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16 Aug

Bozeman Bets Consumers Prefer to Buy Local

It's not often that consumers take it upon themselves to form an independent business alliance, but for Suzie Johnson ensuring that Bozeman, Montana, maintained its unique character was very important. So, several years ago, when she found out just how crucial it is for communities to support local independent business, she acted. In 2002, she founded the Gallatin Valley Independent Business Alliance, for which she now serves as president.

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16 Aug

Phase One of BookSense.com Move to ISBN-13 Complete

This week, BookSense.com Director Len Vlahos announced that the first phase of work to make BookSense.com websites ISBN-13 compatible has been completed. "Booksellers and consumers can now search for and find books with both 10- and 13-digit ISBNs," Vlahos said.

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16 Aug

BTW News Briefs

Man Booker Prize for Fiction Longlist Announced

On Monday, August 14, the judging panel for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced the longlist of books for this year. The 19 titles on the list were chosen from 112 entries; 95 were submitted for the prize and 17 were called in by the panel of judges.

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15 Aug

June Bookstore Sales Up

Retail sales at bookstores this June reflected a healthy increase over June 2005, according to estimates recently released by the Bureau of the Census. June 2006 bookstore sales of $1,176 million were 4.2 percent higher than the $1,129 million of June 2005. This was the second consecutive month that bookstore sales showed an improvement over the same period last year.

Overall retail sales of $373 billion for June 2006 were 5.4 percent better than the $354 billion of June 2005.

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