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04 Apr

Vigilance Pays for Online Merchants

Over the past few weeks, there has been a slight increase in the number of attempts by individuals to place fraudulent orders at BookSense.com stores, according to Len Vlahos, director of BookSense.com. He noted that these orders are still the very rare exception at BookSense.com stores. However, last week BookSense.com e-mailed stores to alert them to certain types of orders that should be flagged and looked at carefully.

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04 Apr

Book Sense Welcomes Two New Publisher Partners

Book Sense is very pleased to welcome Independent Publishers Group and Toby Press as the newest members of the ever-expanding family of Publisher Partners.

Independent Publishers Group (IPG) was founded in 1971 as the first master distribution company of its kind. It was "reborn" in 1987 when it was purchased by Chicago Review Press and has since then been one of the fastest growing companies in the book business.

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04 Apr

Community Rushes to Support Indie After Store Is Flooded

Caren Lobo, owner with her husband, Richard, of Sarasota News & Books in Sarasota, Florida, supplied BTW with some possible headlines for the story of the store's massive flood on Wednesday, March 27, "How about 'Sarasota News & Books Gives New Meaning to Waterfront Property,' or 'Sarasota Book Store: Newest Snorkeling Destination'?"

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04 Apr

The Summer Reading/Paperback Book Sense 76

As promised last week, here’s the first Paperback Book Sense 76, which features a wonderful selection of great reading for the summer months.

Don’t forget the May/June Book Sense 76, as well. It features more of the great bounty of new books coming out, with an emphasis on the many worthy hardcover publications.

June, July, and August 2002

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