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21 Oct

New Civic Economics Study, Same Results: Local Merchants Give More Back

On Thursday, October 21, Civic Economics released a new, in-depth local economic impact study, "The Andersonville Study of Retail Economics," that once again clearly illustrates that local merchants contribute significantly more money to the local economy than do retail chains.

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21 Oct

November 'We Also Recommend' Now Available

The downloadable PDF flier of November "We Also Recommend" titles, which includes bibliographic information, jacket images, and booksellers' quotations for the 20 titles listed below, is now available. To access, click here.

The "We Also Recommend" titles are also featured in an electronic file of shelf-talkers for in-store use. (To access the shelf-talkers, click here.)

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20 Oct

Bookstore Sales in August Disappointing

August is the fifth month in a row in which bookstore sales have trailed last year's figures. August 2004 bookstore sales of $2,079 million were 4.1 percent lower than the $2,167 for August 2003.

In contrast, overall retail sales of $345 billion for August 2004, were 4.5 percent better than the $330 billion reported in August 2003.

Year-to-date bookstore sales, incorporating the negative performance of the past five months, show no gain over the same time period last year.

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20 Oct

The Book Sense National Politics & Presidents Bestseller List

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the country for the eight week period ended October 17, 2004.

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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