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04 Feb

ABA Booksellers Forum to Be Held in Washington, D.C.

On Wednesday, February 25, in conjunction with the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA), ABA is holding its Bookseller Forum at Olsson's Books & Records in downtown Washington, D.C. Olsson’s is centrally located, with convenient access by car or public transportation.

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04 Feb

ABA Releases Three-Month Gift Card Figures

With the Book Sense Gift Card program in full swing for four months now, ABA has compiled electronic gift card sales figures for the first three months of the program. The numbers indicate that gift card sales were particularly strong during the holiday season, and a number of booksellers reported significant sales increases over last year's sales of paper gift certificates.

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04 Feb

Bookseller Pens Bookseller's Daughter

New from Brava (a division of Kensington Publishing) is a historical romance titled The Bookseller’s Daughter by Pam Rosenthal, a former bookseller and part-owner of the Modern Times Bookstore in San Francisco. Pam is currently a computer programmer and writer, while her husband, Michael, runs the store.

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03 Feb

Penguin Decision to Sell Online Doesn't Sit Well With Booksellers

Recently, Penguin became the first major U.S. publisher to begin selling directly to consumers via its Web site, as first reported by Publishers Weekly. And while a spokesperson for Penguin Group USA told BTW that the move was meant to be "complementary rather than competitive," booksellers contacted nonetheless hoped the move was not a sign of things to come for the publishing industry.

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