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12 Apr

2006 - 2007 Book Sense Reading Group Picks Preview

Independent stores with Book Sense will be receiving the 2006 - 2007 Reading Group Picks list in the May Red Box. The full list, with bookseller quotes, can be previewed online now.

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12 Apr

'Eye-Opening' Forum Held in Iowa

On Saturday, April 8, about 35 booksellers attended an American Booksellers Association Booksellers Forum and Education Program, held at the Iowa House Hotel on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. The event was held in conjunction with the Midwest Booksellers Association (MBA) Spring Meeting.

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12 Apr

Russ Lawrence on the Prospect of Starting a New Chapter as ABA President

American Booksellers Association bookstore members are currently casting ballots to elect 2006 - 2007 ABA Board directors and to ratify the ABA Nominating Committee's choice of Russ Lawrence of Chapter One Book Store in Hamilton, Montana, for a first term as ABA president, and of Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, for a one-year term as vice president.

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12 Apr

AMIBA Offers Testimony Opposing Wal-Mart Bank

On Monday, April 10, Jeff Milchen, co-founder of the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA), testified at a public hearing to voice opposition to Wal-Mart's plans to open an industrial bank in Arlington, Virginia.

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