If you are looking for something, most of your local needlework shops can get stuff from the following distributors (see http://tnna.org if you can't find a local shop; it's also the organization that puts on the markets):
For a sneak peek (because have to put in ahead of time to get an ad in print) of some new releases or some new things coming to market -- fan the industry-only magazine Needlework Retailer on facebook -- http://www.facebook.com/nretailer
If it's a Leisure Arts publication, LNS can also get. Leisure Arts was doing a weird shipping thing when I worked for a shop -- one pattern/book was ridiculous shipping and two or more were free. So some LNS may wait until they can put two items on the order before ordering. If it's a very old, discontinued/out-of-print LA pattern, they have started putting those into a download library at http://www.leisurearts.com/categories... (for example the pastel with brown lettering "Footprints In The Sand" I think almost all us old fogeys stitched at one time or another is back online only).
Some of the distributors also have facebook pages if you want to see a newsfeed item when new things are posted:
http://hoffmandis.com/ (good what's new Friday email signup available)
http://yarntree.com/
http://nordencrafts.com/home.aspx
http://www.accesscommodities.com/
http://store.notionsmarketing.com/
For a sneak peek (because have to put in ahead of time to get an ad in print) of some new releases or some new things coming to market -- fan the industry-only magazine Needlework Retailer on facebook -- http://www.facebook.com/nretailer
If it's a Leisure Arts publication, LNS can also get. Leisure Arts was doing a weird shipping thing when I worked for a shop -- one pattern/book was ridiculous shipping and two or more were free. So some LNS may wait until they can put two items on the order before ordering. If it's a very old, discontinued/out-of-print LA pattern, they have started putting those into a download library at http://www.leisurearts.com/categories... (for example the pastel with brown lettering "Footprints In The Sand" I think almost all us old fogeys stitched at one time or another is back online only).
Some of the distributors also have facebook pages if you want to see a newsfeed item when new things are posted:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hoffman...
http://www.facebook.com/Kreinik.Manuf...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Norden-...