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18 Jan

ABA's New Digital Task Force Has First Meeting

On Wednesday, January 10, ABA's new Digital Task Force (DTF) held its first meeting at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, in Brooklyn, New York.

The DTF is composed of 10 booksellers and industry professionals and five ABA staff members, and it is charged with looking at the myriad technical changes affecting the world of consumer book consumption, from the digitization of content to the burgeoning world of online social networking. The goal of the DTF will be to help advise ABA on devising strategies to address these issues.

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18 Jan

What's So Special About the Winter Institute? Plenty!

In less than two weeks, booksellers from around the country will be gathering in Portland, Oregon, for ABA's Second Annual Winter Institute, to learn, to network, and to just have fun. This year, the two-day education program is chock full of special events, including festive receptions, a provocative plenary session, a New Media Lunch, and much, much more.

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17 Jan

Drugan Memorial Service on Monday

The New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA) memorial service for Rusty Drugan will be on Monday, January 22, from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Westford Regency Inn and Conference Center in Westford, Massachusetts. The service will be followed by a reception.

Drugan, who was NEIBA's executive director from 1992 until his resignation in August, died on Thursday, December 7, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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17 Jan

125 Authors Choose the Greatest Works of Literature

The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books, edited by J. Peder Zane (Norton), features the responses of 125 leading American and British authors who were asked to name their choices for the 10 greatest works of literature of all time, in order of preference.

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