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30 Sep

NCIBA and UMBA Trade Shows This Weekend

The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) and Upper Midwest Booksellers Association (UMBA) fall trade shows will be held from Friday, October 1 - Sunday, October 3, in Oakland, California, and St. Paul, Minnesota, respectively.

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30 Sep

Reader Privacy Petitions Presented to Congress

Some of the thousands of petitions collected by ABA-member booksellers.

On Wednesday, September 29, the Campaign for Reader Privacy (CRP) petition drive culminated with a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., as representatives of the four sponsor

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29 Sep

Publishers Join Booksellers Above the Treeline

In the 19 months since Rubin Venture Consulting rolled out its online software product, Above the Treeline -- a tool meant to help bookstores improve finances by controlling inventory costs and increasing staffing efficiency -- the number of bookstores using the software has grown from four to over 50.

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29 Sep

NEA's Reading at Risk Redux

By Robert Gray

In July, NEA chairman Dana Gioia announced the dismal results of a survey of America's reading habits, including the news that those people admitting to having read fiction, poetry, or plays had dipped to 46.7 percent in 2002, down from 54 percent the last time the survey was done in 1992.

A copy of the study still rests on my desk, taunting me.

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