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11 Feb

Online Tax Fairness a Big Topic at ABA Bookseller Forum in Ann Arbor

On Thursday, February 6, approximately 30 booksellers attended an ABA Booksellers Forum, held in conjunction with the Great Lakes Booksellers Association (GLBA), at Weber's Inn in Ann Arbor, Michigan. According to a number of attendees, ABA's sales tax fairness initiative was the hot topic of the discussion.

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11 Feb

ABA Book Buyer's Handbook Update -- 2/11/03

Below is an outline of the most recent changes to 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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11 Feb

WNBA Announces Children's Bookseller Award Nominees

The Women's National Book Association (WNBA) has announced the nominees for this year's Lucile Micheels Pannell Award. This year, six stores were nominated in the children's bookstore category, and 11 stores were nominated in the general bookstore category.

The nominees in the children's specialty store category are:

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07 Feb

ABA Applauds National Retailers' Decision to Collect Online Sales Taxes

ABA President Ann Christophersen today called upon Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Borders to follow the lead of national retailers that recently have begun to collect sales tax on their online sales. The news of the retailers' decision comes just days after more than 560 independent booksellers nationwide joined as co-signers on letters to their state governors calling for the states to enforce state tax laws fairly and uniformly.

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