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31 Mar

Chinook Closes the Book With a Bittersweet Ending

A retirement for anyone is bound to be a bittersweet thing, and for Dick Noyes and his wife, Judy, the decision to close their bookstore of almost 45 years is no exception. When the Chinook Bookshop opened in 1959 in Colorado Springs, independent bookstores had a wide-open future, Dick Noyes told BTW. Now, he said, with the onslaught of big box retailers over the past 10 years and the more recent success of Internet retailers, that is not the case anymore.

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31 Mar

ABA to Hold Second Forum in NEBA Region

The American Booksellers Association is inviting booksellers to attend a forum to be held in conjunction with the New England Booksellers Association (NEBA) in Amherst, Massachusetts, on April 22. The second ABA/NEBA forum of the season will be held at the National Yiddish Book Center on the grounds of Hampshire College, from approximately 3:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., at the conclusion of NEBA meetings.

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30 Mar

The Perfect Book Club

Novelist Karen Joy Fowler "cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation" of her love for Jane Austen's novels. Like many other writers she has a hundred reasons for loving Austen, but she particularly responds to the power and invention of Austen's narrative voice.

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30 Mar

A Newsletter to Watch Out For

Carol Seajay, former bookseller and publisher of the now defunct Feminist Bookstore News, launched a newsletter in September titled Books to Watch Out For. Available in two editions -- The Lesbian Edition and The Gay Men's Edition -- the e-newsletter, also available in print, features book reviews, industry happenings, and other book news for readers interested in gay, lesbian, and feminist literature.

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