By Guinevere Platt

Clearly, we are in a season of large-type headlines regarding the national economy.

Both gas and food prices and unemployment levels are rising. The value of the dollar, property values, and the number of new jobs created are falling. It's a disquieting mix.

Gayle Shanks ABA President

Dear Fellow Booksellers,

By Melissa Lion

By Chuck and Dee Robinson

By Len Vlahos, ABA Chief Program Officer

The weather in New York on February 11 and 12 went from sub-zero wind chills, to snow and sleet, to driving, soaking rain. But inside the Marriott Marquis in Time Square, at the O'Reilly Media "Tools of Change" Conference, it was all sunshine and light.

Robyn Kamimura

By Robyn Kamimura, Assistant Promotional Director, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California

By Tova Beiser, Trade Book & Promotions Manager, Brown University Bookstore

Karl Pohrt of Shaman Drum Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is currently visiting China as part of a group of U.S. booksellers and librarians attending the Beijing Book Fair, and he's been sharing his adventure with booksellers via Omnibus, the bookselling blog on BookWeb.org.

By Oren J. Teicher, ABA Chief Operating Officer