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28 Jul

Success of 9/11 Commission Report Surprises

Less than a week after publication, the early success of The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Norton) can be best described as surprising -- sending its publisher back to the presses, booksellers scrambling to fulfill orders, and garnering good reviews in the media.

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27 Jul

Being in the Zone Pays Off for First-Time Novelist

Raelynn Hillhouse will soon break into print with Rift Zone (Forge), an end-of-the-Cold War thriller bearing enthusiastic blurbs from half a dozen masters of her chosen genre. And this debut author's first novel has been chosen as an August Book Sense Pick.

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27 Jul

Bookstore Survival

Competition against chains is tough and independents need niches to stay afloat.

By TJ Buck

It ain't easy keeping an independent bookstore open.

With the state of the economy and the corporation big boys hovering on the landscape, just surviving is an accomplishment.

Finding a niche, a specialty, is the key for independent bookstores, according to several store owners in Tucson.

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23 Jul

Sponsors and Co-Sponsors of H.R. 1157 (2004)

Original Sponsor

Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
[email protected]
Fax: (202) 225-6790

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