Ed Begley, Jr. to Kick Off ABA Day of Education ABA to Go Green At

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

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 something new and not something difficult for anyone the size of April 24, 2008 -- On April 15, Gov. David Paterson signed into law Amazon.com." Amazon Enterprise Solutions, a division of the Internet Sales Tax provision, as reported by Multichannel Amazon, already collects sales tax in New York for companies like Merchant . The Internet Sales Tax provision requires out-of-state Target.com. And just yesterday, Tom Szkutak, Amazon CFO, retailers such as Amazon.com to comply with New York State reported that Amazon collects sales or value added tax on 50 sales tax laws and to collect and remit sales tax on sales to state percent of its business, though he declined to comment directly on residents. Though the provision is now in effect, out-of-state New York State's Internet Sales Tax provision, according to retailers not currently collecting sales tax that register with New Publishers Weekly . York State by June 1, 2008, will not be penalized for uncollected sales tax up to that point. ABA is now urging New York booksellers and other independent retailers to thank their legislators for including the Internet Sales New York State has notified the 500 largest online retailers in the Tax provision in the final budget. ABA has created a templated, state that they need to register and to start collecting sales tax as of suggested "Thank You" letter to an assembly member 12 and to a June 1, New York Newsday reported. The Internet Sales Tax senator 13 . "This is a precedent-setting move on the part of New provision only applies to non-New York State retailers that have York State, so it is important to thank your legislature for its $10,000 or more per year in affiliate sales, assuming they do not leadership and support of this key issue," said Teicher. have nexus in the state through other means (for example, a Booksellers can find their assembly member here 14 and find their warehouse or office). Any retailer that meets the nexus criteria but 15 16 does not comply with the law is subject to audits and is liable for senator here . -- David Grogan back taxes. For a more detailed look at New York State's Internet Sales Tax provision, With the budget now signed, the waiting game begins as to whether please refer to BTW 's "A Look at NY's Internet Sales Tax Provision -- And an online retailer or trade group will challenge the provision in How It Affects Indies in Other States." court. Both the Direct Marketing Association and Amazon.com have been vocal opponents of the Internet Sales Tax provision, and, before Paterson signed the budget, each had threatened lawsuits if the provision was included. Just last week, the National Retail ABFFE Seeks Booksellers' Opinions via Foundation also voiced its opposition to the provision. Online Survey

April 24, 2008 -- 17 The American Booksellers Foundation for Free and restaurants. Title Wave's co-owner Julie Drake said, "We are Expression (ABFFE) is seeking a friendly but honest assessment of happy to welcome Marty's New York Bagel Deli to Title Wave its strengths and weaknesses from the people it was created to serve Books. Many of our customers know and love Marty's, and are -- independent booksellers -- via a quick and anonymous online excited at the chance to get their favorite bagels at their favorite survey 18 . All booksellers are encouraged to complete the survey, bookstore." which has a deadline of Friday, May 2. Marty's New York Bagel Deli will occupy 2,000 square feet in "We need a little help from our friends," ABFFE President Chris Title Wave's coffee shop, near the events stage. In addition to fresh Finan said. "Please take 10 minutes to tell us what are we doing bagels made daily, Marty's will serve a full deli menu including well -- and what we need to do better. Your comments will help sandwiches, soups, desserts, coffee and espresso drinks, and will ensure that ABFFE continues to serve booksellers well." open early for breakfast. Created by Bernuth & Williamson, a management consulting firm, the survey will be used to update ABFFE's strategic plan. Access Hue-Man in the Movies 19 the survey here . Hue-Man Bookstore in Harlem, New York, can be seen in the new Melvin Van Peebles comedy/adventure movie, Confessionsofa BTW News Briefs Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha . The film will premier at the April 24, 2008 -- Tribecca Film Festival, which is held in New York City from April 23 - May 4. According to the Internet Movie Database, Recession Hitting Chains Hard Confessionsofa is "a semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas In an April 15 article by Michael Barbaro, the New York Times and back again." reported on a