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04 Dec

Mark Your Calendars: ABA Announces Winter/Spring 2004 Booksellers Forum Schedule

On Friday, January 9, ABA will hold the first of 16 Booksellers Forums scheduled for various locations across the country over the next four months. The forums provide booksellers in every region an opportunity to meet with senior ABA staff and Board members to share ideas, to discuss industry issues, and to receive updates on various association projects. Data gathered at the forums is invaluable to the association as it shapes future programs and initiatives to the benefit of all ABA bookstore members.

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04 Dec

San Francisco's City Lights in a New York State of Mind


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04 Dec

Going...Going...Almost Gone: Hotel ABA Selling Out Fast!

ABA secures additional single rooms at Allerton/Hotel ABA

Thus far, the response by ABA member booksellers to both "Hotel ABA" offers, at the Allerton and next-door Radisson Hotel & Suites, has been nothing short of remarkable, as nearly all available rooms have been reserved. As such, those booksellers planning to attend BookExpo America (BEA) in Chicago next June and hoping to stay at "Hotel ABA" should act fast.

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04 Dec

Holiday Weekend Report: From Wonderful to Disappointing

As national headlines about the beginning of the holiday shopping season used words such as "cautious optimism" (National Retail Federation), "solid sales" (USA Today), and "yawn" (New York Times), so too did independent booksellers' post-Thanksgiving sales experiences vary. Some were reporting gains of 20 percent or more for the past weekend and generally good results over last year, and others have yet to see a turnaround from recent years' poor results.

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