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24 Apr

* * * Countdown to BookExpo * * * ABA Specialty Roundtables Offer Booksellers Excellent Educational Opportunities

On Saturday, May 31, at BookExpo America (BEA) in Los Angeles, ABA will be offering a full plate of Specialty Bookseller-to-Bookseller Roundtables, giving specialty booksellers an excellent opportunity to get together with their colleagues and chat about their specific niche market. ABA will conduct 12 different specialty roundtables designed for booksellers who are predominantly engaged in selling books in specialty areas; roundtable sessions are not intended for general stores with specialty sections.

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24 Apr

Literary Bookpost Makes Mark in Small North Carolina Town

How many Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, and locksmiths does it take to run a successful bookstore? If the Literary Bookpost in Salisbury, North Carolina, is any indication -- a total of four, with some help from Book Sense. Owner Deal Safrit, who formerly ran an industrial locksmith business, founded the store in 1998, and has built a small staff of part-timers comprised of doctors of philosophy and a lawyer. Safrit traces his dream of owning a bookstore to his preteen years spent scouring the shelves of the now defunct Bunker's Bookstore in Salisbury.

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24 Apr

The Book Sense Category Bestseller List: Nautical Interest

Based on sales from over 365 independent booksellers across America over the last four weeks.

Attention Media: Please contact Kristen Gilligan at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

(To view previous Book Sense category bestseller lists, click here.)

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24 Apr

Publishers, Promote Your Books Through BookSense.com!

The American Booksellers Association is inviting publishers to participate in the BookSense.com Co-op Reimbursement Program. The new program helps publishers promote their books through both the Web sites and bricks-and-mortar locations of participating stores. ABA has been testing the program with the help of four publishers -- AOL/Time Warner, Harcourt, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster -- and 30 bookstores.

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