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On NCIBA's exhibit floor.
The lines at Author Autographing.
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By Liz Murphy of The Learned Owl Book Shop in Hudson, Ohio
 I always return from the Great Lakes Booksellers Association fall trade show re-enthused, re-vitalized, and (almost) ready to face the holidays! This show was no different.
On Tuesday, September 27, the Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA) announced that it was matching ABA's initial contribution to the Bookseller Relief Fund with a $25,000 contribution from the SEBA Board Reserve Fund.
By Andrea Avantaggio of Maria's Bookshop in Durango, Colorado
By Lisa Baudoin of Main Street Books in Pella, Iowa
Eight regional booksellers associations are joining to create a new national spring catalog for consumers that will help their member stores sell more books and that "will assist publishers in selling more books through the independent channel," said Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA) Executive Director Wanda Jewell.
By Tova Beiser of Brown University Bookstore in Providence, Rhode Island
By Kelly Justice of The Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia
 The mood at this year's Southeastern Booksellers Association Trade Show was decidedly sober compared to the last few years. I felt the distressing echo of the show that had immediately followed September 11, 2001. The same haunted "there but for the grace of God go I" gratitude was evident in the faces of many of my colleagues, as well as in the mirror in my hotel room.
 The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Annual Fall Trade Show and Convention, titled "Sea-change by the Seashore," will be held Sunday, October 16, and Monday, October 17, at the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
 In a move to increase the geographic reach and scope of The Spoken Word, a weekly, hour-long public radio program focusing on literature, culture, and the arts, the Public Radio Partnership (PRP) has become the show's owner, producer, and distributor. Underwritten by the Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA), the regionally syndicated program was previously produced by The Camberley Collection, parent company to The Brown Hotel.
By Scott Foley of Grass Roots Books & Music in Corvallis, Oregon
 On a day rumored to be the last truly warm day of the summer, members of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association gathered at Portland, Oregon's Convention Center to begin three days of networking, education, and business, from September 8 to 10.
 The Southern California Booksellers Association (SCBA) will be holding its Fall Authors Feast and Trade Show on Saturday, October 15, 2005, at the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel in Long Beach.
On Friday, September 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., those attending the Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA) Fall Trade Show can learn more about the challenges and opportunities common to all independent Main Street businesses.
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