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20 May

Chuck Robinson Honored With Liberty Bell Award

On May 7, Chuck Robinson, owner of Village Books in Bellingham, Washington, was presented with this year's Liberty Bell Award by the Whatcom County Bar Association. The award acknowledges outstanding community service to the legal system by a non-attorney, including encouraging a sense of civic responsibility and contributing to good government.

A member of the Board of Directors of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Robinson served on the American Booksellers Association Board and was its president from 1992 - 1994.

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20 May

Wiley Offers Independents New Way to Sharpen Their Skills

The publishing series that took the sting out of being called a "dummy" is offering independent booksellers a special publication to help them "work smarter, not harder." Beginning at BookExpo America, Wiley Publishing is offering booksellers free copies of a special BEA edition of Bookselling For Dummies.

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20 May

ABA Provides Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules Online for Members

The Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules (September 30, 2002 and 2001) With Independent Auditors' Report of the American Booksellers Association and its subsidiaries is available online for members in downloadable PDF format at www.bookweb.org/docs/bookstores/aboutaba/2002CombAudit.pdf.

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19 May

Sharp Drop in March Bookstore Sales

Bookstore sales in March turned sharply downward continuing the decline that began in February. March sales of $929 million were 17 percent lower than the $1,126 million realized in March of last year.

Overall retail sales of $306 billion for March 2003 were 3.4 percent ahead of the $296 billion for the previous year.

March is the 14th month in a row in which bookstore sales failed to keep pace with overall retail.

2002-2003 RETAIL SALES for BOOKSTORES (unadjusted)

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