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05 Jul

Nebraska's Book Maven, Nancy Rips

Warren Buffett may be the Oracle of Omaha, but Nancy Rips is Omaha's very own Book Maven. Over the past few decades, Rips has discovered and developed unique ways to bring books to people and people to books.

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05 Jul

Shaman Drum's Pohrt Honored by U-M Professor

Karl Pohrt, owner of the Shaman Drum Bookshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan, recently received the honor of having a professorship at the University of Michigan named for him. The honor was conferred by U-M German history professor Geoff Eley. Eley was given the title of distinguished professor, which allows him to name the position after a "person of distinction" in a related field of interest.

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05 Jul

BTW News Briefs


BISG to Present Information Session on Batch.Co.UK

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05 Jul

A Letter to the Editor

So I'm puzzled ...

I read the article in [last] week's Bookselling This Week about the lack of participation in ABACUS. Only 150 stores in the entire country have sent in numbers to ABA for this year's survey.

I am puzzled because ABA is working on our behalf, spending countless dollars for one purpose: To make our stores more profitable. Why is there not a 100 percent participatory rate in this survey? Is everyone making enough money?

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