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25 May

The 2006 Book Sense Summer Paperback Picks and Notables Preview

The 2006 Book Sense Summer Paperback Picks, with booksellers' comments, is now available on BookWeb.org. The printed list will be sent to stores with Book Sense in the June Red Box mailing.

The list is a wide-ranging and intriguing collection of great titles for summer readers, and Book Sense sends thanks to every bookseller who nominated titles.

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25 May

BTW News Briefs

BEA Announces Attendance Figures

On Thursday, May 25, BookExpo America released attendance figures for last week's trade show in Washington, D.C. Of the 31,971 industry professionals registered for the 2006 show, BEA said that 22,366 were verified attendees. In comparison, the total number of registrants for last year's BEA in New York City was 34,966 and the total number of verified attendees was 27,421. In 2004, in Chicago, the total number of registrants was 25,261, and the total number of verified attendees was 18,213.

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25 May

Booksellers Offer Advice About Effective E-Newsletters

"Creating Effective E-Newsletters," part of the American Booksellers Association's Thursday Day of Education at BookExpo America, covered everything from creating a template for a store's first e-newsletter to advertising author events and livening up stale newsletters with promises of "free monkeys." More than 50 booksellers attended the late-afternoon session featuring panelists Kelly Justice of Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia, and Margie Scott Tucker of Books

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25 May

ABA Annual Meeting Presentation Available

Reports presented to American Booksellers Association members at the ABA Annual Meeting on Friday, May 19, at BookExpo America are available to all members in a PDF document on the association's trade website, BookWeb.org.

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