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19 Jul

BTW News Briefs

BEA Raises More Than $30,000 for Book Industry Foundation

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19 Jul

Obituary: Lt. Col. Charles E. Munier of Wheatland Mercantile

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19 Jul

Expanding The Spoken Word

The Spoken Word, the nationally syndicated radio program featuring author events recorded at independent bookstores throughout the country, is now available to hundreds of public radio stations nationwide via download at the Public Radio Exchange, a cooperative syndication platform. The show is currently carried on about 40 stations.

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18 Jul

May Bookstore Sales Show Slight Improvement

After three months of decline, May 2006 retail sales at bookstores reflected a small increase over sales in May 2005, according to recently released Census Bureau estimates. May bookstore sales of $1,111 million were 1.2 percent better than the $1,098 million reported in May 2005.

Although not a substantial gain, the increase kept bookstore sales for the year to date just above those for the same period in 2005.

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