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11 Nov

Authors & Education Hit the Right Notes at SCBA

The Southern California Booksellers Association (SCBA) held its 2004 Fall Seminars on Friday, November 5, at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach and its Authors Feast on Saturday, November 6, at the Aquarium of the Pacific, also in Long Beach. "It went well," said outgoing SCBA president Lise Friedman of Dutton's Brentwood in Los Angeles.

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11 Nov

Call for ABA Board of Directors Nominations

The American Booksellers Association's Nominating Committee, chaired by Suzanne Staubach of UConn Co-op in Storrs, Connecticut, is searching for qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors. Under ABA's bylaws, the terms of three members of the nine-member board expire each year, and at least one of the three candidates cannot have served on the current board. Board members are eligible to be elected for two three-year terms.

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10 Nov

Booksellers Ride Polar Express for Worthy Causes

Booksellers are saluting The Polar Express, which chugged into movie theaters on November 10. The eagerly anticipated release of Warner Brothers' animated adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express (Houghton Mifflin) has generated many promotional activities, as well as altruistic possibilities for booksellers around the country.

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10 Nov

Tampa to Celebrate America Unchained and the Hometown Advantage

On Wednesday, November 17, Stacy Mitchell -- author of The Hometown Advantage: How to Defend Your Main Street Against Chain Stores and Why It Matters (Institute for Local Self-Reliance) -- will speak at the University of Tampa in a fundraising event sponsored by the Tampa Independent Business Alliance (TIBA).

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