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18 Oct

Twenty-Third Avenue Books: From Keeping the Books to Selling Them

New bookseller Stephanie Griffin had spent the majority of her working life as the bookkeeper for a lumber company. This past April, she left her career of 25 years to become the new owner of Twenty-Third Avenue Books, a 2,500-square foot general bookstore in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, just four blocks from her home.

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17 Oct

Bookstores to Offer Screenings of Indies Under Fire

Booksellers on the East and West coasts are holding screenings for Indies Under Fire: The Battle for the American Bookstore, an award-winning documentary film about the struggles of independent booksellers in California's Bay Area.

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16 Oct

Bookstore Sales Suffer Summer Doldrums

August was the second month in a row that retail sales at bookstores failed to keep pace with the previous year, according to estimates recently released by the Bureau of the Census. August 2006 bookstore sales of $2,001 million were down 7.7 percent from last August. Year-to-date retail sales at bookstores are now down 2.0 percent from 2005.

In contrast, overall retail sales of $382 billion for August 2006 reflect a 6.4 percent increase over the $359 billion of August 2005.

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16 Oct

SCBA Trade Show This Saturday

The Southern California Booksellers Association's (SCBA) Authors Feast and Trade Show will be held on Saturday, October 21, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Among the day's highlights will be the 2006 Authors Feast, Spoken Word Radio Show Luncheon, and ABA educational programs "Shop Local: Forming Business Alliances in Your Community" and "Handselling: Customer Service With Results."

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