BTW Articles

15 Apr

Seminar at BEA Aims to Help Prospective Booksellers

The American Booksellers Association is offering a free, one-day "Introduction to Retail Bookselling" Seminar, facilitated by the Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates, on Monday, May 24, at New York's Javits Convention Center, just prior to the Day of Education and BookExpo America.

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15 Apr

RSVPs Required for Celebration & Video Lab

There's still time for booksellers interested in attending the Celebration of Bookselling Lunch or participating in the Day of Education's "It's A Wrap" Video Lab to make reservations.

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14 Apr

SBA Asks for Bookseller Input

At an April 6 meeting between the American Booksellers Association and the Small Business Administration, the SBA asked if ABA member bookstores would offer their evaluation and feedback regarding the clarity and ease of use of a questionnaire related to Small Business Health Care Tax Credits.

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14 Apr

Retail Bookstore Sales Dip in February

 February retail sales at bookstores were down by 0.7 percent, compared with February 2009, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census. February 2010 bookstore sales are estimated at $1,003 million, compared with sales of $1,010 million for the same period last year.

Final January sales were $2,275 million, down 0.09 percent from last month's preliminary estimates and 1.9 percent higher than January 2009.

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15 Apr

Author Shares Link Between "Council of Dads," Bookstores

Bruce Feiler not only credits independent booksellers with helping him achieve a career as a writer -- "I am the kind of author who is still writing today, 20 years after I wrote my first book, because of independent bookstores," he said -- but also sees clear parallels between bookstore communities and the type of community he describes in his new book, The Council of Dads

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14 Apr

Carmichael's Finds LIBRIS Fits the Bill

Carol Besse, co-owner of Carmichael's Books in Louisville, Kentucky, shares her recent happy experience with LIBRIS, the insurance company formed by ABA to provide affordable insurance protection for its members.

I just had a happy experience I want to share with fellow ABA members.

I tried LIBRIS insurance a couple of years ago and couldn't get what I considered a simple apples-to-apples quote and abandoned the process in frustration. I also have an allegiance to my local agent who I have been with for 30-plus years.

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15 Apr

Around Indies

Elliott Bay Opens in New Location

Elliott Bay Book Company celebrates its opening in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood today, starting at 4:00 p.m. with a Grand Opening Block Party. Two weeks ago, Elliott Bay locked its doors in Pioneer Square, after 36 years.

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15 Apr

BTW News Briefs

ABA Meets With Ingram and Publisher Partners for Wi5 Debrief

On Thursday, April 8, ABA senior staff met with representatives from Ingram and 18 publishing houses in order to garner publisher feedback on January's ABA Winter Institute, in San Jose, California. About half of the almost four-hour meeting was devoted to an in-depth discussion with the 29 attendees about the three-day institute, which offered a wide range of educational programming free of charge to ABA bookstore members.

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14 Apr

The Indie Finance & Personal Investing Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending April 13, 2010, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2010: For Preparing Your 2009 Tax Return
J.K. Lasser Institute, Wiley, $19.95, 9780470447116

2.

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29 Apr

BTW News Briefs

Perseus, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Publish Catalogs via Edelweiss

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