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14 Aug

Last Call for Print ABA Book Buyer's Handbook

Within the next few weeks, ABA will begin producing the print-on-demand edition of the 2003-2004 edition of the ABA Book Buyer's Handbook. The price for this edition has been set at $55.

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14 Aug

Book Sense Electronic Gift Card Program Launches

On August 13, ABA announced that an agreement and order forms to sign up for the Book Sense Electronic Gift Card Program are now available online, at www.BookWeb.org/read/6372. Booksellers participating in the Book Sense marketing program are encouraged to sign the agreement and to order gift cards immediately to have them available for sale by October 1.

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13 Aug

Online Book Sales to Double Over the Next Five Years, Report Predicts

Online retail book sales will nearly double over the next five years, according to "U.S. eCommerce Overview: 2003 to 2008," a report recently released by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Forrester Research. Overall, the study predicted, e-commerce will experience a 19 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next five years, from $95.7 billion to just under $230 billion and will account for 10 percent of total U.S. retail sales by 2008.

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13 Aug

With School Book Fairs Hobbit Hall 'Steps Out of the Box'

Kim Dickie, the new owner of Hobbit Hall Children's Bookstore in Roswell, Georgia, sees plenty of room for growth in an arena small booksellers have largely left to others -- school book fairs. When Dickie took over the reins of the 12-year-old bookstore from Anne Ginkle in March 2003, the school book fair division was a growing component of the store.

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