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21 Aug

Borders Acquires the Assets of Hawley-Cooke Booksellers

On Monday, August 18, Borders Group Inc. announced that it had acquired the assets of Hawley-Cooke Booksellers in Louisville, Kentucky, from owners Graham Cooke, Martha Neal Cooke, William Schuetze, and Audrey Beach Schuetze. Borders plans to shut down both Hawley-Cooke stores for a short time in early September and plans to re-open them as Borders Books & Music stores on September 13. A Borders Books & Music, currently under construction in Louisville, is also scheduled to open on the same day, and a fourth Borders opening is planned for next year.

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21 Aug

Call for ABA Board of Directors Nominations

The American Booksellers Association Nominating Committee, chaired by Neal Coonerty of Bookshop Santa Cruz, is searching for qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors. Under ABA's bylaws, the terms of three members of the nine-member board expire each year, and at least one of the three candidates cannot have served on the current board. Board members are eligible to be elected for two three-year terms.

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20 Aug

A Lifetime of Reading Distilled in Book Lust

It took Nancy Pearl a year to complete Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Sasquatch Books, September 2003). But that's just one way of looking at it.

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20 Aug

New England Booksellers Confront Shoplifting

Each new season brings changes in hemlines, baby names, and books being published … and shoplifted. Many New England booksellers are finding that blockbuster bestsellers are very high on the lists of books most stolen from independent stores. The problem of shoplifting is a constant one for retailers, but some New England Booksellers Association (NEBA) members have recently noticed changes in the quantity and types of books stolen from their stores.

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