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29 Jul

A John Kerry Bibliography

This week the gavel came down on the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, beginning the final leg of the race to the White House. And all things political are clearly on the minds of many independent bookstores' customers as six of 15 titles on this week's Book Sense Bestseller List are about today's politics.

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29 Jul

Former President Clinton Adds a Visit to Blytheville

That Bookstore in Blytheville's Mary Gay Shipley had been courting former President Bill Clinton, hoping to convince him to stop by the store, "since he signed the contract" for My Life (Knopf). Her perseverance has paid off: Clinton will be visiting That Bookstore in Blytheville, Arkansas, on Thursday, July 29, at 12:30 p.m.

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29 Jul

BTW News Briefs

Wilska Resigns as NEBA President

In a letter dated July 23, New England Booksellers Association members were informed that Eric Wilska of the Bookloft in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, had submitted his resignation as president of the regional "due to philosophical differences with a majority of the Board over governance issues, primarily dealing with the relationship between the executive director and the Board."

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29 Jul

NCIBA's Books by the Bay a Resounding Success

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