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21 Oct

Urban Tribes -- Exploring Friendship Among Post-College Unmarrieds

They're all around us, those unmarried 20- or 30-somethings who seem to run in packs, living and working and enjoying life with friends rather than devoting all of their energies to the pursuit of marriage. Who are these people, these -- as the U.S. Census Bureau calls them -- never-marrieds? And what exactly are they doing in the years between student-hood and spouse-dom?

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20 Oct

The Book Sense 2003 Baseball Season Bestseller List

Based on reporting from well over 400 independent bookstores across the U.S. during the period March 1, 2003, to October 12, 2003.

Thanks to all the stores that report!

Attention Media: Please contact Kristen Gilligan at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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16 Oct

Concord Festival of Authors Unfurls Flag of Great Literary Tradition

This year's Concord Festival of Authors will mark the 11th time that hundreds of booklovers have convened in the town that inspired Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne. The festival, held from October 23 to November 8, in the Massachusetts towns of Concord and Lowell, brings together some of the most prominent names in fiction and nonfiction.

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16 Oct

ABA Releases Results of Semi-Annual Revenue Survey of Stores With Book Sense

The results of ABA's semi-annual revenue survey of stores with Book Sense indicate that 59 percent of reporting stores experienced an increase in sales for the first half of 2003, compared to the same period in 2002. Thirty-six percent reported a decline in sales, and 6 percent reported no change in sales from the previous year.

A third of responding stores reported sales increases of 6 percent or more, and 21 percent reported increases of more than 10 percent.

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