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16 Mar

San Francisco State University Bookstore to Promote Value of Independents

To help booksellers educate consumers about the benefits independent businesses bring to their communities, last December, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) created two posters featuring attention-getting talking points. One poster compared Amazon.com's contributions to California, in terms of taxes, donations, and employment, to that of independent booksellers.

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16 Mar

Books & Books to Open a New Location

Florida's Books & Books, which in November opened a new location inside the Delray Beach headquarters and showroom of Levenger, Inc., will open another location in April at Bal Harbour Shops, an upscale shopping center north of Miami Beach.

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16 Mar

First Class Bookstore for the Second City

Chicago's The Seminary Co-op Bookstore, housed in the basement of Chicago Theological Seminary, was founded in 1961 when 17 students from the University of Chicago and area seminaries each invested $10 to open a co-operative and, shortly after, the bookstore. It has since expanded and has two more branches -- 57th Street Books and The Newberry Library bookstore -- with each store maintaining its own character and the initial co-operative business plan.

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16 Mar

San Francisco State University Bookstore to Promote Value of Independents

To help booksellers educate consumers about the benefits independent businesses bring to their communities, last December, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) created two posters featuring attention-getting talking points. One poster compared Amazon.com's contributions to California, in terms of taxes, donations, and employment, to that of independent booksellers.

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