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ABA asks booksellers to write to their governors now
This week, Florida and Pennsylvania became the latest states to respond to a letter from the American Booksellers Association and seven other trade groups calling for the equitable enforcement of sales tax laws on online purchases. In addition, Texas continued a dialogue with ABA on the sales tax issue via a letter from the state's comptroller of public accounts.
Based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 5, 2008.
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You: Staying Young
Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9780743292566
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Based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 29, 2008.
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $19.95, 9780761104841
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For the eight-week period ending January 8, 2008, and based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
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For the eight-week period ending December 17, 2007, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S.
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Paula Deen Celebrates!: Best Dishes and Best Wishes for the Best Times of Your Life
Paula H. Deen, S&S, $26, 9780743278119
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For the eight-week period ending November 27, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.
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Book of the Dead
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399153938
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For the eight-week period ending November 13, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.
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The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador, $16, 9780312425074
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Just in time for the World Series... Book Sense presents the "Play Ball" Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 23, 2007.
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Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-Experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Zack Hample, Vintage, $13.95, 9780307280329
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 Last weekend, sales at Eso Won Books in Los Angeles were up 500 percent compared to a typical weekend, according to store co-owner James Fugate.
 Over the course of its four decades, Oscar Wilde Bookshop has played a key, though shifting, role in the LGBT literary world. The store opened for business when there were few, if any, venues where gays and lesbians could find books reflecting their lives. It grew into a meeting place, and today is a destination bookstore with an international reputation. On November 27, Oscar Wilde celebrates its 40th anniversary.
For the eight-week period ending October 7, 2007, and based on sales in independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707
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 In the early 1980s, Jack Covert was hired by the late David Schwartz to run Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop's business book and computer section. Over the next two-plus decades, Covert helped transform and grow that section into what is now Schwartz's e-commerce business-book division, 800-CEO-READ.
For the eight-week period ending September 18, 2007, and based on sales at independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.
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The Children of Hurin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $26, 9780618894642
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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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