growing wave of bankruptcies among America's chain retailers. Noting that eight mostly midsize chains, including Sharper Image and the furniture store Levitz, have filed for bankruptcy since last fall, the Times observed that "the troubles are First Annual Record Store Day a Hit quickly spreading to bigger national companies." In addition, a April 23, 2008 -- 20 On Saturday, April 19, independently owned number of businesses, including Foot Locker, Ann Taylor, and record stores around the world took part in the first annual Record Zales, are planning to close stores to preserve cash. Store Day, a celebration of the culture of indie record stores and the The Times noted that consumers' need to spend more on food and unique place that they occupy in their local communities and gasoline "is crowding out other purchases," and retailers who nationally. By all accounts, the day was a huge success. "relied heavily on borrowed money to finance their purchase of "It was out of control," said Don VanCleave of the Coalition of merchandise and even to meet payroll during slow periods" were Independent Music Stores via e-mail. All told, some 692 stores being denied loans from banks. signed up to participate, including stores from "the U.K., Italy, and Although most of the companies are filing for reorganization rather various other far flung places." The Alliance of Independent Music than liquidation, the Times said that lawyers and industry experts Stores, CIMS, Music Monitor Network, and the Value Music are predicting that many will not emerge from bankruptcy. Group of Indie Stores, organized the day. "Whether more chains file for bankruptcy or not, It will be hard to VanCleave reported that, according to StreetPulse, Saturday was miss the impact of the industry's troubles in the nation's malls," the the best day of music sales for 2008, out-selling the second best Times said. day, March 22, by 29 percent. And music sales increased 39 The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is predicting percent on Record Store Day compared to the same time the that store closings will increase 25 percent in 2008 to 5,753, from previous week. The response to Record Store Day increased music 4,603 in 2007. sales over 22 percent from the same day last year. "This is just the indie sector," he said. "We are really excited."

Prairie Lights Announces New Ownership Structure Record Store Day was officially launched by Metallica, who also celebrated the vinyl re-release of Kill 'Em All and Ride the Prairie Lights in Iowa City, Iowa, recently announced an ownership Lightning (Warner Bros. Records) on April 15. The group change. Owner and founder Jim Harris is taking on two new conducted an in-store signing and fan meet-and-greet at Rasputin partners, staff member Jan Weissmiller and customer and author Music & DVD in Mountain View, California. The event was the Jane Mead, as reported by the DesMoines Register . The new band's first in-store appearance in nearly a decade. About 400 fans ownership structure was announced Tuesday, April 22. According camped out in front of the store for three days in anticipation of the to the Register , the three owners are "brainstorming new ideas for band's appearance, according to Rolling Stone . Prairie Lights, while aiming to maintain the character of the store in The day certainly generated tremendous support from musicians downtown Iowa City." The store will celebrate its 30th anniversary 21 on May 4 at the Englert Theater in Iowa City, the article noted. and celebrities. The Record Store Day website was inundated with heartfelt remarks from the likes of Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and hundreds of other artists, as well as music fans, New York Bagels in Alaska Bookstore who penned testimonials about their love of independent music Marty's New York Bagel Deli will open a restaurant at the midtown stores. Anchorage location of Title Wave Books in the Northern Lights "There's nothing as glamorous to me as a record store," McCartney Shopping Center on Thursday, May 1. Marty's will join the vibrant wrote. "When I recently played Amoeba in Los Angeles, I realized community of Spenard, an area of Anchorage known for its eclectic what fantastic memories such a collection of music brings back blend of mostly locally owned, independent and hip retail stores when you see it all in one place. This is why I'm more than happy

