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13 Sep

Read Banned Books! ABA and ABFFE Release 'The Freadom List'

Banned Books Week begins on Saturday, September 29, and the American Booksellers Association and the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) have collaborated to produce "The Freadom List," a selection of titles for children and adults that have been most frequently challenged or banned.

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12 Sep

Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe: 360 Degrees of Humanity

When Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe in New York City turned five years old last month, the owners and staff of the Harlem cultural landmark were busy doing what they always do: finding creative ways to meet the reading needs of one of the nation's best known and largest African-American communities.

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12 Sep

The Book Sense All About Music Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending September 11, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

1.

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Daniel J. Levitin, Plume, $15, 9780452288522

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06 Sep

The October 2007 Book Sense Picks & Notables Preview

Here is the full listing of October Book Sense Picks, with booksellers' comments, as well as a preview of the month's Notables. Independent booksellers in the Book Sense program will be receiving their October Picks fliers in the September Red Box.

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05 Sep

Hollywood Glamour & Jamaican History Intertwine in Multigenerational Saga


Margaret Cezair-Thompson

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29 Aug

'Tis the Season for a 'Main Street' Gift-Wrap Party

Scholastic, Inc. and the American Booksellers Association are partnering to help booksellers host a community-based book-donation event this holiday season. In celebration of Ann M. Martin's Main Street series, Scholastic will donate 25 books, along with wrapping materials and announcement posters, to ABA member bookstores that sign up to host a Main Street Gift-Wrap Party. Booksellers will then donate the gift-wrapped books to a local charity of their choice.

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29 Aug

The Book Sense Three-Part Illustration Bestseller List

For sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide during the eight-week period ending August 28, 2007.

Anime/Manga

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22 Aug

The Book Sense Travel Literature Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending August 21, 2007, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

1.

1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761136910

2.

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15 Aug

Booksellers Befriend MySpace

Part I of a Bookselling This Week miniseries about online endeavors that will keep you on trend and put you in touch with the tens of millions of people who engage in online social networking. Coming up next week: bookseller-bloggers, and why you might want to become one.

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14 Aug

Booksellers Host Events for Poems From Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak

As stated in the Acknowledgements of Poems From Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak (Marc Falkoff, Ed., University of Iowa Press) collecting the poems for this volume was "no easy task." It took many human rights lawyers, as well as other Constitutional and human rights advocate

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02 Aug

The September 2007 Book Sense Picks & Notables Preview

Here is the full listing of September Book Sense Picks, with booksellers' comments, as well as a preview of the month's Notables. Independent booksellers in the Book Sense program will be receiving their September Picks fliers in the August Red Box.

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01 Aug

The Book Sense Gardening & Nature Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending July 31, 2007, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

1.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559

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