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16 Aug

The Bus Stops Here: C-SPAN2's Book TV Heads Out to Meet Readers

Book TV is hitting the road. On Saturday, September 24, C-SPAN2's Book TV Bus will kick off its debut tour at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. (http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/). From there, the Book TV Bus will head out to visit book festivals, local libraries, and bookstores in conjunction with local cable affiliates, which air the programming.

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16 Aug

Win a Trip to the Quills Awards

ABA member booksellers who encourage their customers to vote in the Quills Awards through a store promotion are invited to participate in a random drawing to win a trip to the red carpet awards ceremony to be held in October in New York City. To be eligible for the drawing, booksellers must send ABA proof of their Quills Awards voting promotion.

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16 Aug

Four Vendors Fully Certified to Process Book Sense Gift Cards

Those booksellers who are Book Sense Gift Card Program participants, or are thinking about joining the popular program, should note that four POS vendors currently offer an interface to support full access to the Book Sense Gift Card Program.

The vendors that are fully certified to process Book Sense Gift Cards are:

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16 Aug

New York International Gift Fair: The Frontline For Sidelines

As Gayle Shanks, owner of Changing Hands in Tempe, Arizona, emphasized at the BookExpo America education session "Buying, Selling, and Managing Gifts, Sidelines, and Other Non-Book Products 101," sidelines are best served fresh, although, of course, this doesn't preclude keeping around those top-sellers.

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