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The 2007 BookExpo America keynote speaker was in fact a duo: Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and author of the forthcoming book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in A New World (Penguin Press), was interviewed on stage by his wife, Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News.
 Susie J. Horgan's photographs documenting the punk music scene of Washington, D.C., circa 1980, were published this year in Punk Love (Universe/Rizzoli).
 Kate Braestrup, a Unitarian Universalist minister serving as chaplain for the Maine Warden Service, travels all over the state to outdoor emergencies that unfold with varied outcomes: a six-year-old girl lost in the woods, a woman who's slid over an 80-foot waterfall, or a snowmobiler trapped under ice.
The results of the American Booksellers Association's 2007 Board of Directors elections have been certified by the association's auditors, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP. Candidates chosen by ABA's bookstore members to serve as directors, with terms ending in 2010, are Steve Bercu of BookPeople in Austin, Texas; Tom Campbell of The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, North Carolina; and Cathy Langer of Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver. Langer, who currently serves on the Board, was elected for a second three-year term.
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Mark Bradshaw of Watermark Books & Cafe in Wichita, Kansas, and Angela K. Sherrill of 57th Street Books, a branch of the Seminary Co-op Bookstore in Chicago, have been named the winners of the American Booksellers Association's Emerging Leaders Scholarships. The scholarships cover the cost of registration at this year's BookExpo America in New York City and up to a five-night hotel stay at Hotel ABA, the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Steven Hall, author of The Raw Shark Texts (Canongate), an April Book Sense Pick, provides an entertaining look at his experiences on a cross-country promotional tour.
Friday, April 27
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By now, all ABA member bookstores should have received a mailing, via the U.S. Postal Service, that included a ballot to elect directors for three-year terms on the ABA Board. The ballot must be postmarked by Tuesday, May 1, and returned in the postage-paid envelope that was included in the mailing.
This week, the New England Independent Booksellers Association announced the establishment of the Rusty Drugan Scholarship, in memory of Wayne "Rusty" Drugan, executive director of NEIBA from 1992 to 2006. The scholarship includes three nights at the NEIBA 2007 Trade Show Headquarters Hotel and two tickets to each meal function.
The Rusty Drugan Scholarship will be awarded annually. This year, the Book Publishers Representatives of New England will be making a contribution.
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About ABA
The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.
Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.
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Cathie Black, cited by the Financial Times as "one of the leading figures in American publishing over the past two decades," will be the plenary speaker at ABA's "
This week, the American Booksellers Association unveiled the complete lineup of presenters for its 