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19 Jan

Hotel ABA Sold Out -- Reservations Now Being Accepted at Second Hotel

This week, the American Booksellers Association announced that Hotel ABA/D.C., the Doubletree Crystal City, which is the exclusive hotel for ABA member booksellers attending BookExpo America 2006 in Washington, D.C., is sold out. At the same time, the association announced the opening of registration at an overflow hotel, the Hilton Crystal City, just a few minutes ride from the Doubletree.

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18 Jan

Book Sense Gift Card Sales Climb

While overall holiday sales ranged from slightly down to solid gains at bookstores across the country, sales of Book Sense gift cards showed strong overall increases. According to gift card sales figures recently compiled by the American Booksellers Association, sales of Book Sense gift cards in November and December 2005 increased more than 38 percent over the same period last year. Total gift card sales for the final two months of the year totaled over $3 million. Sales (both activations and increments) since the program's inception in October 2003 have reached almost $11 million.

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18 Jan

Bookseller Fights to Maintain Island's Historic Charm

When it comes to advocating change in local politics, it's good to have persistence and patience. Fortunately for the residents of Nantucket, Massachusetts, who want the town to retain its historic charm, bookseller Wendy Hudson possesses both.

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18 Jan

The Frey Fray: Truth or Fiction -- Does it Matter?

On January 8, TheSmokingGun.com published an extensive expose asserting that James Frey's top-selling A Million Little Pieces is filled with "fabrications, falsehoods [and] other fakery."

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