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23 Nov

A Moment's Input Can Ensure Quality Start of 2006 Picks

This has been a busy few weeks for the Book Sense Picks program. Booksellers should have received the year-end Book Sense Picks list of the year's highlights, and the 2005 - 2006 Winter Children's Book Sense Picks list should be arriving at stores this week. In addition, the January Book Sense Picks list will be shipping to bookstores in the Book Sense program in the December Red Box.

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22 Nov

Hotel ABA: Don't Be Caught in the Cold

As booksellers enter, what is for most, their busiest season, the American Booksellers Association wants to draw their attention to the rapidly decreasing number of rooms available at Hotel ABA at BookExpo America 2006 in Washington, D.C.

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22 Nov

Koen-Levy to Open This Weekend

Just in time for the holiday season, Koen-Levy Book Wholesalers, LLC, will be open to receive orders from booksellers starting this weekend, Bob Koen, Koen-Levy's general manager, told Bookselling This Week in a recent interview. The news comes less a month after Levy Home Entertainment announced that it had acquired certain Koen assets and would be forming Koen-Levy. The company has been operational since Halloween. "We're doing receiving -- getting books in," Koen said. "We have between 15,000 and 20,000 on order with 3,000 received so far.

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22 Nov

New Booksellers Shed Light on 'Opening' Experience

Former librarians Kimberly Diehm and Jennifer Graves are preparing to open The NeverEnding Story Children's Bookshoppe in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February 2006. Here, they share their experiences in gathering information to help them make the decision to become booksellers, about writing a business plan, and in finding financing.

By Kimberly Diehm and Jennifer Graves

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