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12 Jun

Listening Library Provides Harry Potter Audio Teaser

Random House's Listening Library is offering booksellers a unique way to drive Harry Potter fans to their Web sites and into their stores to purchase Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in an audio format. Listening Library is providing booksellers with a link to a teaser audio clip of the title, read by Jim Dale: http://www.randomhouse.com/cgi-bin/ramgen.pperl/hp5teaseraudio.ram

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11 Jun

Creativity and Collaboration Subjects of Children's Booksellers Programming at BEA

Writing is a solitary endeavor, it's said. But for those writing children's books, there are all sorts of collaborators -- before, during, and after a work is done -- to help a writer produce a book.

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11 Jun

BookSense.com Users Group Meeting Makes for a 'Vibrant, Forthright Discussion'

On Friday, May 30, at BookExpo America, over 40 current and potential BookSense.com users attended the hour-long BookSense.com Users Group meeting, where they heard about the latest features of BookSense.com, as well as planned enhancements to the product. Moderator Len Vlahos, BookSense.com director, told BTW it was a productive session.

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11 Jun

Economic Impact of Locally Owned Businesses

On Saturday, May 31, at BookExpo America in Los Angeles, the session "Economic Impact of Locally Owned Businesses" attracted a large crowd of independent booksellers who came to hear about a recent study that documented how local retailers contribute more to the local economy than do national retailers. The panel featured Steve Bercu, CEO of BookPeople in Austin, Texas, and Dan Houston of Civic Economics, who discussed the report "Economic Impact Analysis -- A Case Study: Local Merchants vs.

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