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15 Aug

Search for ABA Board Directors Underway

The American Booksellers Association's Nominating Committee, chaired by Collette Morgan of Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis, is searching for qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors.

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15 Aug

Help Wanted: Bookseller Input Sought for 2007 Education Programming

The owners and staff of all American Bookseller Association member stores can help formulate the association's 2007 education program through participation in the 2006 ABA Education Survey. Member survey responses are being compiled to provide guidance to the bookseller volunteers on ABA's Education Task Force who will convene this fall to plan the association's 2007 education offerings.

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15 Aug

'Leap of Faith' Enables Employee to Purchase Northtown Books

By Amy Stewart

When Art Burton and Barbara Turner decided it was time to sell Northtown Books, they knew how hard it could be to find a buyer for a small, independent bookstore. After all, they had only been able to purchase the bookstore from its previous owner, Jack Hitt, because he was willing to carry the note. The best way to keep the store alive, they realized, was for them to do the same. On June 1 -- right around the store's 40th anniversary -- longtime employee Dante DiGenova became Northtown's newest owner.

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15 Aug

Workshop to Focus on Essentials for Prospective Booksellers

"Opening a Bookstore: The Business Essentials," a weeklong workshop for those interested in opening, buying, or investing in a bookstore, will be held from October 3 - 9 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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