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22 Feb

Bookstore Photos Sought for IBF Calendar

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the International Booksellers Federation (IBF), a non-governmental organization of booksellers associations and booksellers from around the world, is publishing a calendar featuring bookshops representing all IBF member countries.

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16 Feb

Homer, Hemingway, and the Palm Pilot: The Changing Business of Books

By Peter Osnos, Senior Fellow for Media at The Century Foundation

The book is an eternal artifact of civilization. Sacred texts. Classics by a crackling fire; a great story; a library lined with the handsome bindings of favorites; a bookstore where browsing is a joy of reminiscence and discovery.

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16 Feb

Time to Cast Ballots Slipping By

The American Booksellers Association is encouraging the owners and staff of all member bookstores to cast their ballots now for the 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards.

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16 Feb

Board Candidate Petition Deadline March 3

Last week, the American Booksellers Association announced the names of booksellers approved by the Board of Directors as candidates for the 2006 director elections. They are Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona; Becky Anderson of Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville and Downers Grove, Illinois; and Beth Puffer of Bank Street Bookstore in New York City. Shanks is currently a member of the ABA Board and is eligible for one additional three-year term.

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