BTW Articles

18 Mar

Vote Now for Your Favorite Handsells

The owners and staff at all ABA member stores still have time to cast their ballots online to choose the winners of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards.

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18 Feb

IndieBound Launches Materials for e-Free Day Celebrations

Beginning this week, IndieBound offers an array of materials in the Bookseller DIY for the first annual celebration of e-Free Day, on Saturday, April 17. ABA announced the new marketing promotion, which highlights the importance of indie bookstores as an antidote to consumers' digital overload, at the Winter Institute.

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18 Feb

ABA Hotel @ BEA 2010 Now Taking Reservations

Booksellers at ABA member stores can now make reservations for the official "ABA Hotel" for BookExpo America 2010. The Park Central Hotel, located just 20 blocks north of New York's Javits Convention Center, near Times Square, provides easy access to BEA via taxi, bus, or subway.

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18 Feb

FedEx and UPS Raise Rates

FedEx and UPS increased their rates for 2010, effective January 4.

FedEx Corporation has increased the net average shipping rate for FedEx Express by 3.9 percent (a 5.9 percent increase in standard list rates, offset by a 2.0 percent reduction in the fuel surcharge). The new rates apply to U.S. and U.S. export express package and freight shipments. The standard list rates for FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery are now an average of 4.9 percent higher.

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18 Feb

Bookstore Sales Fall in December

December retail sales at bookstores were down for the third straight month. Bookstore sales decreased by 0.6 percent in December 2009, compared to December 2008, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census. December 2009 bookstore sales are estimated at $2,027 million, compared to sales of $2,039 million for the same period last year.

Retail sales at bookstores were down 0.8 percent for the year.

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18 Feb

BTW News Briefs

Google Settlement Hearing Begins

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11 Feb

Fifth Annual Winter Institute: Another Winner


Andrew Weinstein, vice president and general manager of retail solutions at Ingram Digital

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11 Feb

Daniel Clancy on Google Editions & the Possibilities for Indie Booksellers

Daniel Clancy, director of Google Books, offered a keynote presentation at the Winter Institute's Technology Day that provided booksellers with insights into plans for Google Editions, launching later this year, as well as a deeper understanding of the challenges of the e-book marketplace.

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11 Feb

Verso Study Sheds Light on Consumer Book-Buying Preferences

For 90 minutes on Thursday morning at the Winter Institute, booksellers zeroed in on the provocative aspects of consumer demographics and book-buying preferences offered by Jack McKeown, industry consultant and director of New Business Development for Verso Digital, as he reviewed the results of Verso's recent "Survey of Book Buying Behavior."

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11 Feb

E-Fairness Initiatives Grow

The calls for e-fairness continue to grow throughout the country. Over the past two weeks, Oklahoma and Vermont introduced e-fairness legislation, and it's expected that similar legislation will soon be introduced in Maryland. On Wednesday, proponents of e-fairness legislation in Virginia earned an initial victory when the Senate Finance Committee approved Senate Bill 660, sending it to the Senate floor for a debate and vote. The bill would level the playing field and make sure that out-of-state online retailers collect sales tax for sales to Virginia residents.

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