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Suzanne Staubach
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On Thursday, June 3, at BookExpo America (BEA), ABA will once again be holding its popular All-Day Education Program. Here's an update on afternoon programming, which offers booksellers a choice of five different sessions that will be held from 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. and then again from 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. In addition, there will be a College Store Idea Exchange and Roundtable, held at 1:45 p.m. only, and a Large Store Roundtable, which spans Thursday morning and afternoon.
Though booksellers should continue to collect signatures for the Campaign for Reader Privacy (www.readerprivacy.com), ABA is asking booksellers to send in all signed petitions as soon as possible, so that the signatures can be counted and included in its CRP presentation during BookExpo America. (Petitions should be mailed to ABA, Restore Reader Privacy, Attn.: Oren Teicher, 828 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591.) Every signature counts!
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A large crowd gathered outside Merritt Bookstore, Volume III, for the official ribbon c
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The second component of the June Book Sense Picks selections -- the downloadable PDF flier of "We Also Recommend" titles -- is now available (click here). The June Book Sense Picks, which were announced on May 6, can be reviewed at news.bookweb.org/read/2507.
In this most busy of times for booksellers, Book Sense sends a very short reminder of some key upcoming deadlines for the Book Sense Picks program.
June 4 -- August Book Sense Picks
July 9 -- Banned Books Top Ten
July 9 -- Fall Children's Book Sense Picks
Of special note is the July 9 deadline for the Book Sense Banned Books Top Ten list. This will be the first time we have compiled this list, and it is timed to coincide with the national celebration of Banned Books Week.
At this year's BookExpo America (BEA), the ABA/Book Sense Lounge -- Room 401 at Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center -- will be the place to go for autographed books from some of independent booksellers' favorite authors. (In a break from the past, ABA's presence at this year's BEA will be centralized in the ABA/Book Sense Lounge rather than split between the lounge and a booth on the trade show floor.)
 The American Booksellers Association has announced the lineup for the 2004 Book Sense at Five Reading Room, to be held at BookExpo America on Saturday, June 5, from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., in Room 404B/C of Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center. All BEA attendees are welcome to the free event, which has become an ABA Convention tradition.
ABA member booksellers attending this year's BookExpo America (BEA) will be eligible to win some fabulous prizes by picking up their ABA welcome kit at the Hotel ABA Chicago or by visiting the ABA/Book Sense Lounge at the McCormick Place Convention Center.
On Tuesday, May 18, the New England Booksellers Association (NEBA) and New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) held a joint Shop Talk at the Holiday Inn Carrier Circle in East Syracuse, New York, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The event was the brainchild of Rob Stahl of Colgate Bookstore in Hamilton, New York, who approached NEBA and NAIBA about facilitating a meeting for the booksellers of central New York, who often must travel long distances to make it to regional meetings.
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) will have something for everyone at this year's BookExpo America (BEA). Events range from a panel on free expression issues to award-winning comedy to ABFFE's ever-popular silent auction.
According to the Book Industry Study Group's (BISG) recently released Book Industry Trends 2004, annual consumer expenditures for books will reach $44 billion by 2008. Trade, mass market, and professional publishing revenues will increase by roughly 10 percent by 2008, with revenue growth higher for university press and college publishers, but the most significant growth will be in the el-hi and standardized-test segments of the industry, with respective increases of more than 20 and 45 percent.
Book Nook of Warren, Ohio, turned 35 this month, but it's hardly complacent in its middle age.
Owned by Clyde and Jean Bolinger, Book Nook is open 78 hours a week, 362 days a year, and the Bollingers are working hard to succeed, especially since a major chain opened a store five miles away, four years ago. The store, originally 1,900 square feet, has expanded twice to reach its current 7,000 square feet. Adapting and thriving, the store just received the Pendleton Business Award from the Greater Youngstown-Warren Area Chamber of Commerce.
 In April, Emma Rodgers and Ashira Tosihwe, owners of Black Images Book Bazaar in Dallas, announced that the bookstore would close in 2005. However, now Black Images is the focus of a widespread effort to keep its doors open, and Rodgers and Tosihwe are reconsidering their plans. Rodgers had cited high rents and the economy as among the reasons the store would not renew its lease, but the pair intentionally announced their plans well in advance.
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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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