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20 Aug

Two Book Sense 76 Recommendations Featured in October The Atlantic Monthly

The October issue of The Atlantic Monthly will include two bookmark-style ads featuring Book Sense 76 recommendations from booksellers with Book Sense.

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19 Aug

June Bookstore Sales Show Slight Gain

In a month featuring the release of two new blockbusters, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Living History, and the first pick of Oprah's revived book club -- East of Eden, bookstore sales came in slightly ahead of last year's figure. June is the first month this year to show a gain over 2002.

Retail sales in bookstores in June of $1,178 million were 1.9 percent better than last June’s $1,156 million.

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19 Aug

Blackout 2003: Independent Booksellers a Beacon in the Dark

Maybe somebody up there likes independent booksellers. Or maybe it was simply a coincidence that the majority of Northeastern booksellers who spoke to BTW about last Thursday's blackout explained that -- while all around them other business owners fumbled through the dark -- for reasons sometimes unknown, their lights never went out. And for one night, these independent bookstores were not only a symbolic, but also a literal, beacon of light in their communities.

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19 Aug

Getting the Blog Rolling

Blogs, short for Web logs, are rapidly becoming ways for individuals to share information about their lives and work. Teenagers love them, authors communicate with readers, even politicians are chronicling their activities and philosophies through blogs. Some booksellers are experimenting with blogs to pass on information of interest to dedicated customers.

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