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08 Jan

Canterbury Booksellers Closing But Its Traditions to Continue

Thirteen-year-old Canterbury Booksellers in Madison, Wisconsin, recently announced it will be closing on February 29, and Madison's Avol's Book Store, which sells used and scholarly books, will take over its location and reopen on March 1 under the name Avol's Books at Canterbury. Avol's has already begun moving inventory into various sections of the store as Canterbury sells its own stock at a discount. During the transition both stores will be operating out of Canterbury, and the original Avol's will also stay open until February 29.

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08 Jan

The 2004 Valentine's Day Top Ten

This week Book Sense announces the 2004 Valentine's Day Top Ten. The list is produced in conjunction with the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) Get Caught Reading initiative. This is the first in a series of seasonal Top Ten lists that Book Sense and AAP will be creating this year based on the nominations of independent booksellers nationwide.

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08 Jan

Ruminator Faces End of January Closing

Macalester College, a major creditor of Ruminator Books in St. Paul, Minnesota, has given the 33-year-old store an ultimatum -- Ruminator must raise $500,000 by January 31 or close its doors and surrender its assets to the college. Ruminator's debt to the school now exceeds $600,000, according to the bookstore's stock offering Disclosure Document.

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08 Jan

Booksellers Urged to Sign On to Protect Customer Privacy

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) is urging booksellers to add their store names to the growing list of those endorsing the Book and Library Community Statement Supporting The Freedom to Read Protection Act (H.R. 1157); The Library and Bookseller Protection Act (S. 1158); and The Library, Bookseller, and Personal Data Privacy Act (S. 1507).

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