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12 Jun

Graphic Novel Panel Explores Expanding Market

It had to be a cultural milestone in the mainstream acceptance of graphic novels.

The in-store book group at the unquestionably mature Elliott Bay Books in Seattle, Washington, recently chose as its featured discussion title Chris Ware's Guardian Prize-winning graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Pantheon).

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12 Jun

ABA Unveils 2003 ABACUS Study Results

Talking before a large crowd of independent booksellers on Friday, May 30, at BookExpo America, ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz presented the financial findings of the ABACUS 2003 study. Introducing the session, Domnitz told attendees, "It's a big day for me, to go publicly with what we've been working on for a year…. In our heart of hearts, we hoped to put together 150 bookstore submissions [of financial data] -- we thought that would be a good sample. We ended up with 197 submissions."

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12 Jun

BTW's Post-BookExpo America Coverage Continues

This week, Bookselling This Week's post-BookExpo America coverage continues with articles about the Children's Booksellers and Publishers Committee's afternoon of programming for children's booksellers; ABA's presentation of the 2003 ABACUS study results; reports on sessions exploring the economic impact of locally owned businesses and the growing graphic novel market; meetings of the BookSense.com Users Group and the BookSense.com Users Council; and the win

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12 Jun

The Summer Paperback Book Sense 76 Top Ten

Here are the Top Ten titles in the latest Summer Paperback Book Sense 76, which features a wonderful selection of great reading for the summer months. Watch next week for the full list of titles.

Please send your nominations for the Book Sense 76 to Dan Cullen at [email protected]. Some upcoming deadlines:

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