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27 Jan

ABA Booksellers Forums -- California Here We Come

ABA's Booksellers Forum tour heads to California in February. The first of three forums will be held in conjunction with the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) at its offices in The Presidio in San Francisco on Wednesday, February 18. This will be followed by forums at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena on Friday, February 20, and at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in San Diego on Saturday, February 21, both in conjunction with the Southern California Booksellers Association (SCBA).

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27 Jan

Fraudulent Orders From Africa a Continuing Problem

ABA reminds booksellers to beware of orders for large numbers of medical books, textbooks, or bibles that originate in Nigeria or other African nations. The association continues to receive reports from booksellers across the country who have received fraudulent orders via telephone and telephone relay systems developed for use by the hearing impaired; through the mail, accompanied by a check for several thousand dollars; or via e-mails and orders placed through a store's online shopping cart.

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22 Jan

From Coat Checks to Cappuccinos -- Big Plans for New Bookstore Coming to Fort Wayne

The opening of a large, new bookstore in Fort Wayne, Indiana, by an energetic young entrepreneur, is scheduled for the end of June 2004. Mitchell Books, which will open in the mall space formerly occupied by Million Story Book Company, is the project of 31-year-old Peter Bobeck, who is also the son of the upscale mall's developer and owner, Duane Bobeck.

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22 Jan

GMA Book Club Selects First Young Adult Novel

On Thursday, January 22, it was announced that The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Press) is the new selection of ABC News' Good Morning America "Read This!" Book Club, and the first young adult novel ever to be featured by the club.

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