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26 Jun

Butterfly Books Changes Hands But Not Philosophy

Nine years ago, Karen Gaston, then co-owner of Butterfly Books in De Pere, Wisconsin, asked her friend Barbara Wilson to help out at her children's bookstore for a few hours during the holiday season. Wilson enjoyed it so much she stayed on as a part-time staff member, and, last January, she bought the place. "This is the job I've always wanted," said Wilson. "I've always been interested in children's literature."

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26 Jun

Book Sense 76 Summer Paperback Top Ten Featured in New Yorker Ad

The July 7 issue of The New Yorker, on sale June 30, will include a full-page Book Sense ad featuring the Top Ten picks from the Summer Paperback 76.

"The ad provides booksellers a terrific opportunity to highlight these titles in store displays," said ABA Marketing Director Jill Perlstein.

For a downloadable PDF file of the July 7 New Yorker ad, click here.

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26 Jun

The Complete July/August Book Sense 76

The 2003 July/August Book Sense 76, with booksellers' comments, is now online at news.bookweb.org/read/1560. The fliers will be shipped to stores during the week of July 7.

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26 Jun

Hail Harry -- Independents Revel in the Release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Booksellers all knew it would be big, but no one really knew just how big…. By sunset on June 21, the longest day of the calendar year, over five million copies of the longest book most people will ever read were sold around the country. Kids who previously needed naps after 10 pages of The Red Badge of Courage, stayed up through the night to finish the 870-page Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

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