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17 Jun

New and Not-So-New (But Handy!) Features on BookWeb.org and BTW

Here's a look at a new feature on the Bookselling This Week homepage, as well as a reminder about some BTW and BookWeb.org features that you may not know about.

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16 Jun

The Foundry Bookstore Closes After 29 Years

Henry Berliner, owner of The Foundry Bookstore in Connecticut, summarized one of the primary struggles for independent bookstores in a sentence: "Independents used to have 30 percent of book sales and the chains had 15; now the chains have the 30 percent." The intensification of competition and his wish to retire prompted Berliner to decide to close the 29-year-old bookstore, where he started out as a clerk a year after the store opened. The Foundry will close its doors on June 30.

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12 Jun

Jay Steele of Left Bank Books Wins BookSense.com Poetry Slam

Jay Steele did not expect to win BookSense.com's first-ever Poetry Slam, held on Saturday, May 31, at BookExpo America in Los Angeles. In fact, Steele didn't even intend to read his winning poem, "Trans-Substantiation," a riveting and personal composition about his transsexuality. But he finally did stand up before a crowd of over 100 people to read at the end of the event. "It was a last-minute [decision]," Steele told BTW. "I usually write and hide it."

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12 Jun

Booksellers' Potter Promo Plans Percolate as Order of the Phoenix Pub Date Approaches

Now that the June 21 release date of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is just days away, booksellers are making their last preparations for the industry's equivalent of grabbing a chamber full of golden snitches. Here's our final report on booksellers' plans to celebrate J.K. Rowling's latest, including story-writing contests, owl adoptions, goblets of butterbeer, and a midnight bazaar.

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