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April 24, 2008 A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life 1 (Clarkson Potter). TABLE OF CONTENTS: In a change of schedule, the keynote will begin at 8:30 a.m. on • Ed Begley, Jr. to Kick Off ABA Day of Thursday in the Renaissance Hollywood's Grand Ballroom, where Education ......................................................... 1 coffee will be served, not breakfast as previously announced. • ABA to Go Green at BEA ................................. 1 Begley has been chairman of the Environmental Media Association • New York Budget With Internet Sales Tax and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. He serves on the Provision Signed Into Law ................................ 2 boards of numerous organizations including the Thoreau Institute, the Earth Communications Office, Tree People, and Friends of the • ABFFE Seeks Booksellers' Opinions via Earth. His work has garnered awards from environmental groups Online Survey ................................................... 2 including the California League of Conservation Voters, the • BTW News Briefs ............................................. 3 Natural Resources Defense Council, the Coalition for Clean Air, • First Annual Record Store Day a Hit ................ 3 Heal the Bay, the Santa Monica Baykeeper, and the Southern • ABACUS: Easy to Do, Great Benefits .............. 4 California Gas Company. 2 • Eat. Shop. Local. .............................................. 4 Begley has appeared in numerous movies, TV shows, and theatre projects. His feature film work includes A Mighty Wind , For Your • In the Spotlight: Gayle Shanks, Candidate for Consideration , Batman Forever , The Accidental Tourist , and The ABA President .................................................. 4 Inlaws . Upcoming projects include the theatrical comedy • Doing the ABA Author Lunch? ......................... 5 Pineapple Express and the HBO feature Recount , starring Kevin • Toddlin' Along the Thames ............................... 5 Spacey. • Booksellers Forum in New Hampshire Next Since coming to public attention for his six-time Emmy-nominated Week ................................................................ 6 portrayal of Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the long-running TV series St. • ABFFE & PEN American Center Joint Elsewhere , Begley has had recurring roles on Six Feet Under and Arrested Development and has guest starred on such series as The Membership Offer Expires May 1 ..................... 6 West Wing , The Practice , Boston Legal , and CSI: Miami . His • Great Turnout for Grand Rapids Forum ........... 7 theatre credits include starring roles in productions of David • Evan Handler Shares the Good News -- and Mamet's Cryptogram and Romance . the Bad -- of Being Alive ................................... 7 • March Bookstore Openings .............................. 8 ABA to Go Green at BEA April 24, 2008 -- The American Booksellers Association is ramping BOOK SENSE THIS WEEK up its efforts to be ecologically responsible at next month's BookExpo America in Los Angeles. This week, as worldwide • Announcing the Spring - Summer Reading celebrations of Earth Day brought added focus to the need for Group Picks ...................................................... 8 individuals and businesses to lessen their impact on the • Books, Coffee & the Great Outdoors ................ 8 environment, ABA announced changes that will reduce the carbon • Oregon Booksellers to Challenge Censorship footprint of its participation in BEA. Law ................................................................... 9 In a change that will significantly cut down on the use of paper, and the attendant energy to produce and ship materials, ABA is making all of its education session materials, which previously would have MARKETPLACE been printed and provided in a binder at the show, available to • Classifieds ........................................................ 9 every member bookseller via BookWeb.org by Thursday, May 8. • Other Advertising .............................................. 