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04 Mar

Chapter 11 Revives Popular Store in Atlanta

Patrons of a former Waldenbooks in Norcross, a part of metro-Atlanta, are extremely happy that the shuttered store has turned Chapter 11. This Chapter 11 is hardly a financial calamity, though. It's a family-owned, Atlanta-based chain of 14 neighborhood bookstores. As of March 1, make that 15 with the Norcross store, which was one of the few freestanding Borders-owned Waldenbooks.

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04 Mar

America's Test Kitchen Serves Up Baking Illustrated

For all those amateur bakers who have wondered why their efforts to produce perfect results succeed only about 20 percent of the time, Baking Illustrated: The Practical Kitchen Companion for the Home Baker With 350 Recipes You Can Trust (America's Test Kitchen) provides welcome reassurance.

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04 Mar

North Carolina Bookstore Picks the 76 Lists

Robert Sheard, who recently opened Bookshop by the Lakes in West End, North Carolina, said he got into bookselling for the same reason a lot of people do, self-defense. "I ran out of room for all my books at home," he explained. After a lifetime of bibliophilia and with ongoing careers as an English professor, author, and investment advisor, Sheard turned to bookselling.

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04 Mar

Growing Number of Newspapers Feature Book Sense Bestseller Lists

The list of newspapers, magazines, and Web sites carrying regional, national, and category Book Sense Bestseller Lists grows each month. Recently, these newspapers began featuring a regional list: Scranton, Pennsylvania's Scranton Times-Tribune (New England list); Fernandina Beach, Florida's News Leader (Southeast list); Ogden, Utah's Standard-Examiner (Mountains & Plains list); and Bandera, Texas' Bandera Bulletin (Mid-South list). The Scranton newspaper will also be featuring a category list, the Book Sense Business Bestseller List.

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