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13 Dec

More Sidelines Selling for the Holidays & Beyond

Whether they are called gifts or sidelines, non-book products added to a bookstore's inventory mix can help boost the bottom line. In this second of a two-part series, booksellers share some of their consistent top-sellers not only for the holidays but year-round.

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13 Dec

Historic Snow & Ice Storm Didn't Play Well in Peoria

During the second week of the holiday shopping season, the first major snow and ice storm hit the Midwest, raging from the Rockies into Texas and then blasting its way through Missouri, Illinois, and Michigan. So bad was the storm that, in an area of the country where snowfall is as commonplace in December as decorations, menorahs, and Christmas trees, local media in Illinois characterized the two-day storm as "historic."

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13 Dec

Hometown Advantage Offers Compilation of Size Cap & Formula Business Ordinances

For the past several years, a growing number of local merchants, residents, and independent business alliances have influenced the manner in which their towns are developed by enacting or amending zoning laws to include retail size caps or formula business restrictions.

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13 Dec

For 25 Years, Malaprop's Offers the Right Word to Asheville

Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe has thrived in Asheville, North Carolina, for just short of 25 years. The now 6,000-square-foot bookstore was founded on June 1, 1982, by Emoke B'Racz, a Hungarian emigre. In 2000, B'Racz was honored as Publishers Weekly Bookseller of the Year.

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