REMAINDER NEWS

July 28, 2008

Spring Book Show Table Selection Opens Saturday!
www.springbookshow.com

Attention Book, Gift, Sideline Vendors and Exhibitors! Spring Book Show table selection opens this Saturday at 9 AM. If you are attending GABBS, you may sign up at the Spring Book Show Booth. All others need to email lbmay@springbookshow.com or call 865-388-7423 after 12 Noon. Visit www.springbookshow.com for more information and pricing.

Freight Tip
The big count down to GABBS 08 has begun!
www.shipfms.com
by Barb Smith

Freight Management Systems providing money-off coupons to Booksellers at the Great American Bargain Book Show! Read On!
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Industry Trade Shows
by Tiffany Noel

Registration is open for the Great American Bargain Book Show! GABBS Vendor space is booking up! Check out the latest listings. Be sure to send the dates and places for future trade shows to valmay@bargainbooknews.com. Read On!
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Interested in Selling Foreign Rights for a Book?
by Elliott Katz

"Authors and publishers may be missing opportunities to sell foreign rights for their books due to preconceived ideas about other cultures," Katz says. Here is what he has found, based on his own experience. Read On!
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Swap & Shop
by Valerie May

New listings for those interested in buying and selling in the publishing industry. Also new and used fixtures and bookcases. Need an affordable line of Classics for your store? Read On!
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Minding The Store
Out of Stock-A Retail Epidemic
by Mark J. Zobrosky

"Retail Out of Stock: A Worldwide Examination of Extent, Causes, and Consumer Responses", is possibly the first assessment examining out-of-stock products and its implications in today's marketplace. Read On!
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There's still time to register for GABBS!

**This Weekend!!

The Great American Bargain Book Show

REFRESH FOR LESS!

Stock and refresh your shelves for less!

Register Now for 'IndieBound' Seminar!

New Book Product at 75% - 90% off Retail!

August 1-2, Cobb Galleria - Atlanta, Ga

In The News
by Tiffany Noel

Borders looking for film deal , Craig Stoll leaves Mardel, Publishing News closes its doors, Chapter 11 for Olsson’s Books, Rick Brockett joins F&W, more bookstores opening, Amazon sales are up, Christian retail show review, online shopping on the rise, AAP book sales numbers and more! Read On!
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Industry News from Southern Review
www.anvilpub.com
by Noel Griese

Book sales decline, breaking news from the book barons, Simba says second half of 2008 will be challenge for trade book publishers and more news about bookstores, publishing, marketing and promotion. Read On!
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Trade Show Tip
TRY A DISCOUNT...ON FLOOR DEALS...
www.tradeshowtraining.com

Everybody wants a deal, and a trade show is a great time to offer one and find one. The round of fall trade shows begins this upcoming weekend with the Great American Bargain Book Show and the following tips may prove profitable for both sides of the table. Read On!
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Letter To The Editor Article Response
A response to 'As books fill dumps, publishers target insane returns policy'

This letter was sent in response to an article published in Bargain Book News earlier this year discussing the publishing industry's return policies.

We fully appreciate that it is crazy that publishers accept returns from stores, creating double handling costs etc and then they incur the costs of having the books pulped. Here at T D Edwards we have been assisting the UK and European publishers by purchasing store returns in at least container loads to be sold as pulp or for re-sale. Read On!
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