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05 Aug

This October Brings an 'Orwellian' Nationwide Reading Event

In George Orwell's novel 1984 (Signet), one of Big Brother's most famous slogans is "War is Peace." And while Orwell's ominous, futuristic story was published 55 years ago, the "Rhetoricians for Peace," an independent activist group, believe that such Orwellian doublespeak has taken on special relevance these days.

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05 Aug

Buffaloed Into Buying a Bookstore

Susanne Kufahl was working as a computer systems manager at the Wisconsin Department of Justice when her daughter, Rachael Krueger, suggested she buy their local bookstore, Buffalo Books & Café, in Montello. Kufahl let the idea percolate until, at another local used bookstore, she was suddenly inspired to buy not, say, a used copy of The Da Vinci Code or Reading Lolita in Tehran, but an entire bookstore. She contacted the realtor for Buffalo Books and was running the bookstore within six weeks.

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05 Aug

'Accurate ... Great Looking ... Useful Sales Tool' -- Booksellers Rate Book Sense Bestseller Lists

An increasing number of booksellers are using the Book Sense Bestseller lists, posted each Wednesday in printable forms on http://www.bookweb.org/booksense/bestsellers/. Recently, the marketing staff at Book Sense queried the reporting stores to determine the reactions to three lists: Paperback, Hardcover, and Children's, which can be printed in multiple formats, in color, or black and white.

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05 Aug

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GLBA Announces Winners of "Get Caught Reading" Photo Contest

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