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10 Jun

Six Experts Discuss Forming Local Business Alliances

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10 Jun

ABA Town Hall and Annual Membership Meetings at BEA

On Friday, June 4, at this year's BookExpo America, ABA held its annual Town Hall Meeting, which was then followed by its Annual Membership Meeting.

The Town Hall meeting covered a number of topics during an hour of spirited give and take, and the central focus of the meeting was on the question of whether to report aggregate sales of independent bookstores to publishers. Other issues discussed included the pending sale of ABA's headquarters and booksellers' concerns regarding the rising costs associated with the receipt of damaged books.

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10 Jun

Campaign for Reader Privacy Petition Drive to Continue Over Summer

Due to the enthusiasm and strong response from booksellers and librarians, ABA, the American Library Association, and PEN American Center -- the sponsors of the Campaign for Reader Privacy (www.readerprivacy.org) -- announced this week that Phase I of the petition drive will continue, and the presentation of signed petitions to Congress will be moved back to September 2004. The presentation had been scheduled for late June.

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10 Jun

ABA Announces Hotel ABA - NYC for BEA 2005

Building on the success of the Hotel California in 2003 and the Hotel ABA - Chicago at last week's trade show, ABA is pleased to announce the Hotel ABA - New York City for BookExpo America (BEA) 2005. Next year's ABA convention and BEA trade show will be held from Thursday, June 2 - Sunday, June 5, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, and ABA, working with the staff of BEA, has secured the Park Central Times Square Hotel as the hotel for ABA bookstore members, at a special room rate of $125 per night.

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