (all formats combined)
2. Magnet: "Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are," print/braille magnet
3. Magnet: "Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there!" print/braille magnet
4. Magnet: "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller, print/braille magnet
5. iOS Success: Making the iPad Accessible, (all formats combined)
6. Getting started with iPhone and iOS5 for Blind Users, (all formats combined)
7. Wednesday Morning Quotations, braille spiral-bound booklet
8. Magnet: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain..." - Vivian Greene, print/braille magnet
9. Magnet: "Keep Calm and Carry On," print/braille magnet
10. Twenty-Two Useful Apps for Blind iPhone Users (2nd Edition), (all formats combined)
11. Magnet: ""Anyone can be cool, but awesome takes practice," print/braille magnet
12. Twenty-One Apps We Can't Live Without, (all formats combined)
13. Magnet: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." - Emerson, print/braille magnet
14. iPhone Tactile Screenshot Quick References iOS6, large print/braille & tactiles
15. 100 Hungry Ants (with blocks), print/braille picture book with 100 blocks
16. Froggy Learns to Swim, print/braille picture book
17. (tie) Hop on Pop, print/braille board book
18. (tie) That's Not My Monkey!, print/braille board book
19. (tie) Magnet: "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world," print/braille magnet
20. (tie) Magnet: "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly," print/braille magnet
21. Braille-marked Measuring Cups and Spoons
22. Make Way for Ducklings, print/braille picture book

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