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16 Dec

Albuquerque Independent Alliance Keeps It 'Querque'

It may have just started gathering momentum, but the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) was organized enough to hold a recent "Buy Local" shopping day. On Saturday, December 6, the fledgling group asked Albuquerque consumers to buy only at locally owned businesses.

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16 Dec

The New Yorker Wants Consumers to Book Their Holidays

The New Yorker has created a new public service advertising campaign to promote book buying this holiday season. The campaign features two pieces of art that include the slogan "Have You Booked Your Holiday?… Something for everyone. Literally." The New Yorker has made the artwork available to anyone who wishes to promote books this season.

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16 Dec

Houghton Mifflin to Participate in BookSense.com Co-op Program

BookSense.com has announced that Houghton Mifflin will join the BookSense.com Co-op Reimbursement Program starting this January. "We're participating in the BookSense.com co-op program to support Book Sense and to be supportive of every new program it offers -- and to be one of the early birds," said Houghton Mifflin's Carla Gray. "It's a great way to get titles onto booksellers' Web sites and displayed in their stores."

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15 Dec

Modest Gain in Bookstore Sales for October

October bookstore sales of $1,064 million were 3.5 percent ahead of the $1,028 million sales figure of a year ago, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Retail Trade Branch.

With the Census Bureau's recent adjustment of September figures upward from $1,491 million to $1,524 million, October is the fifth month in a row that bookstore sales showed improvement over the previous year.

Overall retail sales for October 2003 of $320 billion were 7.0 percent ahead of the $299 billion in October 2002.

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