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On Monday, September 27, novelist Ann Patchett selected 
Approximately 500 booksellers representing about 115 of the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association's 240 bookstore members gathered in Denver from September 16 - 19 for the association's fall trade show. "The exhibitors were absolutely delighted with the show," said MPBA Executive Director Lisa Knudsen. "In some years they have catalogues left over at the end -- this year many of them ran out on the first day….