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06 Dec

BTW News Briefs

S&S to Publish Sobol Fiction Winners

On December 6, the Touchstone Division of Simon & Schuster and Sobol Literary Enterprises, Inc. announced an agreement to publish the three winners of the inaugural Sobol Award for Fiction, which seeks to recognize talented, unpublished fiction writers.

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06 Dec

A Great Big Thanks to Winter Institute Sponsors

"The 500 booksellers who will be attending the American Booksellers Association's Second Annual Winter Institute in Portland, Oregon, on February 1 and 2 will be the beneficiaries of the generosity of more than 30 sponsors.

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05 Dec

Newest Scam Involves Gift Cards

As every retailer knows, thieves are an inventive lot. It seems that for every season, and for every technological advance, a new scam appears that hurts businesses and consumers alike. One of the newest involves the theft of gift card ID numbers that allow thieves access to card balances. Here's how it works: A thief will write down the numbers on gift cards displayed in a store, but does not purchase or steal the cards. The thief will then wait a few days before calling the store to ask what the current balance is for a card number he or she has recorded.

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05 Dec

'Improbable' Durham Bookstore Turns 30

The Regulator Bookshop, an 8,000-square-foot, two-story general bookstore in a vibrant Durham, North Carolina, neighborhood, celebrated its 30th anniversary last weekend, and Durham's mayor issued a proclamation declaring December 4 "Regulator Bookshop Day."

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