9 "We've listened to the booksellers at this year's Winter Institute who told us that, while they valued the contents of the binder of educational handouts we provided, ABA needed to find a better, more ecologically friendly way to distribute them," said COO Oren Ed Begley, Jr. to Kick Off ABA Day of Teicher. "Making them all available on the web allows booksellers Education to read, review, and download them, if they wish, before the show. This change will significantly reduce the use of paper and fuel in April 24, 2008 -- Ed Begley, Jr., who has become as well known relation to our participation in BEA. And there's the added benefit for his environmental activism as for his acting career, will be the of enabling our members to make more informed decisions about morning's keynote speaker at the American Booksellers which sessions to attend." Association's Day of Education on Thursday, May 29. Begley is the co-star of the hit HGTV series Living With Ed , a look at the Materials related to five of this year's ABA education sessions are day-to-day realities of "living green," and author of Living Like Ed: already available via BookWeb: "Building and Rewarding © 2008 American Booksellers Association. http://news.bookweb.org/ 1 BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK April 24, 2008 Customer Loyalty 3 ," "Green Retailing 4 ," "Creating Killer Events "What can happen on these constitutionally questionable laws is 5 ," "Loss Control: How to Stop Profits From Running Out the often times there is a court challenge," Mark Micali, vice president Front (and Back) Door 6 ," and "Introduction to Co-op Advertising 7 of government affairs for the Direct Marketing Association ." These and all other session materials are being posted to the Day (DMA), told Multichannel Merchant . "Certainly, the DMA may of Education schedule at www.bookweb.org/events/bea/program 8 . try to litigate against this and strike this down. Individual In addition, all education materials are accessible by topic via companies can litigate and make the same arguments." He added BookWeb's Education Curriculum Guide 9 . that, for now, DMA is going to "wait a little bit and see how many ABA is also encouraging booksellers to bring a bag from home to companies are affected and how aggressive the New York Revenue fill with trade show-related information that will be available for Department is as far as enforcing this." pick up at the Day of Education registration desk at Hotel ABA. The DMA and Amazon believe the law is a violation of federal "There's one thing that we know booksellers have received plenty law. Micali told DM News that the provision "goes against the of, and that's bags -- some of which we're provided in the past, and spirit of the 1992 Quill versus North Dakota decision," and called some of which have come from publishers and wholesalers. Rather the law "an unabashed attempt by New York State government to than provide another bag, this year we're asking booksellers to expand the reach of its tax system across state borders to businesses recycle and reuse one of their older bags," explained Teicher. [that] have no physical presence in the state." Amazon.com Vice In related news, this week ABA announced that actor, author, and President Paul Misener told Newsday in February that the Internet environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. will be the keynote speaker Sales Tax provision is a "new tax" and scolded New York State kicking off the Day of Education 10 on Thursday, May 29, at Hotel officials for raising taxes on consumers. ABA. (Read more.) ABA COO Oren Teicher questioned the legal grounds for a court Bookselling This Week itself will also become greener at BEA. As challenge, and noted, "The Internet Sales Tax provision in the New usual, we'll be producing three editions at the show that will be York State budget simply clarifies existing sales tax laws. If there posted to the web and sent via e-mail to our entire subscription list is a legal challenge, we firmly believe the courts will side with on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings. However, this year, New York State. Despite the misleading comments of some we will forego printing the issue for handout at the trade show. retailers who oppose the provision for purely competitive reasons, BEA attendees will be able to read our daily reports from their the Internet Sales Tax provision is not a new tax -- New York State laptops, PDAs, and the ABA Lounge's Booklog Internet Cafe, consumers owe tax on all out-of-state purchases, it's merely a where member booksellers can check their e-mail accounts or question of who collects and remits it. The law states that if you browse the web. have a warehouse, office, or sales agents in a state, you have nexus in that state. It is indisputable that online affiliates act as sales Over the next several weeks, BTW will feature announcements agents for out-of-state retailers. For the Amazons of the world to regarding the remaining education session handouts as they are contend otherwise is, frankly, quite a reach." posted to the web, as well as more about ABA's developing green initiatives. --Rosemary Hawkins 11 Most large online retailers already collect sales tax on online orders into New York and other states. In a February television interview, New York State Tax Commissioner Robert Megna reported that New York Budget With Internet Sales that eight out of the 10 top e-retailers in the country "are collecting Tax Provision Signed Into Law tax for all of the states in which they are doing business. This is not