Make Your Place in History...
Independent booksellers in the Book Sense program still have time to nominate titles for the upcoming Book Sense History Top Ten, which has a deadline of March 31.
Once again, ABA is collaborating with The History Channel (THC), and this list will feature titles related to the American Revolution. In the words of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, "Have you something to do tomorrow; do it today."
Bookstores often inspire writers, but how often does one return the favor and pen a poem especially for the store? 
Here are reminders about ABA and Book Sense events, deadlines, and other action items for the next three months. This list may also be downloaded in 
To celebrate Poetry Month and to make an important art form more accessible to children, Sourcebooks is sponsoring a poetry-reading contest at stores with Book Sense. The contest is open to children ages 4 to 11 who are filmed reading poems from Sourcebooks' Poetry Speaks to Children, edited by Elise Paschen and others, at Book Sense bookstores. The winning reader will receive a $50 Book Sense gift certificate, and the bookstore will receive a $500 Sourcebooks credit.
Before relocating to Winona from Seattle, Livingston was the regional manager of 12 electronics stores, the largest of which was 52,000 square feet. Now master of Book Shelf's single 3,000-square-foot space, he is fulfilling his long-held desire to operate a small-town bookstore.
Watermark Books in Wichita, Kansas, is nearing the 30-year milestone, but remains brimming with youthful enthusiasm. Founded in 1977, the store has relocated twice, once in the early 1990s, and 10 years ago, when it also added a café. The 5,000-square-foot store now anchors the oldest strip mall in Kansas, Lincoln Heights Village, which features many locally owned stores.