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21 Aug

Obituaries

'Giant' in Chicago Bookselling Community Dies

Anne Waddington Leonard, proprietor of Anne W. Leonard Books in Chicago, died on July 31 at her home in Beverly, Illinois. She was 67. "We heard her reading light was still on when she was found; she worked at her store during the day and died in her sleep," John Presta, co-owner of nearby Reading on Walden Bookstore, told BTW.

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21 Aug

New Novel Examines the Emotional Costs of a Global Catastrophe

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19 Aug

A Literary Late Bloomer Finds an Enthusiastic Audience

Mark Spragg -- author of the novel The Fruit of Stone (Riverhead Books), a Book Sense 76 Top Ten hardcover for September/October -- knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer.

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15 Aug

ABA Book Buyer's Handbook Update for the Week of August 12

Below is a brief outline of the most significant recent changes to the ABA Book Buyer's Handbook online. There have been a number of distribution changes since LPC Group stopped fulfilling orders. ABA staff is seeking information on a number of other publishers previously distributed by LPC.

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