BTW Articles

09 Apr

Resources for Lovers of Children's Literature on TeachingBooks.net

Former Wisconsin bookseller (and database software manager of the San Francisco Giants) Nick Glass has introduced a free Web site, TeachingBooks.net, useful for anyone involved with children's books. The comprehensive site offers useful links for all booksellers -- original multimedia information about authors, tour schedules, reading guides, and more arcane bits.

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08 Apr

BookSense.com to Hold a 'Poetry Slam' at BookExpo America

The oldest form of literature (verse) will meet one of the newest forms of bookselling (BookSense.com) at this year's BookExpo America (BEA).

On Saturday, May 31, from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., at BEA, BookSense.com will present its first-ever "Poetry Slam," a contest for aspiring poets to read and have their work judged by their peers for a chance to have a poem published on BookSense.com and in Bookselling This Week.

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08 Apr

ABA/SEBA Booksellers Forum Talks Advocacy, Co-op, and Gift Cards

The Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA) held its Spring Seminar and Book Awards on April 4 - 5 at the Park Road Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. The weekend's programming included an ABACUS "Sneak Preview" and an ABA/SEBA Booksellers Forum. Representing ABA at the meeting were ABA COO Oren Teicher and BookSense.com Director Len Vlahos.

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07 Apr

ABA Book Buyer's Handbook Update -- 4/7/03

Below is an outline of the most recent changes to the data in the ABA Book Buyer's Handbook online.

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08 Apr

2003 Pulitzer Prize Winners Include Two Book Sense 76 Picks

The winners of the 87th annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, April 7, and two of the winners in the Letters category were previous Book Sense 76 picks.

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08 Apr

* * * Countdown to BookExpo * * * Booksellers School at BEA to Explore Fundamentals of Independent Bookselling

As part of its extensive educational programming at BookExpo America (BEA), ABA is sponsoring a three-day booksellers school, facilitated by Donna Paz and Mark Kaufman of Paz & Associates. The school program is designed to enhance the skills of anyone thinking about opening or buying a bookstore, as well as those of booksellers who are new to the business or who are new to, or aspiring to, management and leadership roles, and industry professionals who want a better understanding of book retailing.

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04 Apr

Advocacy Groups' Patriot Act FOIA Fight Continues in Federal Court

Four advocacy groups' Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the government over how it is using the widespread surveillance powers it has been granted under the USA Patriot Act continues.

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04 Apr

Sanders' Bill to Amend Patriot Act Attracts Seven More Co-sponsors

Support for H.R. 1157, the Freedom to Read Protection Act, continues to grow. In the last week, seven more members of Congress became co-sponsors of the bill, which would remove a threat created by the USA Patriot Act to the privacy of bookstore and library records. They join Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and 58 other members of Congress.

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08 May

New Book Sense - Recorded Books Audio Series Now Available

The new Book Sense Audio Series, a partnership of the American Booksellers Association and Recorded Books, LLC, is now available for ordering by ABA member stores. A description of the initial 10 titles in the series of classic and contemporary literature, reproductions of the Book Sense packaging, and order forms are now available on BookWeb.org. (To download the PDF file, click here.)

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04 Apr

Correction

In the story entitled "ABA to Independents: Let's Be Counted" (March 18, 2003), BTW incorrectly reported on Nielsen BookScan data. BookScan reporting data does not represent between 70 and 80 percent of the independent bookstore market. Its data represents between 70 and 75 percent of the entire bookselling market.

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