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17 Jun

The 2% Solution: Moving Your Bookstore Out of the Red

On Saturday, June 5, at BookExpo America, ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz conducted the two-hour session "The 2% Solution," a comprehensive seminar that suggested ways in which operators of bookstores could address issues related to lack of profitability. "The thrust of the session is to try to go from a negative profitability to a positive," Domnitz said in his opening remarks. "This used to be called a two percent industry…. The thing that struck me about it, is that it is doable."

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17 Jun

Knopf Announces Clinton Tour Schedule

Former President Bill Clinton, adored by many, reviled by some, is the booksellers' new best friend this season. His ability to create an enormous demand for his 957-page memoir, My Life, to be released by Knopf on June 22, is nothing short of magical. Only boy wizard Harry Potter has generated a similar anticipatory frenzy.

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17 Jun

A Report on ABA's Recent Board and Advisory Council Meetings

On Tuesday, June 1, and Wednesday, June 2, the American Booksellers Association Board of Directors and senior staff met at the Hotel ABA - Chicago (Allerton Crowne Plaza), prior to the start of BookExpo America.

During a busy two days, the Board and staff:

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16 Jun

Memorial Listing for A. David Schwartz

From the Friday, June 11, 2004, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Family, friends, bookselling colleagues across the country, and Milwaukee readers are profoundly saddened by the passing of A. David Schwartz, owner and president of the Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, on June 7, 2004.

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