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13 Oct

2004 National Book Award Finalists Announced

On Wednesday, October 13, the 20 finalists for the 2004 National Book Awards were announced by Garrison Keillor at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. The winners in each of four categories -- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature -- will be announced on November 17 at a ceremony at the Marriott Marquis in New York City to be hosted by Keillor. Each winner will receive $10,000 and a bronze statue; each finalist will receive a $1,000 cash award and a bronze medal.

The finalists are:

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13 Oct

The Worths Build a Business: River Reader Books

This past June, when Patricia Worth, and her husband, Gary, who works as a graphic designer, opened River Reader Books in Lexington, Missouri, Patricia left a 16-year career as a contractor to become a full-time bookseller, and, since the new bookstore has a cafe, a barista, too. "No sense in learning one new trade when you can learn three or four," she joked.

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13 Oct

Bounty of Action-Oriented Material in October Red Box

The October Book Sense Red Box is full of useful information, marketing aids, and value-added items for your customers:

Your initial quantity of November Book Sense Picks fliers, along with a pad of the Top Ten Political Title Picks, co-sponsored by the History Channel. If you receive more than 200 Picks fliers each month, the balance will be shipped separately. If you need to adjust the number of fliers or specialty pads you are receiving, please contact Linda Ford at [email protected].

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13 Oct

CRP Petitions: Not Too Late

Although the formal presentation to Congress of thousands of Campaign for Reader Privacy petitions took place on September 29, bookstores that still have signed petitions should send them to the American Booksellers Association. "We'll be doing a supplementary presentation to Congress" said ABA COO Oren Teicher, "so, even after the deadline, if bookstores still have signed petitions, they should send in what they've got.

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