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20 Aug

Commitment to Community, Customer Service, & Lots of Good Luck Add Up to 30 Years for Bend, Oregon's Book Barn

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20 Aug

Three More Newspapers Begin Publishing Book Sense Bestsellers Lists

The list of national and local newspapers, magazines, industry publications, and Web sites featuring Book Sense Bestseller Lists continues to grow each month. Recently, the national Book Sense Bestseller List began appearing in Heber City, Utah's Wasatch Wave, while the Pacific Northwest list is now being published in Twisp, Washington's Methow Valley News, and the New England list appears in Auburn, Maine's Twin City Times.

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20 Aug

Two Book Sense 76 Recommendations Featured in October The Atlantic Monthly

The October issue of The Atlantic Monthly will include two bookmark-style ads featuring Book Sense 76 recommendations from booksellers with Book Sense.

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19 Aug

June Bookstore Sales Show Slight Gain

In a month featuring the release of two new blockbusters, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Living History, and the first pick of Oprah's revived book club -- East of Eden, bookstore sales came in slightly ahead of last year's figure. June is the first month this year to show a gain over 2002.

Retail sales in bookstores in June of $1,178 million were 1.9 percent better than last June’s $1,156 million.

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