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28 Apr

ABA/NEBA Forum Generates Fruitful Discussions

The American Booksellers Association, in conjunction with the New England Booksellers Association (NEBA), held a Booksellers Forum at the National Yiddish Book Center on the grounds of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, on Thursday, April 22. The forum, the second of the season in the New England area, followed the NEBA meetings and a meeting of the New England Children's Bookselling Advisory Council (NECBA).

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27 Apr

Adult Books Recommended for Teen Readers

As Cool as I Am by Pete Fromm (Picador USA)
Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (HarperTorch)
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (Anchor)
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot (Avon)
The Brothers K by David James Duncan (Bantam)
Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian (Shaye Areheart Books)
Canoeing with the Cree by Eric Sevareid (Minnesota Historical Society)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Little, Brown)
Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott (Picador USA)

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27 Apr

Adult /Young Adult Lines Grow Increasingly Blurry

Young adult readers are a powerful market force in the book industry -- teens spend $94.7 billion per year, increasing by $1 billion each year (Jupiter Research). Most booksellers have sections devoted to young adult or teen readers, but increasingly the lines between age ranges and target audiences are blurred. Can labeling a book 'teen reading' turn off potential readers over 14? Do the very characteristics that publishers require for YA books limit the books' ability to generate interest for those seeking complexity rather than straightforward moral lessons?

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27 Apr

Women & Children First Owners Named Among Chicago's Most Powerful

The Chicago Sun-Times recently named Women & Children First bookstore owners Linda Bubon and Ann Christophersen as among "Chicago's 100 Most Powerful Women." The rankings focused on the 10 most powerful women in 10 categories: arts, business, politics, nonprofits, law, sports, philanthropy, healthcare, education, and media. The Sun-Times listed Bubon and Christophersen together as one of the Top 10 most powerful women in the Arts category.

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