BTW Articles

24 Mar

Change in Venue for Salt Lake Booksellers Forum

The location of ABA’s March 29 Booksellers Forum to be held in conjunction with the MPIBA Spring Meeting has been changed to Fresco Italian Café, next door to The King’s English Bookshop, in Salt Lake City.

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29 Mar

Poetry Top Ten Flier, Other Resources Available for April Celebrations

Looking for an easy way to refresh your store displays? Download the Indie Next List Poetry Top Ten flier now and make it the centerpiece of your “April is National Poetry Month” displays.

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30 Mar

Politics and Prose Introduces New Owners

After considering offers from a number of interested parties, Barbara Meade and David Cohen, husband of the late Carla Cohen, have chosen to sell Washington, D.C.’s iconic Politics and Prose Bookstore to former Washington Post journalists Bradley Graham and his wife, Lissa Muscatine.

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30 Mar

ABA Town Hall & Annual Membership Meetings to Be Held on May 24

ABA encourages all member booksellers to attend the 2011 Annual Membership and Town Hall meetings on Tuesday, May 24,  at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, in conjunction with BookExpo America.

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30 Mar

L.A. Times Columnist Calls for Passage of E-Fairness Legislation

George Skelton, political columnist for the Los Angeles Times, believes that Amazon.com and other online sellers that have affiliates in the state of California should be paying sales tax on purchases by in-state residents.

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30 Mar

Sales Tax Bills Pass in Arkansas and South Dakota

There have been two recent victories in sales tax parity – affiliate nexus legislation approved by the Arkansas legislature, and, in South Dakota, new legislation enacted into law.

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31 Mar

Reservations Open for Tea With Children’s Authors

Booksellers and librarians can now reserve a spot for the Tea With Children’s Authors, to be held on Wednesday afternoon, May 25, at BookExpo America. Tickets for the event are $15 each.

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31 Mar

Batter Up: A Look at Spring Baseball Titles

 In honor of today’s Major League Baseball Opening Day festivities, we’ve compiled a list of some of this spring’s baseball titles with the help of Above the Treeline’s Edelweiss Interactive Publisher Catalog program and a few bookseller recommendations.

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06 Apr

ABC Children’s Group Silent Auction and Reception Reservations Open

Reservations are now being accepted for the ABC Children’s Group Silent Auction and Reception at BEA to benefit the new ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books. A preview of this year’s Silent Auction artwork is available online.

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06 Apr

ABA Announces the 2011 Indies Choice and E.B. White Award Winners

Booksellers at ABA member stores across the country have chosen the winners of the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards.

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