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22 Jun

Presenting the Full July Book Sense Notables

The July Book Sense Notables list, with booksellers' quotes, is now available in a downloadable PDF flier on BookWeb.org. The flier includes jacket images, bibliographic information, and bookseller quotes. These additional 20 titles are also featured in an electronic file of shelf-talkers for in-store use.

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21 Jun

AMIBA's Independents Week to Start July 1

The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) -- a national outreach networking hub and resource center for independent business alliances (IBAs) and independent businesses -- has once again declared July 1 through July 7 Independents Week. The second annual national weeklong promotion serves to educate the public on the importance of shopping at local, independent businesses.

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21 Jun

ABFFE Reissues Harry Potter Flier

To help educate both children and their parents about the importance of free speech, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) is inviting booksellers to insert a flier about the efforts to censor books in the Harry Potter series in the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which has an on-sale date of Saturday, July 16.

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21 Jun

Bookselling Veteran Takes the Helm of Elm Street Books

After 15 years of owning and running the thriving R.J. Julia Booksellers, in Madison, Connecticut, starting July 1, Roxanne Coady will oversee management of the three-year-old Elm Street Books in New Canaan, Connecticut, with an option to buy. Lance Fensterman, formerly of Bound to be Read in St. Paul, Minnesota, was hired as the new store manager. "I'm thrilled about it," said Coady, who had worked with Elm Street previously as a consultant.

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