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25 Sep

Booksellers Agree -- New York Is Book Country

New York is Book Country (NYIBC), a five-day literary festival, celebrated its 25th anniversary this year with activities held from September 17 - 21, in New York City. NYIBC, a non-profit organization that promotes the joy of reading and writing, created the festival, which includes dozens of in-school programs and themed book events in all five New York boroughs. The events culminated on Sunday with the annual Fifth Avenue street fair, which attracted approximately 250,000 visitors.

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25 Sep

Book Industry Approves 13-Digit ISBN

On September 18, members of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) unanimously approved the Product Identification Policy Statement that endorses a 13-digit ISBN as proposed by the International Organization for Standardization, with an implementation date of January 2007. The statement also called for the Bookland EAN barcode to replace the price-point UPC where it is currently used on books and book-related products, effective January 1, 2005.

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25 Sep

Online Tax e-Fairness Bill Introduced in the House

On Thursday, September 25, Representatives Ernest Istook (R-OK) and William Delahunt (D-MA) introduced legislation into the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow states to simplify sales tax, with equal tax treatment between local merchants and remote sellers. It is also expected that Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Michael Enzi (R-WY) will introduce a similar bill into the Senate next week.

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24 Sep

New Study Indicates Online Pricing Significantly Affects Sales

An economics study regarding online price elasticity released last spring seems to bear out what many Internet experts have thought all along regarding book pricing: the higher the price, the fewer the sales.

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