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29 Sep

Knowing Your Card Fees Can Lead to Significant Savings

Sifting through the complexity of a monthly credit card statement can be daunting for any merchant, but for Ralph Edward, comptroller for UConn Co-op Bookstore in Storrs, Connecticut, one thing was clear: The bookstore was paying a huge sum to its credit card processing vendor in transaction fees. He told BTW that what the store paid in credit card and Visa/MasterCard debit card fees was equivalent to 1.5 percent of the bookstore's annual income -- no small amount. "When you think about ["The 2% Solution"] ...

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29 Sep

'Identifying the Competition' Slide Show Now Online

A slide presentation from the session "Identify Competition & Self-Evaluation: A Method to Conduct the Analysis," presented by ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz at September's Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association trade show, is now available to ABA bookstore members online in the Professional Development section of BookWeb.org or by clicking here.

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29 Sep

TV's Joan of Arcadia Creates Bookstore Set -- God & Book Sense Return

Joan of Arcadia, the award-winning CBS dramedy, returned last week for its second season of spiritual, sexual, and ethical turmoil. The independent bookstore -- where in the first season the teenaged Joan, played by actor Amber Tamblyn, was instructed by God to work -- is the venue for some of the premiere episode's most compelling action. But observant viewers will notice that not only has Joan Girardi's hairstyle been revamped, so has the bookstore.

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28 Sep

Book Sense One-on-One: Susan Avery Talks to Francisco Goldman

From its beginnings, the Book Sense program has underscored the singular relationships between independent booksellers and authors. BTW is pleased to occasionally feature "Book Sense One-on-One," in which the bookseller who has nominated a title as a Book Sense Pick interviews that title's author.

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