© 2008 American Booksellers Association. http://news.bookweb.org/ 3 BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK April 24, 2008 to support Record Store Day, and I hope that these kinds of stores Wellman dove in, not only doing all the research, writing, and will be there for us all for many years to come." photography herself, but printing 10,000 copies. "I had no "The best feeling on earth is to be surprised by something you distributor, no nothing. I wasn't coming at it from the book trade," never expected to find in a bookstore," wrote David Simon, creator she said, underscoring her neophitism. She began by taking a and director for the HBO award-winning series The Wire . "The thousand copies to Powell's. "I talked to the frontlist buyer six days second best feeling on earth is to be surprised by something you before Christmas -- my timing was really banner -- and he said, never expected to find in a record store. If it's something used, or 'These are really good! I'll take five.' I said, 'Did I miss some rare, or out-of-print all the better. And, honestly, what are the zeroes?'" chances of something like that happening in a chain store? I can While Wellman did have that brief "Oh my God, I'm completely spend three hours going through the stacks at a place like Sound screwed" moment, orders and press coverage "just rolled from Garden. It is never time wasted." there." Initially planned to be a one-off book, the series, now There's no question that, much in the same way a bibliophile views distributed by Independent Publishers Group, includes guides for his local bookstore, indie records stores hold a certain place in the Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, hearts of music fans. Said VanCleave, "I think the personal service, Austin, Chicago, Brooklyn/NYC, Philadelphia, Boston, Rhode the filtering, and the social interaction with other music geeks is the Island, Phoenix, the Twin Cities, Atlanta, New Orleans, main attraction." -- David Grogan 22 Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Montreal, Vancouver, B.C., and Denver (October 2008). Wellman also now employs a staff of three, who do all the research, writing, and photography for the ABACUS: Easy to Do, Great Benefits guides they each produce. April 23, 2008 -- Data gathering for the 2008 ABACUS Survey 23 is Booksellers staying at Hotel ABA for this year's BookExpo now underway via a simple, confidential online form. All ABA America will have the opportunity to pick up a copy of eat.shop los member stores are encouraged to participate in the survey, which angeles at the Day of Education registration desk. Wellman's "eat" provides participants with a customized analysis of their business' recommendation for downtown L.A. is the "fantastic" Pacific financial results that can be used to evaluate and improve store Dining Car. "It's open 24 hours and is an L.A. institution," she said. performance. As an added bonus, participating stores receive a $50 And for "shop," Blends is great. rebate. This year will be the first that eat.shop guides will be featured in a For most booksellers, completing the easy-to-use ABACUS Survey booth at BEA (Booth #925 as part of IPG). All 20 titles and a form 24 will take about an hour. An Excel spreadsheet enables couple of the authors will be there. -- Karen Schechner 28 booksellers to organize their financial statement information so that it matches the categories on the ABACUS form. All information provided to the ABACUS study is kept strictly confidential. In the Spotlight: Gayle Shanks, Candidate for ABA President David Walker, ABA's industry consultant, will be available at BookExpo America to assist any bookseller who needs help April 23, 2008 -- The past year has been a busy one for the completing the form or interpreting the results from last year's American Booksellers Association's Board of Directors, said Vice ABACUS Survey. Booksellers wishing to make an appointment President Gayle Shanks, who is currently up for approval by with Walker should contact him at [email protected] 25 . membership to serve a one-year term as president starting this June. "We have spent time clarifying our expectations -- what we are as The deadline for submission of data for the 2008 study is Friday, an association, how we can better serve our members, and at what August 15. cost. We have redesigned the way we think about strategic planning and adopted a set of goals that guide our decisions." Eat. Shop. Local. Shanks and her husband, Bob Sommer, founded Tempe, Arizona's April 23, 2008 -- Billed as "indispensable guides to stylishly Changing Hands 29 in 1974. "I thought I'd play in the book business unique, locally owned eating and shopping," the eat.shop series 26 is for a year or two!" Shanks told BTW. "I never dreamed it would a natural for the independent bookstore customer. The guides, become my life." The business has moved and grown from 500 created by Kaie Wellman and self-published under her imprint square feet to 13,000 square feet over the years, and in 2007 Cabazon Books, have a stand-out, simple design, and highlight Changing Hands was named Publishers Weekly Bookseller of the about 90 local restaurants and shops in each of 20 city guides. Year. In January 2008, Cindy