Industry Trade Shows
Check out the listings for next year's trade shows! READ ON!
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Freight Tip
Accessorial Charges (also called “Assessorial Charges”) are charges for performing services beyond the normal pickup and delivery. Listed are examples and explanations of accessorial services.READ ON!
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Did You Know?
Is that what that means?
Headlines that mean something entirely different then what is written are this issue’s feature. Enjoy the reading and have fun.
- Man held over giant L.A. Brush Fire
- Two convicts evade noose; jury hung
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Industry Interview
Bruce Feldman, Bullseye Calendars
by Maryellen Kennedy Duckett
Veteran book and calendar man, Bruce Feldman, is a proud member of a rare species – native Californians. Not only was Feldman born in the Golden state, he has also lived and worked there his entire life. In a recent conversation with Bargain Book News, Feldman explained the connection between Sears’s vacuum cleaners, hot dogs, remainder books, and quality discount calendars.
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REMAINDERS: A BURGEONING BUSINESS
Despite a recent record setting month that briefly buoyed this year’s anemic sales figures, it’s easy to forget that, of the estimated 150,000 titles published in 2002, virtually all books will share the same fate: as remainders. A remainder may not have the glamour of a freshly printed title, but this dynamic niche accounts for the traffic of millions of books and hundreds of millions of dollars in retail sales every year. READ ON!
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In the News . . .
compiled by Jake Mabe
In The News covers a myriad of subjects in the book industry including increased gift giving this Holiday season; Ebook industry hard times; ABA and NACS powwow; Ann Rice gives up the vampire; NEBA, Miami Book Fair, and BEA news; retail scanning; and the latest lawsuit, retirements, layoffs, new looks, market sales figures, and new book release. Read On!
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Trade Show Tip
Budgeting for Trade Shows
by Julia O'Connor
Getting ready for next year? Deep in the budget crunching process? Need to justify the bottom line? Wonder where and what the Bottom Line really is? READ ON!
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Advertise In Bargain Book News!
Bargain Book News is now reserving space for sponsors of the industry’s only newsletter. The exposure is outstanding. Each issue of the ezine is sent to over 7500 individuals who are interested in the bargain book industry. There is no other vehicle that delivers pertinent information about our industry as quickly as Bargain Book News. Read On!
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Copyright © 2003 L. B. May & Associates. All rights reserved.
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Call 865-922-7491
Or email:valmay@tds.net
Click here for Remainders & Overstocks
REMAINDER HOUSE
LISTINGS!
Click here & then click on
"Vendor Information"
on the Spring Book Show site.
Swap and Shop $$$
Read on for classified listings!
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HAPPY
THANKSGIVING!
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