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Wilska Resigns as NEBA President
In a letter dated July 23, New England Booksellers Association members were informed that Eric Wilska of the Bookloft in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, had submitted his resignation as president of the regional "due to philosophical differences with a majority of the Board over governance issues, primarily dealing with the relationship between the executive director and the Board."
That Bookstore in Blytheville's Mary Gay Shipley had been courting former President Bill Clinton, hoping to convince him to stop by the store, "since he signed the contract" for My Life (Knopf). Her perseverance has paid off: Clinton will be visiting That Bookstore in Blytheville, Arkansas, on Thursday, July 29, at 12:30 p.m.
Book Sense bookstores can help their customers win a crime spree -- well, actually, a crime-writing spree -- when they direct customers to A&E Network's Cold Case Files Sweepstakes.
A&E's Cold Case Files, a series that examines the art of forensics, has partnered with Book Sense and Penguin to create a sweepstakes designed specifically for Book Sense stores and their customers. The grand prize is a 7-Day/6-Night trip for two to the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, England.
From May 8 to June 3, 2004, the Lonely Planet Independent Bookstore Tour traveled to 26 states, visiting more than 100 independent bookstores. During the trip, which began in New York and ended in Chicago at this year's BookExpo America, the Lonely Planet crew amassed hundreds of great photos of the interiors and exteriors of stores situated up and down the east coast, in the southeast and central U.S. The photos, which were part of Lonely Planet's exhibit at BEA, were a big draw, as independents took in what other booksellers were doing in other regions.
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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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An increasing number of booksellers are using the Book Sense Bestseller lists, posted each Wednesday in printable forms on http://www.bookweb.org/booksense/bestsellers/. Recently, the marketing staff at Book Sense queried the reporting stores to determine the reactions to three lists: Paperback, Hardcover, and Children's, which can be printed in multiple formats, in color, or black and white. 
Jay Conrad Levinson is the author of the bestselling marketing series, Guerrilla Marketing. This article, which originally appeared on the 
Banned Books Week, the national celebration of First Amendment rights, now in its 23rd year, will be held from September 25 - October 2.