Dach was added to Changing Hands' The guides focus, as the name suggests, only on eating and ownership group. shopping, and only on local venues. "We're not into the big and Changing Hands is also an active member of Local First AZ, the splashy places," said Wellman. "We're more into the small and American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, and the authentic. It doesn't matter if it's New York or Paris, that's what Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association, and makes a place really cool." Shanks has served as vice president of ABFFE and as MPIBA 27 Wellman, who studied editorial, book, and magazine design at president. New York's Parsons School of Design, launched the first eat.shop Shanks has also been a member of ABA's Education Task Force guide for her native city of Portland, Oregon, in 2003. "I got the and has led seminars on adding sidelines to the inventory mix and idea when I watched a lot of my friends, and my husband, all who other topics at both BookExpo America and at regional meetings. have fantastic, small, locally owned businesses, struggle to Throughout her Board service, Shanks said, the focus has been on compete against more and more chains moving into Portland. I was increasing bookstores' bottom line. "One of these goals on which frustrated with the local press, which talked about Portland in terms both the ABA Board and staff have been working very hard is to of cliche beer-drinking, coffee-drinking, hippie Oregonians. All the help our member booksellers become more profitable," she said. "I factors came together for me to do a guide." believe, that the Winter Institute, educational sessions in all the

© 2008 American Booksellers Association. http://news.bookweb.org/ 4 BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK April 24, 2008 regions, and the day of education at BEA have helped our members Reservations are limited to two people per bookstore, and seating is immensely." limited. Booksellers who would like to attend should make Shanks is looking forward to the launch of a new ABA initative at reservations as soon as possible. (This luncheon is not part of the general BEA registration form; the lunch event on the BEA this year's BookExpo America in L.A. "I'm excited about the work 40 we are doing with Brains on Fire, the edgy, creative, funny registration form is the Thursday Day of Education Lunch.) marketing firm we engaged to work with the Board and staff, the Questions regarding the ABA Author Luncheon should be Booksellers Advisory Council, our Publisher Partners, and many, addressed to ABA Senior Director of Publisher Initiatives, Mark many individual booksellers from across the country, as well as a Nichols, at [email protected] 41 . group of book-buying consumers to look hard at the image of independent bookselling and how we are 'branded' with the Toddlin' Along the Thames American public," she said. April 23, 2008 -- By Chuck and Dee Robinson Shanks underscores the wealth of information that experienced booksellers can share, and hopes to promote increased At first glance, the London Book Fair 42 (LBF) appears, though communication and mentorship. "As I travel, I love visiting considerably smaller, much like BookExpo America. A closer bookstores where I inevitably pick up good ideas for displays and examination, however, reveals something that most U.S. find exciting new products. And I feel that the knowledge I and booksellers would find a little odd -- there aren't many books. The others have garnered from decades of selling books could be used London Fair has for years been largely a rights fair. So much so to help the 100 new bookstores that opened this past year.... There that the Booksellers Association of Great Britain holds its annual are many of us who have years of experience and are willing to convention at a different time and venue, and many British reach out, extending ourselves in order to keep the profession of booksellers don't attend the fair. Much of the business around rights bookselling alive and well in this country." sales is not for existing books, but for forthcoming books. Many of which, our U.S. publishing friends tell us, aren't even finished To ensure the future of Changing Hands, she explained, "I am manuscripts yet. personally trying to develop a process for passing on my store to the next generation. The Emerging Leaders and the young So, you may ask, why were we and 15 other U.S. booksellers in booksellers with whom I've interacted over the past few years have London for the fair anyway? The folks from LBF approached us at an energy and passion for bookselling that touches my heart. They BEA nearly a year ago to see if we might recruit a group of need mentoring but also are teaching me new technologies, new booksellers who would make their way across