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14 Jun

BEA Releases Attendance Figures

On Tuesday, June 14, BookExpo America (BEA) released its final report on attendance at this year's show, which was held from June 2 - 5 at New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center. Industry professionals registered for the show numbered 34,966, and 27, 421 attendees were verified with scanners at the show entrances, according to the BEA report. Of those in attendance 7,701 were estimated to be book buyers.

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14 Jun

BISG to Offer ISBN-13 "Webinars"

On January 1, 2007, the ISBN agency will begin issuing 13-digit ISBNs; publishers must assign only 13-digit ISBNs to their books; and retailers' POS systems must accept 13-digit ISBNs. To help book industry professionals navigate the switch from the 10-digit to the 13-digit ISBN, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) will be holding online seminars, or "webinars," designed to unravel the complexities of the ISBN transition.

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14 Jun

BEA on BookTV

For those who would like to relive some of the experiences of BookExpo America 2005, and for others who would like to get a sense of what it was like, C-SPAN2's "BookTV" will be broadcasting programming from this year's show on Saturday, June 18, and on Sunday, June 19.

At press time, the Saturday lineup, according to BookTV's website, www.booktv.org, is:

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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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