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29 Jan

Patriot Act Petition Available Online

Booksellers who wish to participate in the campaign to gather more than one million customer signatures on a petition calling for Congressional support of legislation to amend Section 215 of the Patriot Act are reminded that the petition is available in an easily downloadable PDF format on BookWeb.org. The petition, which was sent to bookstores with Book Sense in the February White Box mailing, may also be downloaded by clicking here.

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29 Jan

Unclaimed Property Laws -- Something for Everyone

Unclaimed property laws, which vary from state to state, cover everything from dormant savings and checking accounts, to safe deposit box contents, and unclaimed security deposits. They also govern how stores should handle the funds they hold for unused gift certificates and gift cards.

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29 Jan

Cader Offers Book World Free Lunch Daily

In the course of his publishing career, Michael Cader has done a lot of business over countless lunches. Since the spring of 2000, he's been making his own "Lunch," PublishersLunch, an aggregation of book-related news and links along with Cader's informed, but jocular, commentary. The comprehensive e-mail goes out each weekday morning free to over 24,000 editors, publishers, librarians, writers, movie scouts, booksellers, and other bona fide participants in the book business.

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29 Jan

A Memo Re NRF's Recent Convention & Trade Show

ABA Marketing Director Jill Perlstein provides booksellers with her impressions of the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 92nd Annual Convention & Expo, which was held on January 12 - 15 at New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center.

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