the big pond and ways of reaching young readers, marketing, doing events, attend the fair this year. Being inveterate travelers and insatiably managing staff...." curious about bookselling and publishing in its many and sundry forms, we jumped at the opportunity. And, none of us who made Shanks wants members to "feel comfortable calling, e-mailing, the trek regrets it. The group included a widespread and diverse writing to the ABA Board members and to each other, and to use 30 array of booksellers: Barbara Morrow from Northshire Bookstore the ABA Forums to exchange ideas and ask questions," she said. in Manchester Center, Vermont; Carla Cohen of Politics & Prose in "I am looking forward to my term as president of the ABA and Washington, D.C.; Neil Van Uum from the Joseph-Beth stores, hope that the coming year finds all of us reading and selling books 31 based in Cincinnati; Roni Devlin of Literary Life Bookstore in that we love." -- Karen Schechner Grand Rapids, Michigan; Roberta Rubin of The Bookstall at Chestnut Court in Winnetka, Illinois; Tony and Catherine Weller from Sam Weller's Bookstore in Salt Lake City, Utah; Melony Vance, recently of Latitude 33 Bookstore in Laguna Beach, ABA Board Ballot Deadline May 7 California; Kerry Slattery from Skylight Books in Los Angeles; Amy Thomas of Pegasus and Pendragon Books in Berkeley; All ABA Board ballots must be returned to ABA's auditors, Marks Paneth & Praveen Madan and Christin Evans of The Booksmith in San Shron LLP, in the postage-paid envelope provided. The envelope must be Francisco; Morley Horder of Eagle Harbor Book Company on postmarked by April 30 and received by May 7. Bainbridge Island, Washington; and Patti Pattee and Barbara Hoenselaar of Watermark Book Company in Anacortes, Director candidates on the ballot are Ken White 32 of SFSU Bookstore 33 in San Washington. Francisco; Dan Chartrand 34 of Water Street Bookstore 35 in Exeter, New Hampshire; and Michael Tucker 36 of Books Inc. 37 , who is also on the ballot If there weren't many books, how did we spend our time? Most of for approval to serve a one-year term as vice president/secretary. us had arrived in London by Friday, and the fair didn't open until Monday. But, the entire adventure began on Friday evening with a welcoming dinner with folks from the Booksellers Association, the Doing the ABA Author Lunch? London Book Fair, and a group of British booksellers. Put a group April 23, 2008 -- Booksellers at stores with Book Sense who would of booksellers together in a room, and you know you're in for like to attend this year's ABA Author Luncheon at BookExpo something good. The conversation was rich, and we all felt most America must make reservations via an electronic form 38 on welcomed. BookWeb.org. The event, on Friday, May 30, at the Los Angeles The next day, we were hosted by Phaidon Publishing to a tour of Convention Center, is free and open exclusively to the owners and both the Tate Britain, including a special showing of Peter Doig's staff at stores with Book Sense. work (Phaidon has published a beautiful Doig monograph), and the The lunch brings together booksellers and dozens of authors whose Tate Modern, with a special exhibit entitled "Duchamp, Man Ray, books they have made past or present Book Sense Picks. The Picabia," and to a wonderful lunch. That evening the folks from winners of this year's Book Sense Book of the Year Awards 39 and BEA hosted us at the Cittie of York pub and presented a literary Honor Books are also invited to attend. walking tour of the Bloomsbury, Soho neighborhoods. On Sunday,

Time-Out Publishers provided a tour of the Globe Theatre, and we conversation with Boswell, "When a man is tired of London, he is visited Stanfords, a wondrous three-level travel and map store that tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." has been in the Charing Cross, Covent Garden area for more than (To read more about booksellers' experiences at the London Book 150 years. Fair, and for more photos and videos, check out the LitMind Blog We began our first day at the London Book Fair with an informal 45 of Christin Evans and Praveen Madan, owners of San breakfast with a group of authors, including Ali Smith, Claire Francisco's The Booksmith.) Tomalin, Deborah Moggach, Lisa Appignanesi, and Gillian Slovo. Unlike BEA breakfasts where authors speak to a large audience, Chuck and Dee Robinson are the owners of Village Books 46 in this get-together was both small and intimate. Authors moved from Bellingham, Washington. Chuck Robinson is a former president of one small table to another, introducing themselves and engaging in the American Booksellers Association. He and Dee have presented conversation with the attending booksellers. Most of our group ABA education sessions at both the Winter Institute and at BEA. spent the morning