BTW Articles

29 Apr

Nothing Left Over Chronicles a Life Well Lived

After almost four decades in publishing working to serve writers, Toinette Lippe discovered that a friend’s challenge had turned the tables on her.

In April 1999, when Lippe told Joel Fotinos, publisher of the Jeremy P. Tarcher imprint at Penguin Putnam, over dinner at Manhattan’s Sarabeth's Kitchen, that she had decided to leave her full-time job at Random House, "his response was immediate, ‘Then you can write a book for me,’" Lippe recalled in a recent interview with BTW.

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29 Apr

On Capitol Hill, Free Expression Groups Question the USA Patriot Act

On April 25, at noon, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and other free expression organizations gathered on Capitol Hill in the Senate Hart Office Building to voice their concern over some of the anti-terrorist measures adopted by the federal government following 9/11. The group -- which included Senator Russell D.

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30 Apr

L.A. Times Festival of Books a Showcase of Authors, Bookselling, and Great Titles

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30 Apr

Feedback from Booksellers Makes BookSense.com Even Better

Based on feedback from many booksellers, BookSense.com has added five new features and has extended the BookSense.com free trial from June 30 to August 16.

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01 May

Christian Science Monitor Features Poetry 76 Top Ten

The Christian Science Monitor has expanded its coverage of things Book Sense-related with the publication, in its April 25 edition, of the Book Sense Poetry 76 Top Ten. The paper regularly includes the Book Sense Fiction and Nonfiction Bestseller lists in its Books section and has also published select Book Sense Specialty Bestseller lists.

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01 May

New Boston Area Bookstore to Open May 4

On Saturday, May 4, while booksellers attending BookExpo America at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center are visiting publishers, grabbing advance readers’ copies, and networking, Annie Bauman will be ladling Kool-Aid at the grand opening of Village Books in Roslindale, Massachusetts. The 900-square-foot store is opening in a resolutely independent community midway through its renaissance.

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01 May

ABA Names David Walker as Industry Relations Consultant

ABA has announced that David Walker of Washington, D.C., an independent consultant in the book industry, will be working with the association on matters relating to industry relations.

Walker has been an independent consultant for the past five years. During that time, he worked with ABA on a number of projects, including the processing of claims relating to the Penguin lawsuit settlement.

Prior to becoming an industry consultant, Walker was general manager of Olsson's Books in Washington, D.C. He worked at Olsson’s for 11 years.

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01 May

SEBA Announces the Winner of the 2002 Charles S. Haslam Award

At this year’s BookExpo America, the Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA) will honor Becky Anderson Wilkins, co-owner of Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, Illinois, with the 2002 Charles S. Haslam Award for Excellence in Bookselling. The annual award is given to a bookseller who "has achieved excellence in the field," and includes a $1,000 cash prize and plaque. Incoming ABA President Ann Christopherson will present the Haslam Award at the ABA Celebration of Bookselling, held from 5:30 p.m.

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01 May

ABC Selects New Executive Director

Anne Irish, longtime bookseller and the interim executive director of the Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC), has now been named the association's executive director, following the work of a search committee headed by Dennis Ronberg of Linden Tree Children's Recordings and Books in Los Altos, California.

In the mid-1970s, Irish founded Pooh Corner in Madison, Wisconsin; 20 years later she sold the business but continued working for the new owners. In January 2001, she left the company.

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01 May

BEA Set for Big Opening in New York City

Thursday, May 2, will mark the beginning of a very busy New York City visit for independent booksellers and others in the book publishing industry as BookExpo America opens at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Set to run from May 2 - May 5, the show will feature full days of networking, educational panels, meetings with publishers on the busy trade floor, and lots of opportunities to hear authors discuss their latest works.

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