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14 Mar

Indie Bookstore Helps Town Make List of Distinctive Destinations

The charming town of Woodstock -- the one in Illinois, 45 miles from Chicago, not the 1960s mecca in upstate New York -- was recently named one of the Dozen Distinctive Destinations of 2007 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Among the town's most notable features, according to the trust, are its "delightful collection of shops," which includes Read Between the Lynes, a 20-month-old independent general bookstore owned by Arlene Lynes.

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14 Mar

January Bookstore Sales Down

Retail sales at bookstores in January, while stronger than in recent months, failed to equal sales of the previous January, according to estimates recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

January 2007 bookstore sales of $2,122 million were lower than the previous January by slightly less than one percentage point. This was the seventh month in a row that bookstore sales failed to keep pace with the same period during the previous year.

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14 Mar

The Book Sense Travel Literature Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 12, 2007.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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14 Mar

Emerging Leaders to Meet in NYC & Boston

March will be a month of firsts for the Emerging Leaders Project -- a group of booksellers and industry professionals working together to identify the next generation of industry leaders. On March 18, ELP's New York City chapter will be holding its first-ever "ELNO-BO: Emerging Leaders Night Out - Booksellers Only!"; and on March 26, Emerging Leaders will be holding its first Boston-area meeting.

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