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05 Apr

The Book Sense Personal Finance & Investing Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending April 2, 2006, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine

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05 Apr

The Kaleidoscope in Hampton, Iowa

Keri Holmes moved from Winterset, Iowa, and opened The Kaleidoscope in Hampton on March 1, 2006, for a number of good reasons: She thought that residents having to drive over two hours for a good selection of books was unfair; she had observed what a successful independent bookstore entailed, as well as what it meant to the citizens of Winterset; and her sister and niece, business owners in Hampton, were nagging her to join them.

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05 Apr

Series Focuses on Need for Confidential Sources

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) and the MLRC Institute, a non-profit educational organization focused on the media and the First Amendment, have begun co-sponsoring a series of talks by reporters and media lawyers to explain the importance of confidential sources in uncovering news stories. Some of the nation's leading investigative reporters are appearing at bookstores across the county to discuss the dangerous increase in efforts to force journalists to reveal their sources.

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05 Apr

Productive Forum Held in Ohio

On Wednesday, March 29, the American Booksellers Association held a Booksellers Forum and Education Program in conjunction with the Great Lakes Booksellers Association (GLBA) at the Hilton Garden Inn in Dublin, Ohio. At the event, which was attended by approximately 50 booksellers, ABA presented two educational sessions followed by the Booksellers Forum.

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