wandering about the show, while Chuck was a presenter in a well-attended seminar on green publishing. Booksellers Forum in New Hampshire Having lunch with Sebastian Faulks -- the LBF "author of the day" -- was a real treat. As he mingled with our group and a clutch of Next Week reporters, Faulks told us that later in the afternoon he would be April 23, 2008 -- The last of this spring's nine American interviewing a very famous person, but he could not tell us who it Booksellers Association Forum programs will be held next was. When we attended the session, we were shocked to find it was Thursday, May 1, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in conjunction British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who held his own in a with the New England Independent Booksellers Association 47 decidedly literary conversation. We wrapped up Monday evening (NEIBA). The owners and staff of all ABA and NEIBA member with a lovely dinner hosted by Carolyn Reidy, president and CEO stores are encouraged to attend the event at the Hilton Garden Inn 48 of Simon & Schuster, and Ian Chapman, managing director of . Simon & Schuster, U.K. Again, British booksellers were in attendance, and the international exchanges continued. The program will feature the ABA education session "Booksellers at the Tipping Point: Leveraging Localism and Independence to Tuesday at the fair began with a breakfast announcement of the 44 Promote Your Store" and an opportunity to discuss concerns and shortlist for the Orange Prize . During the day, we encountered a hear the latest news about the association's services and initiatives number of U.S. publishing friends on the floor, including Michael over lunch with ABA COO Oren Teicher and Dan Cullen, senior Jacobs, president and CEO of Abrams; Morgan Entriken, president director of editorial content and editor-in-chief of the Picks lists. and publisher of Grove/Atlantic; John Ingram, chairman of Ingram Book Group; and George Gibson, publisher of Walker & In the afternoon, NEIBA will provide an update on its Peer Review Company. It was fascinating to learn more about their side of the Program that will explain what the program is, where it stands now, business on the other side of the Atlantic. and what's planned for 2008. The day will be capped by a reception at nearby RiverRun Bookstore 49 . (Learn more 50 .) Several of the seminars at the fair were oriented to booksellers. One we attended was excellent! Jeff Clark, window and display designer for Foyles, a venerable London bookseller, presented very ABFFE & PEN American Center Joint useful window display techniques illustrated with slides. It was a Membership Offer Expires May 1 particular pleasure to see Peter Mayer, long-time head of Penguin April 22, 2008 -- Booksellers who would like to take advantage of and currently publisher of his own Overlook Press, presented with a special, limited-time membership offer to join both the American the LBF/Trilogy Lifetime Achievement Award. At lunch in a Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression 51 (ABFFE) and PEN nearby pub, which is helping redefine "pub grub," we learned more American Center 52 for just $50, the usual price for ABFFE about the British Heritage publishers, and later that afternoon a membership alone, need to sign up 53 by Thursday, May 1. grand reception at Kensington Roof Gardens, hosted by LBF and the British Council, honored the Arab World, the market focus of Membership in ABFFE includes a ready-to-frame statement, "To this year's fair. Our Customers," that declares a bookstore's commitment to protect the First Amendment and privacy rights of its customers; the We wrapped up our visit to the fair on Wednesday with meetings ABFFE handbook, Censorship and First Amendment Rights: A with U.K. independent publishers in what fair organizers refer to as Primer ; the pamphlet "Protecting Customer Privacy in "speed dating" sessions. Several of us spent an hour hearing from Bookstores"; and ABFFE Update , a monthly e-mail newsletter. U.K. indies in four 15-minute segments that began a bit like sales ABFFE will also send new members several of its popular calls, but ended up being much more like cultural exchange FREADOM products, including a decal for the store's window, a meetings. The value of the pound versus the dollar, the cost of pin, and, exclusively for this membership appeal only, a colorful freight, and the cultural specificity of some of the books precluded FREADOM T-shirt. most sales. In addition to taking part in PEN's important work, as a new So, what was the value of the trip? Dee and I discovered a couple Associate Member booksellers will receive a subscription to the of potential vendors and placed an order for a book holder that award-winning journal PEN America ; a discounted subscription to many of the U.S. attendees saw and liked. 