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04 Dec

Going...Going...Almost Gone: Hotel ABA Selling Out Fast!

ABA secures additional single rooms at Allerton/Hotel ABA

Thus far, the response by ABA member booksellers to both "Hotel ABA" offers, at the Allerton and next-door Radisson Hotel & Suites, has been nothing short of remarkable, as nearly all available rooms have been reserved. As such, those booksellers planning to attend BookExpo America (BEA) in Chicago next June and hoping to stay at "Hotel ABA" should act fast.

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04 Dec

Holiday Weekend Report: From Wonderful to Disappointing

As national headlines about the beginning of the holiday shopping season used words such as "cautious optimism" (National Retail Federation), "solid sales" (USA Today), and "yawn" (New York Times), so too did independent booksellers' post-Thanksgiving sales experiences vary. Some were reporting gains of 20 percent or more for the past weekend and generally good results over last year, and others have yet to see a turnaround from recent years' poor results.

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02 Dec

ABA Book Buyer's Handbook Update -- 12/01/03

Below is an outline of the most recent changes to the data in the ABA Book Buyer's Handbook online at handbook.bookweb.org.

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02 Dec

Orson Welles Stars in Book Sense 76 Top Ten Pick

Robert Kaplow has recently returned from Carnegie Hall. And no, he didn't get there by practicing -- well, an instrument, anyway. For the last 20 years, however, Kaplow has been writing and performing for NPR, teaching high school English, and authoring six books.

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