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25 Mar

YA Lit -- Not Just for Kids Anymore

Sex, drugs, and other "problems of the month" persist as subjects of Young Adult books, but, according to booksellers who recently spoke to BTW, the YA field is growing more fantasy titles, getting more fuzzy about labeling, and appealing to more adults.

"It's gotten edgier," said Valerie Lewis, co-owner of 24-year-old Hicklebee's in San Jose, California. "The line between adults and young adults is thinner than ever."

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25 Mar

Perseus Celebrates Its Former Independents

Booksellers should not be surprised if they sense a special rapport with their new Perseus Books Group sales reps. After all, four of the six reps in the new Perseus in-house sales force are former independent booksellers. "In these times of chains, online stores, and lost market share, we wanted to make sure that people knew [independent bookstores] are important to us," said John Hughes, vice president, associate publisher and marketing director of Perseus Books Group.

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20 Mar

BookSense.com Testing New Publisher Co-Op Program

In February, BookSense.com began testing a new program that could help participating bookstores fund the entire cost of their BookSense.com Web sites through the use of newsletter co-op.

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20 Mar

Book Sense Publisher Partner Roster Reaches 100

Book Sense is proud to announce that the number of Publisher Partners participating in the program has reached 100.

We offer our sincere thanks for each Partner's support of Book Sense and look forward to working with them in the months to come!

Here's the list.

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