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Wild West Bookseller
The same indomitable pioneering spirit that won female Wyomingites the right to vote in 1869—a half-century before the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920—undoubtedly contributed to 27-year-old Torrie Rice's decision four years ago to sell books in the rural southeastern Wyoming town of Wheatland.
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Books for Grownups: January 2008
PW and AARP have teamed up once again to bring you a list of books especially for boomers. These books may not keep away the winter chill, but at least they'll distract you. We've got a novel about the Rolling Stones, a how-to book about reclaiming your life from your too-busy schedule, a travel guide to happiness, and much more!
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Books for Grownups: December 2007
PW and AARP have colaborated once again to bring you a list of books just for baby boomers. Here you'll find holiday gift ideas, new year's resolutions and cures for the winter blues.
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Northern Wisconsin Store to Close
When J.W. Beecroft's closes at the end of the year it will leave the largest city in northern Wisconsin without a bookstore.
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Wertz Leaving AbeBooks
Boris Wertz is stepping down from his post as chief operating officer of AbeBooks.com.
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Bookstore Profits by Opening Post Office
Tom Warner, owner of Litchfield Books in Pawleys Island, S.C., stumbled on an unusual method of bringing in customers: last November, he opened a post office. “If every bookstore would do it, they would find it a blessing,” Warner said. “My customer transactions are up 15%.” Dubbed “contract postal units” (CPU) by the United States Postal Service, these auxil...
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MPIBA Launches Book Camp
The MPIBA (Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association) dubbed their Sept. 27--29, 2007 weekend gathering "Book Camp" because it was designed to recall both summer camp and boot camp by combining "educational, fun, relaxing and engaging but also include discipline and training."
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B&N Produces Music CDs for Exclusive Sale
Barnes & Noble is taking a page from Starbucks' Hear Music playbook as it ventures into the music industry this week by co-producing a pair of CD music compilations that will be sold exclusively at B&N stores and online. The bookseller’s first two CD releases (on the new label bigHelium Records) are Sunday Music 1 and Sunday Music 2.
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Lectorum Closing NYC Bookstore to Shift to Web
Lectorum Publications, one of the largest and oldest distributor of Spanish-language books in the United States, announced that effective Sept. 30 it will close its New York City retail store, Librería Lectorum, and shift its consumer business to its bilingual Web site (www.Lectorum.com). Lectorum will continue to serve schools, libraries and college bookstores through its national sales force and catalog ordering.
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Bantam Dell Tries Dual Format Publishing with New Imprint
Random House division Bantam Dell is launching a new imprint, Bantam Discovery, that that will release one title every month, simultaneously in both mass market and trade paperback. The general fiction imprint, set to begin publishing in February 2008, will, it's hoped, address the format dilemma many publishers face.
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Robin’s to Close Annex
Larry Robin, owner of Philadelphia's oldest independent bookstore, Robin's Bookstore, will close the outlet's annex to focus his efforts on the flagship store. Among the changes he will make are a bigger online presence a a revised store layout.
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Zondervan Debuts Digital Effort
Zondervan has launched eZondervan.com, selling books and other products direct to consumers in digital formats. Purchasers can download the products immediately or request that they be burned to a CD, which will then be mailed to them. Executive v-p and publisher Scott Bolinder, who heads the project, was traveling and unavailable, but PW spoke with Joe Sherman, v-p of pastor and church engagem...
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Booksellers to the Rescue
Two indie bookselles in St. Louis are working together to replace books stolen from an art studio for children.
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Page & Palette bookstore Sues Convention Center & Production Company for $1.5 million
Page & Palette bookstore owner Karin Wolff Wilson has brought a $1.5 million lawsuit against the convention center and production company that hosted her Fairhope, Alabama store’s May 1 event with bestselling cookbook author Paula Deen.
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Two Cookbook-Specific Stores Open in Northeast
Two New England specialty stores are attempting to satisfy foodies’ hunger for information on food and wine. The first, Rabelais in Portland, Maine, opened in April, while Bostonites now have access to the recently opened Stir.
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New Mexico
New Mexico may seem like one of those states lost in time,” said Kay Marcotte, sales rep for the University of New Mexico Press and former director of marketing for Barnes & Noble in New York, “but there are a lot of freethinkers here, a lot of smart people, and consequently, a lot of booksellers per capita.
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Kinokuniya to Open New Flagship Bookstore in New York
Kinokuniya, the largest bookstore chain in Japan, will be opening a 24,000 sq.-ft. flagship store in early October 2007 in New York City. The new store will become Kinokuniya’s largest U.S. outlet (a title previously held by the 13,700 sq.-ft. bookstore inside New York City’s Rockefeller Center that opened in 1981).
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BookCourt Adding Space, Titles
Brooklyn's BookCourt is expanding for the third time, a move that will broaden the store's offerings into new categories.
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Cagney & Lacey Producer Rethinks Publishing On Demand
Emmy Award-winning producer Barney Rosenzweig recently published his memoir, Cagney & Lacey and Me, through the Print On Demand publisher iUniverse. He explains the process and why he will go the traditional publishing route next time.
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Children’s Books for Fall: V
VIKING Cowboy and Octopus ($16.99) by Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith. Stories starring two unlikely friends. (All ages) The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie DVD and Book Gift Set ($19.99) by Ezra Jack Keats package these stories with a DVD featuring an animated film of each book. (All ages) Llama Llama Mad at Mama ($15.
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