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14 Aug

Announcing the 2003 September/October Book Sense 76

The September/October Book Sense 76 is now online at news.bookweb.org/read/1715. For the past several weeks, a daily e-mail stream of enthusiastic nominations from independent booksellers has created an usually strong 76 list -- highlights from what looks to be quite a season of compelling fiction and nonfiction. Many thanks to all the booksellers who took the time to nominate titles and whose passion and insight so enrich the Book Sense 76.

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14 Aug

BTW News Briefs

Simplified Online Sales Tax Initiative Making Progress

On Wednesday, August 13, the Wall Street Journal reported that states are making progress with a program intended to simplify how sales tax is collected from out-of-state retailers. The Streamlined Sales Tax Project, which includes 20 states that have passed legislation to simply their sales tax laws, would make it easier to collect an estimated $13 billion in sales taxes from online purchases. The initiative is not expected to be in place until late 2004, at the earliest.

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14 Aug

Last Call for Print ABA Book Buyer's Handbook

Within the next few weeks, ABA will begin producing the print-on-demand edition of the 2003-2004 edition of the ABA Book Buyer's Handbook. The price for this edition has been set at $55.

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14 Aug

Book Sense Electronic Gift Card Program Launches

On August 13, ABA announced that an agreement and order forms to sign up for the Book Sense Electronic Gift Card Program are now available online, at www.BookWeb.org/read/6372. Booksellers participating in the Book Sense marketing program are encouraged to sign the agreement and to order gift cards immediately to have them available for sale by October 1.

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