Freight Tip
Increase Your 4th Quarter Profits
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by Barb Smith
A popular misconception for bookstores and publishers is that a logistics company can only be beneficial to a large company. Constantly rising freight cost is a shared problem for companies of all sizes. Read On!
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Industry Trade Shows
by Tiffany Noel
Check out all the latest listings. Mark your calendars for upcoming trade shows.
2009 Trade Shows
October
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association – October 8 – 10. Oakland, CA. www.nciba.com
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association – October 24. 2009 Authors Feast & Trade Show. www.scbabooks.org
November
Annual Miami Book Fair International - Miami Dade College
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Industry News
All Good News From SIBA Greenville
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All good news to report from SIBA in Greenville, SC this year. Attendance was up according to SIBA official Nicki Leone. Angie Smits, of Southern Territory Associates, who has attended SIBA for years, said that her company saw an increase in orders this year. Click this link for full story: http://www.wanda.sibaweb.com/?p=858
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Minding The Store
Profile Yourself to Succeed
by Mark J. Zobrosky
No retail bookseller succeeds in business unless its leadership understands their strengths and weaknesses. This knowledge, however, is not as easily understood as we would like it to be. Read On!
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Job Opportunity
Looking for Seasoned Sales Professional
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“Marketing Resource, a leading NYC based company in the remainder business has an immediate opening for a seasoned sales professional. You will represent us at trade shows; market to existing trade accounts, and develop new accounts. Fantastic position for the right person. You should be a self starter and be able to recognize opportunity. Base salary plus commission. Email your resume with salary requirements to: jobs@mribargains.com .
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In The News
by Tiffany Noel
Howard open house, Google brings digital books to Europe, iRex offers cell phone E-Reader, book thief falls off a cliff, Barnes & Noble news, another Kindle version, new job opening, and more in this edition of In The News. Read On!
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More Store Marketing Ideas
Hall Book Exhange, Georgia, Plans a Reading Weekend
Here is one bookstore's plan involving the whole community for an entire weekend. Folks will be reading around the clock at Hall Book Exchange beginning 5pm Friday, October 23 and ending 5pm Saturday, October 24. Benefiting the Gainesville/Hall County Alliance for Literacy, participants of all ages will be reading books of all kinds, meeting and listening to authors read from their books and drinking plenty of free coffee. Read On!
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