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02 Sep

UMBA Fall Trade Show Preview

The Upper Midwest Booksellers Association (UMBA) will hold its fall trade show from Friday, October 1, to Sunday, October 3, at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minnesota. Exhibit hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Education programming, all free this year, will be held on Friday, with one program, ABA's "Book Sense Gift Card Users Group," on Saturday.

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02 Sep

Booksellers Clean Up After Gaston & Charley; Gear Up for Frances

It's been a tough three weeks weather-wise for businesses and residents in the southeast -- with a devastating hurricane hitting Florida, a tropical storm battering Virginia -- and now there's no rest for the storm weary as another massive hurricane is on the way.

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02 Sep

Book Sense October 'We Also Recommend…' Preview

To help plan orders, here's a preview of the titles on the October 2004 Book Sense "We Also Recommend…" PDF, which will be posted, along with a file of shelf-talkers, to www.bookweb.org/read/6977 next week.

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02 Sep

A Timely Reminder

There is still time to nominate titles for the November Book Sense Picks and the Book Sense Fall History Top Ten. The deadline for both lists is Friday, September 3.

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