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February 9, 2010
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ABA's Winter Institute Off to a Great Start
February 04, 2010 - On Thursday, February 4, five hundred indie booksellers were well into the second day of ABA's Fifth Annual Winter Institute, in San Jose, California. Bookselling This Week was there, along with other ABA staff members, 40-plus authors and illustrators, and representatives from the Winter Institute's overall event sponsor, Ingram, and Wi5's publisher partners and friends. |
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Winter Institute: Some Important Reminders
January 28, 2010 - In less than a week, some 500 indie booksellers will be gathering in San Jose, California, for the kickoff of ABA's Fifth Annual Winter Institute. There's a lot packed into the three-day event, including 30-plus education sessions and roundtables, special events, and networking opportunities. To help you get the most out of your time in San Jose, we've put together some program highlights and timely reminders. |
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E-Fairness Legislation Introduced in Four States
January 28, 2010 - Facing budget shortfalls and a decline in sales tax revenue due to the growth of online shopping, legislators in Colorado, New Mexico, Vermont, and Virginia recently introduced bills that would level the playing field for the collection of sales tax on online sales and ensure the equitable enforcement of existing Internet sales tax laws. ABA is urging booksellers in those states to ask their legislators to support these new bills. To help booksellers' outreach efforts, ABA has created the E-Fairness Action Kit, featuring state-specific template letters that can be easily adapted. |
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In State of the Union Address, President Outlines Ways to Help Small Business
January 28, 2010 - In his first State of the Union address, delivered on Wednesday, January 27, President Obama declared that jobs must be the nation's top priority in 2010. Stressing that job creation begins with small businesses, the President outlined proposals to help small businesses, including better access to capital and tax breaks. |
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Google Preview Now Available on IndieCommerce Sites & IndieBound.org
January 28, 2010 - Consumers visiting a bookstore's ABA IndieCommerce website on the Drupal platform can now "look inside" thousands of books, courtesy of Google Preview. If Google Preview is available for a title, a button appears below the book's cover art on the site's product page. Google Preview is also available on IndieBound.org. |
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2009 ABACUS Reports on the Way
January 28, 2010 - This week, ABA began sending customized reports to member bookstores that participated in the 2009 ABACUS Survey. The individualized reports analyze the store's financial results and include comparisons with other businesses based on multiple criteria (such as sales level, store size, and community type) in addition to year-to-year trending information. |
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The March 2010 Indie Next List Preview
January 28, 2010 - Here's a preview of the titles on the March Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement. A downloadable PDF version of the list will also be available beginning March 1 on BookWeb.org and IndieBound.org. |
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BTW News Briefs
January 28, 2010 - Apple Debuts iPad; Literary Community Loses Salinger, Auchincloss, Zinn; Deadline Today for Objections to Revised Google Settlement; Edelweiss & AAUP Partner to Bring Scholarly Catalogs Online; TV Series Based on M.J. Rose's The Reincarnationist to Debut February 9; HarperCollins Launches Interactive Writing Platform for Teens; NRF Forecasts Increase in Retail Sales for 2010 |
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The Indie History Bestseller List
January 28, 2010 - For the eight-week period ending January 26, 2010, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide. |
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Holiday Survey of Indie Businesses Garners Widespread Media Attention
January 28, 2010 - A recent national survey indicating that more shoppers deliberately sought out locally owned businesses during the 2009 holiday season has drawn media coverage ranging from Florida to California. |
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ABFFE Welcomes Ohio Supreme Court Ruling
January 28, 2010 - The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression welcomed a ruling on Wednesday by the Ohio Supreme Court that booksellers and other owners of "generally accessible" websites cannot be prosecuted under an Ohio law that makes it a crime to electronically disseminate to minors material that is "obscene or harmful." |
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Give a Little & Change the World
January 27, 2010 - When author Wendy Smith looked at the charitable giving statistics related to the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, she was amazed to find that 45 percent of total giving from around the world came from "ordinary American citizens." In Give a Little: How Your Small Donations Can Transform Our World (Hyperion), Smith provides more surprising statistics, shows how one small donation can change someone's life, and offers help for those looking to select a worthy cause. |
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The Latest Indie Bestseller Lists
January 27, 2010 - Bestsellers in hardcover, paperback, and children's categories based on sales from independent bookstores across America. |
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