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31 Mar

Special Harry Potter Gift Card Created for Book Sense

Beginning next week, booksellers participating in the Book Sense Gift Card program will be able to order a special limited edition Harry Potter Book Sense gift card and coordinating presenter, which have been created in cooperation with Scholastic, Inc., the U.S. publisher of J.K. Rowling's record-breaking Harry Potter series.

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30 Mar

Joseph-Beth Booksellers' Eighth Location Set to Open

The Joseph-Beth Group, owners of Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and of Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Tennessee, is just weeks away from opening its eighth bookstore, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 18-year-old business, owned by Neil Van Uum, also ventured into new territory in November 2004, when its Pittsburgh store opened in a large mixed-use development project on the site of a former steel mill.

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30 Mar

ABA to Hold First Maine Forum & Education Program

The American Booksellers Association is bringing its spring Booksellers Forum and Education Program to Portland, Maine, on Wednesday, April 20. This is the second event of the season to be held in conjunction with the New England Booksellers Association (NEBA), but the first time ABA has brought the program to Maine.

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30 Mar

Spotlight on ABA Board Candidate Collette Morgan

American Booksellers Association Board of Directors ballots, arriving in stores now, feature the names of two new candidates for the Board: Collette Morgan of Wild Rumpus Books for Young Readers in Minneapolis and Michael Tucker of Books Inc. in San Francisco.

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