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28 Oct

Cheshire Bookshop's New Owner Raring to Go

Linda Rosengarten, a graduate of the Bookseller School presented by Paz & Associates this fall, is the new owner of Cheshire Bookshop in Fort Bragg, California. Previously the executive director of a nonprofit organization, Rosengarten was ready for a new career when her long-time friend Howard Martin was looking to sell the 30-year-old store. She quickly moved to purchase Cheshire, and, like many new booksellers, was somewhat surprised by the learning curve. "It's hard," Rosengarten explained.

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27 Oct

Writer's Voice Radio Turns Pages

A diverse collection of authors and booksellers are turning up on the radio waves in a new venture called Writer's Voice Radio, a weekly program produced by Science Interchange in cooperation with A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books and KALW-FM Radio, both of San Francisco.

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21 Oct

Hoosier Throws Big Hat Into Ring

Elizabeth Barden, marketing consultant and New York City native, relocated to Indianapolis about three years ago and recently opened the city's only general interest, independent bookstore.

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14 Oct

DIESEL's First Book Causes Much Reading, Little Weeping

DIESEL, A Bookstore, in Oakland, California, has been busy. Co-owners John Evans and Alison Reid recently opened a second DIESEL, in Malibu, which is about a 400-mile commute from the first DIESEL, and in September, they became publishers.

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13 Oct

The Worths Build a Business: River Reader Books

This past June, when Patricia Worth, and her husband, Gary, who works as a graphic designer, opened River Reader Books in Lexington, Missouri, Patricia left a 16-year career as a contractor to become a full-time bookseller, and, since the new bookstore has a cafe, a barista, too. "No sense in learning one new trade when you can learn three or four," she joked.

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12 Oct

Ninth Street Book Store to Host Common Cause SAFE Act Hearing

On Thursday, October 21, Common Cause of Delaware, a nonprofit citizens lobbying organization dedicated to government reform and accountability, will hold a citizen's public meeting on the Safety and Freedom Ensured Act (S. 1709, SAFE Act) at Ninth Street Book Store in Wilmington, Delaware. The SAFE Act looks to amend provisions of the USA Patriot Act, including Section 215, which gives law enforcement officials broad authority to demand that libraries or bookstores turn over books, records, papers, and documents.

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30 Sep

On the Cape, A Wholesome Mix for Mind & Body

When Janis Brennan and Don Krohn, owners of Orleans Whole Food Store on Cape Cod, watched the closing of their community bookstore, Compass Rose Book Shop, they mourned the loss. It was one of the only businesses on Main Street that had been there longer than they had. So, last fall when space became available next to the foods store, they decided to open their own small general bookstore, Main Street Books. "It didn't seem right not to have a bookstore," said Brennan. "It was too sad. Orleans is a wonderful, literate town."

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30 Sep

Return of Bookseller's Brainchild Puts First-Time Authors on the Rocks

Five authors in six cities in six nights. That's the plan for the 2004 First Fiction Tour, which will bring five debut authors representing five publishing houses to venues on the West Coast and in the Southwest from October 17 - 22. An independent bookstore in each of the six cities has organized an event that will be hosted onstage at a local bar. "It'll be like a rock 'n' roll show," said Craig Popelars, director of marketing for participating publisher Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

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30 Sep

Banishing the Banning of Books

Banned Books Week 2004 -- September 25 to October 2

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23 Sep

The Polar Express Connects New Hampshire With the North Pole

Ten years ago, Donna Urey of White Birch Books in North Conway, New Hampshire, saw the potential of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, to bring even more comfort and joy to the book's fans.

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23 Sep

This Fall Sees a Number of Independents Rising

After a season when 80 new or prospective booksellers enrolled for Paz & Associates Bookseller School at BookExpo America and more than a few new independent bookstores opened, there are further positive signs in a sometimes bleak economic picture. In October and November, a number of independent booksellers are expanding or opening new or additional stores.

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21 Sep

Eagle Harbor Takes a Fair & Balanced Approach

In late August, when the controversy over Unfit for Command (Regnery) reached a peak, many booksellers caught the ire of rightwing customers who accused them of censoring the book, which is critical of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, by not stocking it. While much of the criticism was proven baseless, as most stores simply did not have the book because the publisher was unable to supply them, the Unfit controversy highlighted just how polarized politics has become in this election year.

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16 Sep

'Exemplary Independent' Maria's Bookshop Celebrates 20 Years

At the nation's only four-state juncture, in the grand expanse of the West, a 1,850-square-foot bookstore occupies a much larger space in the hearts of residents of, and visitors to, Durango, Colorado. Maria's Bookshop, celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, has purveyed general books and Southwestern art, and has created a sense of community and an atmosphere where quality and service are paramount.

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The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.

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