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05 Jan

Hurricane Relief Effort Culminates With Phase Two Disbursement

The Bookseller Relief Fund (BRF) recently distributed $80,000 to Gulf Coast booksellers most severely affected by Hurricane Katrina. The disbursement was the second phase of a plan created by the Bookseller Relief Fund Board to provide humanitarian assistance to those most in need.

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05 Jan

Thank You

A Thank-You Note to My Bookselling Colleagues

I'd like to thank my colleagues in the book industry. This whole ordeal has been overwhelming.

To wake up one morning and realize that everything you've worked so hard for, to create a particular comfort zone, no longer exists is devastating. For a while I was depressed and felt loss. And this was one time that I couldn't turn to my family because they too were in the same situation as I was.

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05 Jan

ABA Announces 2006 Winter/Spring Forum Schedule

The American Booksellers Association has announced a schedule of 13 Booksellers Forums over the course of three months, beginning in mid-February. Each will bring ABA staff and representatives of its Board of Directors together with membership across the country.

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05 Jan

ABA Partners With Above the Treeline

This week, the American Booksellers Association announced a new partnership with Above the Treeline, LLC, which provides an online software product designed to help bookstores improve finances by optimizing inventory selection.

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