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16 Oct

Concord Festival of Authors Unfurls Flag of Great Literary Tradition

This year's Concord Festival of Authors will mark the 11th time that hundreds of booklovers have convened in the town that inspired Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne. The festival, held from October 23 to November 8, in the Massachusetts towns of Concord and Lowell, brings together some of the most prominent names in fiction and nonfiction.

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16 Oct

ABA Releases Results of Semi-Annual Revenue Survey of Stores With Book Sense

The results of ABA's semi-annual revenue survey of stores with Book Sense indicate that 59 percent of reporting stores experienced an increase in sales for the first half of 2003, compared to the same period in 2002. Thirty-six percent reported a decline in sales, and 6 percent reported no change in sales from the previous year.

A third of responding stores reported sales increases of 6 percent or more, and 21 percent reported increases of more than 10 percent.

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16 Oct

UMBA Presents Two Days of Exhibits and an Abundance of Authors and Educational Events

The Upper Midwest Booksellers Association (UMBA) held its 2003 fall trade show from Friday, October 10, to Sunday, October 12, at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minneapolis. All education programming was free, and the number of bookstores represented was the highest in years.

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16 Oct

Paper and Ink -- Writing a Story for 25 Years

David Koehl's bookstore, Paper and Ink, is an institution in Tiffin, Ohio. Koehl, who grew up in the town of 20,000, graduated from Franklin University in Columbus 25 years ago and returned to Tiffin with a degree in public administration and a job offer from the county auditor. He turned down the position, preferring to open his own business.

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