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13 Jun

The Book Sense Sports & Hobbies Bestseller List

Based on sales from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the U.S., for the eight-week period ending June 12, 2005.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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09 Jun

A Book Awards Roundup

Among BookExpo America's (BEA) many parties and gala festivities were several award ceremonies celebrating some of the best of the best, including the presentation of the 2005 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards, recognizing independent booksellers' handselling favorites, at ABA's Celebration of Bookselling.

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09 Jun

Booksellers Spell Fun at B-E-A!


Host Myla Goldberg, author of Bee Season and Wickett's Remedy.


Chapter and Breathe Spellers

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09 Jun

Spotlight on 'Buying, Selling, and Managing Gifts, Sidelines, and Other Non-Book Products 101'

"Sidelines can really add to your bottom line," said Gayle Shanks, co-owner of Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, at the ABA education session "Buying, Selling, and Managing Gifts, Sidelines, and Other Non-Book Products 101" at last week's BookExpo America in New York. "But I don't call them sidelines anymore. Customers don't understand what you mean when you say 'sidelines.' And if you use the word 'gifts,' over your PA system ...

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