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15 Apr

Spreading the Joy of Reading -- Get Caught Reading Month

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15 Apr

Booksellers Will Find Sucker Bet a Sure Bet

Press kits accompanying advance copies of novels sent to bookstores, reviewers, and journalists generally contain fairly predictable (if interesting) material on an author's background, along with suggested questions for interviewers.

The material so packaged with James Swain's Sucker Bet (Ballantine) has all of that -- and a few well-out-of-the-ordinary extras.

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15 Apr

ABACUS -- Easy, Even for the 'Accountingly Challenged'

Ernie Ford, co-owner with his wife, Linda, of Fine Print Book Store in Greencastle, Indiana, recently wrote to Jim Dana, executive director of the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, to encourage GLBA members to participate in the ABACUS study. Thanks to Ernie Ford and Jim Dana for permission to reprint his e-mail letter here.

Jim:

I just read your little blurb to everyone on ABACUS, and I want to encourage everyone in GLBA to submit their data. It's not that hard, and it does not take that much time.

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14 Apr

ABA Book Buyer's Handbook Update -- 4/14/03

Below is an outline of the most recent changes to the data in the ABA Book Buyer's Handbook online.

Publishers can update their online listings and add special offers at any time using the Publisher Editing Tools at http://handbook.bookweb.org/pubhome.jsp. Questions about access to the editing features of the Handbook online should be e-mailed to [email protected] or call (800) 637-0037, ext. 1263 or 1261.

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