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03 Apr

To Delete or Not to Delete -- Part II

By Michael Katzenberg

The topic of customer privacy in the age of the USA Patriot Act -- a law that gives the FBI expanded powers to search bookstore and library records -- is a serious issue that concerns all independent booksellers, who fear the day when the FBI comes to demand information about customers' book purchases.

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03 Apr

As Soldiers Ship Out -- Hometown Business Flags

The impact of the war in Iraq is felt by communities everywhere in the country. In many towns, reservists have been called up, family life has been disrupted, and businesses are experiencing fluctuations in sales and traffic. Nowhere is the deployment of soldiers felt more profoundly than in the towns that include military bases and stations.

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03 Apr

ABACUS Deadline Extended to April 30

Following a significant increase in the submission of bookstore financial data to the ABACUS project, ABA has extended the deadline for bookstores to contribute data to the first year's study to April 30.

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03 Apr

Full 2003 - 2004 Reading Group Suggestions Book Sense 76 Now Online

The full list of the 2003 - 2004 Reading Group Suggestions Book Sense 76, with bookseller quotes, is now online at news.bookweb.org/read/1295.

Created at the suggestion of independent bookstores participating in the Book Sense program, this list of great reads should extend the reach of the 76 into backlist. It will also give bookstores a new resource to tie in the Book Sense program with efforts to market to the dedicated readers (and book buyers) in reading groups nationwide.

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