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07 Feb

The Gift Experience

By Lance Fensterman

When was the last time you stood refueling your car and didn't see, essentially, a convenience store inside the gas station? Have you been to a movie theatre recently that had no concession stand? Did you know that Best Buy is now opening stores where you can get a pedicure and buy organic healthcare products while you learn about the latest iPod innovations?

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07 Feb

Offering Words of Wisdom in Jasper, Indiana

Already named one of the 25 best small towns in America, Jasper, Indiana, can now boast its own independent bookstore. Words of Wisdom, a general bookstore, owned by Michelle O'Connor, opened on November 11, 2005.

As far back as O'Connor can remember, there hasn't been a bookstore in the southern Indiana town of 12,000. The local Wal-Mart sells books, but the nearest bookstore is an hour's drive away.

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07 Feb

Feel the Need to Read? SCBA to Hold Third Bookstore Tour

On Saturday, February 25, in Los Angeles, the Southern California Booksellers Association (SCBA) will hold its third Independent Bookstore Tour. This year, the "I Feel the Need to Read" tour will celebrate the role of independent booksellers in Southern California and in communities nationwide. SCBA is inviting readers to visit "some of the country's most knowledgeable and inspiring bookstores to meet authors and fellow book lovers."

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06 Feb

The Book Sense Health & Fitness Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense across the nation for the eight-week period ending February 5, 2006.

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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