Industry News

02 Feb

ABA Board & Regional Meeting to Convene in Miami This Weekend

The American Booksellers Association Board of Directors will be meeting at the DoubleTree Grand Hotel in Miami, Florida, this week, from Thursday, February 5 - Sunday, February 8. In addition, the Board will be meeting with Regional Associations on Friday, February 6.

For a list of ABA Board members, go to http://www.bookweb.org/aba/53.html. For a list of Regional Associations, go to http://www.bookweb.org/orgs/286.html.

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29 Jan

Still Time to Cast a Vote for the Best of Book Sense

All employees of ABA member bookstores are being encouraged to vote for the Best of Book Sense before the February 16 deadline arrives. The Best of Book Sense project, part of ABA's celebrations of the fifth birthday of the Book Sense marketing program, gives everyone in the bookstore, from staff in the backroom to those at the cashwrap, a voice in selecting the best Book Sense 76 titles of the past five years in adult and children's categories.

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29 Jan

Ruminator to Get One-Month Extension

As BTW went to press, it appears that Ruminator Books' major creditor, Macalester College, will be giving the St. Paul, Minnesota, bookstore one more month to raise $500,000 of the more than $1 million it owes the college. The extension of the deadline for Ruminator's closing to the end of February comes as a result of the store's receiving an undisclosed amount of financial support from an anonymous investor.

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29 Jan

Calling All Vendors! Get Your Free Listing in the Booksellers' Resource Directory

ABA is asking all nonbook vendors of products and services that would be of interest to independent booksellers to submit data for a free listing in the new Booksellers' Resource Directory (formerly the Source Guide). The directory is a valuable online resource for booksellers looking for vendors of new sidelines, office supplies, display fixtures, computer hardware and software, design services, and much more.

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29 Jan

MPBA Wants Minors' Access Bill Voted Down

This week, the Colorado House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of H.B. 1078, a bill that would make it illegal to allow a minor access to any material considered "harmful to minors." The bill has members of the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association (MPBA) up in arms because, MPBA contends, the bill is vague, would be impossible to uphold, and could place severe restrictions on the availability of constitutionally protected materials.

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29 Jan

BTW News Briefs


Michigan Agrees Not to Enforce Minors' Access Law Until Hearing

Last week, Michigan's Solicitor General, Thomas Casey, came to an agreement with a coalition of booksellers, publishers, magazine distributors, and free expression groups not to enforce a minors' access law until a hearing on the coalition's request for a preliminary injunction. In exchange, the plaintiffs will not ask for an expedited schedule.

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29 Jan

A Memo Re NRF's Recent Convention & Trade Show

ABA Marketing Director Jill Perlstein provides booksellers with her impressions of the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 92nd Annual Convention & Expo, which was held on January 12 - 15 at New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center.

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29 Jan

Cader Offers Book World Free Lunch Daily

In the course of his publishing career, Michael Cader has done a lot of business over countless lunches. Since the spring of 2000, he's been making his own "Lunch," PublishersLunch, an aggregation of book-related news and links along with Cader's informed, but jocular, commentary. The comprehensive e-mail goes out each weekday morning free to over 24,000 editors, publishers, librarians, writers, movie scouts, booksellers, and other bona fide participants in the book business.

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29 Jan

Unclaimed Property Laws -- Something for Everyone

Unclaimed property laws, which vary from state to state, cover everything from dormant savings and checking accounts, to safe deposit box contents, and unclaimed security deposits. They also govern how stores should handle the funds they hold for unused gift certificates and gift cards.

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29 Jan

Patriot Act Petition Available Online

Booksellers who wish to participate in the campaign to gather more than one million customer signatures on a petition calling for Congressional support of legislation to amend Section 215 of the Patriot Act are reminded that the petition is available in an easily downloadable PDF format on BookWeb.org. The petition, which was sent to bookstores with Book Sense in the February White Box mailing, may also be downloaded by clicking here.

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29 Jan

Pete Rose a Hit at Joseph-Beth

Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati

While Pete Rose's baseball career is shrouded in controversy, and he recently admitted to betting on baseball while managing the Cincinnati Reds, Rose is as popular as ever in Cincinnati.

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28 Jan

She's a Jolly Good Fellow

Honoree Mary Gay Shipley (second from left) at January 25 dinner at Arkansas State University, also attended by (l. to r.) Spirit, Minnijean Trickey's daughter; Dr. Clyde A.

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28 Jan

Northern Lights to Close March 1

In late January 2000, a deadly fire ripped through the small downtown of St. Johnsbury, Vermont: three men were killed, one building was burned to the ground, another building was severely damaged, two major businesses were destroyed, and another five were ruined or had to shut down, including a popular independent bookstore, Northern Lights Bookshop & Cafe, which lost its entire inventory due to smoke and water damage.

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28 Jan

New Book Cash Checks to Appear in February

Book Cash, the nationwide promotional program coordinated by The Properties Group, has begun a new promotion offering select credit card holders in Visa's Gold Rewards program $5 Book Cash checks. The checks, which can be used for books as well as movie tickets and pizza, should begin appearing in stores in February. (Click here for sample coupon.)

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27 Jan

Fraudulent Orders From Africa a Continuing Problem

ABA reminds booksellers to beware of orders for large numbers of medical books, textbooks, or bibles that originate in Nigeria or other African nations. The association continues to receive reports from booksellers across the country who have received fraudulent orders via telephone and telephone relay systems developed for use by the hearing impaired; through the mail, accompanied by a check for several thousand dollars; or via e-mails and orders placed through a store's online shopping cart.

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