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04 Jan

Lincoln Offers Opportunity to Promote Books, Raise Money for Mental Health

In the crush of the holiday season, stores with Book Sense may have set aside materials sent in the December Red Box for a later look. But included in that mailing were materials for a special promotion tying into the premiere of The History Channel's documentary Lincoln on Monday, January 16 (8:00 p.m./7:00 C.). The program explores a little-known side of the 16th president, who suffered suicidal urges and called himself "the loneliest man in the world."

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04 Jan

BookSense.com On the Move

BookSense.com recently announced its first group of new features for 2006, as well as other important news:

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04 Jan

My Journey Into Retail, or How I Spent Three Fun Days in Salt Lake City's The King's English

By Oren Teicher, ABA COO

From December 16 to December 18, ABA COO Oren Teicher joined the booksellers at The King's English in Salt Lake City, Utah, for a three-day stint as a frontline bookseller. This is his account of the final, hectic holiday sales days at one of the country's leading independent stores.

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04 Jan

BTW News Briefs


Worcester Tatnuck Closes

After 30 years in business in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, January 3, Larry Abramoff closed Tatnuck Bookseller & Sons, Inc., as reported by the Worcester Telegram. Abramoff told the Telegram that the business would be consolidated at Tatnuck's Westboro store, which has "bigger space, a less complicated operation, and fewer employees."

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