BTW Articles

13 May

E-Fairness Action Kit: New State-Specific Fact Sheets Added

This week, 10 more state-specific fact sheets were added to the E-Fairness Action Kit (E-FACT) on BookWeb.org, the American Bookseller Association's member website. Next week, the ABA will add the final fact sheets for the remaining states that collect sales tax but do not yet have e-fairness laws. ABA launched E-FACT in January to provide booksellers with a wide array of state-specific tools to help them in their e-fairness outreach efforts.

New fact sheets are now available for:

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13 May

School Librarians Find Ally at Mrs. Nelson's

Independent booksellers often team up with their local school and public librarians for community projects. But the stakes usually aren't as high as they are now in California, where Mrs. Nelson's Library Services is working with the California School Libraries Association (CSLA) to oppose drastic state and municipal budget cuts.

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13 May

Workman Makes Backlist a Priority

Workman Publishing Company has updated its seasonal "Acorns" promotion with deep discounts, extended dating, and an expanded list of eligible backlist titles. "It's a great offer and hundreds of booksellers have responded positively by working with their reps to write aggressive orders under the plan," said Workman Sales Director Steven Pace.

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13 May

British Booksellers Are IndieBound

The IndieBound program, launched by the American Booksellers Association in 2008, has just made its debut in the United Kingdom. As Bookselling This Week noted in an earlier article, the Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom and Ireland (BA) has licensed IndieBound marketing materials for use in the U.K., and independent booksellers began receiving those materials this month.

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13 May

Around Indies

"Bucket Brigade" Gets Clinton Book Shop to New Location

Clinton Book Shop invited its customers to come out last Sunday morning to move the store across town to its new home, and dozens volunteered to help. "It took us exactly one hour to get from one shop to the next," said store manager Rob Dougherty.

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13 May

BTW News Briefs

Children's Choice Book Awards Announced

The winners of the third annual Children's Choice Book Awards, sponsored by the Children's Book Council in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc. (the CBC Foundation), were announced at a gala in New York City on Tuesday, May 11. The winners were chosen by children who voted for their favorite books, author, and illustrator at bookstores, school libraries, and at www.BookWeekOnline.com. More than 115,000 votes were cast.

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13 May

The Summer 2010 Children's Indie Next List

1. The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafn
(Little, Brown Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316044776)
"Zafn's erie ghost story is illuminated with the lyrical descriptions and intriguing complexities his adult readers have come to rave about. Here, savvy middle-grade readers and young teens will fall prey to Zafn's haunted tale. An evil magician, a protective lighthouse keeper with dark secrets, three young people, and a series of gambles risk the lives of everyone involved." -- Angela K Sherrill, 57th Street Books, Chicago, IL

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06 May

Authors to Autograph in ABA Booksellers Lounge

This week, the American Booksellers Association announces the schedule of author autographing in the ABA Booksellers Lounge, Room 1E07/08 of the Javits Convention Center, during BookExpo America.

The lounge and its author autographing events are open exclusively to ABA member booksellers.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26

10:00 - 10:30

Paul Harding

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06 May

Member Rates at ABA Hotel End May 10

Manhattan's Park Central, which is conveniently located in midtown, offers special low rates exclusively for ABA member booksellers planning to attend this month's BookExpo America. To take advantage of the special rates -- $179 for one or two beds, single or double occupancy; $199 for triple occupancy; and $219 for a quad -- booksellers must make their reservations by noon EDT on Monday, May 10. After that time, standard rates apply.

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06 May

Report From the Road: An Update on the 2010 ABA Spring Forums

By Oren Teicher, ABA CEO, and Len Vlahos, ABA COO

After two months of steady travel during ABA's latest series of Spring Forums, in the end, we discovered that you absolutely can get there from here.

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