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30 Sep

Return of Bookseller's Brainchild Puts First-Time Authors on the Rocks

Five authors in six cities in six nights. That's the plan for the 2004 First Fiction Tour, which will bring five debut authors representing five publishing houses to venues on the West Coast and in the Southwest from October 17 - 22. An independent bookstore in each of the six cities has organized an event that will be hosted onstage at a local bar. "It'll be like a rock 'n' roll show," said Craig Popelars, director of marketing for participating publisher Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

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30 Sep

The Book Sense Mystery and Horror Bestseller List

Based on sales from many hundreds of independent bookstores for the four-week period ending September 26, 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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30 Sep

On the Cape, A Wholesome Mix for Mind & Body

When Janis Brennan and Don Krohn, owners of Orleans Whole Food Store on Cape Cod, watched the closing of their community bookstore, Compass Rose Book Shop, they mourned the loss. It was one of the only businesses on Main Street that had been there longer than they had. So, last fall when space became available next to the foods store, they decided to open their own small general bookstore, Main Street Books. "It didn't seem right not to have a bookstore," said Brennan. "It was too sad. Orleans is a wonderful, literate town."

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30 Sep

New Gift Card Terminal Available

A new terminal for processing Book Sense Gift Cards is now available for purchase. The Elite 710 Terminal costs $295 and is a dial-up. A bit smaller than the Elite 510, the 710 has a built-in printer (that uses thermal paper) and a magnetic swipe. For more information and a photo of the 710 Terminal, click here.

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