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© 2008 American Booksellers Association. http://news.bookweb.org/ 6 BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK April 24, 2008 organizations for just $50. (Learn more 54 .) experience with Shop Local movements. We heard that the definition of 'local' becomes an early factor in creating a Shop Great Turnout for Grand Rapids Forum Local group." April 22, 2008 -- 55 Close to 60 booksellers attended the ABA Dana noted that there was also discussion regarding booksellers' Booksellers Forum, held in conjunction with the Great Lakes garnering better access to publisher promotional materials, such as Booksellers Association 56 on Wednesday, April 16, at Schuler POP displays. "GLBA is part of a joint regional project, the Books & Music in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The day's program Creative Advertising and Promotional Alerts, which is a kind of featured the education session "Booksellers at the Tipping Point: Advanced Access for promotional materials," he explained. Leveraging Localism and Independence to Promote Your Store," as "Publishers let us know what they have and each regional well as an opportunity to discuss concerns with, and hear the latest association distributes it to their own membership lists via e-mail." news about ABA services and initiatives from, CEO Avin Mark "It was a great forum," said Rothenberger," and [the staff at] Domnitz, COO Oren Teicher, and Board member Becky Anderson Schuler Books & Music were great hosts." --David Grogan 58 of Anderson's Bookshops, based in Naperville, Illinois. 57 "We had a great turnout," said Jim Dana, executive director for Evan Handler Shares the Good News -- GLBA. "This was the biggest forum we have had in our region." and the Bad -- of Being Alive Although Michigan forums tend to do well in terms of attendance in general, Dana conjectured that the "Tipping Point" focus of the April 22, 2008 -- Sometimes the most effective muse is a diagnosis educational program probably played a factor, too. "The message of imminent death. of the seminar is something that I think we all intuitively Shortly after Evan Handler learned, at the age of 24, that he had recognize," he said, adding that he had received positive feedback leukemia and a life-expectancy of "not very long," he began from attendees about the day's events. making notes on an oversized laptop about his medical ordeal and Cynthia Compton of 4 Kids Books in Zionsville, Indiana, was other matters of a problematic existence that seemed about to end happy to see the "tremendous" turnout. "It was a huge treat to see all too soon. all these booksellers and see people interact.... [ABA] really rolled Even as he recorded this story, though, its plot line changed. the dice on the weather by having an April forum in Grand Rapids, Against all odds, and with the help of a bone-marrow transplant, but it was beautiful. I find the regional meetings very helpful. We Handler emerged five years later cancer-free -- and with a attend BookExpo America, but it is much different to be sitting in survivor's memoir that, after first coming to life as a theater piece, the back room of another booksellers' store and spend time with in expanded prose form became his first book, Time on Fire: My ABA and your colleagues." Comedy of Terrors ( Little, Brown). After a tour of Schuler's, which Compton described as a "wonderful In losing his disease, Evan Handler -- known as an actor from such store," the day got rolling with ABA's "Booksellers at the Tipping hit Broadway plays as Six Degrees of Separation and the television Point," where Teicher provided attendees with insight about the series Sex and the City -- acquired a second career as a writer. history of bookselling and how the retail marketplace has evolved 59 Now he's produced a second volume, It's Only Temporary: The to allow the concept of localism to take root and grow. He 60 discussed the ways in which booksellers can leverage and exploit Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive (Riverhead), which the concepts of localism, independence, and sustainability to more picks up where the first one ended. effectively market and promote their stores. Moreover, he stressed The good news is obvious. But what could be bad? How can a man to attendees that the time to do so is now. given a second chance at life not face each day with unbounded "I thought the seminar was timely," said Bridget Rothenberger of joy? Nomad Bookhouse in Jackson, Michigan. "We just began a Buy "I think most people have difficulty appreciating things as fully as Local campaign in Jackson two months ago, and I am one of the they intellectually know they should," said Handler, now 47 and board members.... The fact that this is our window of opportunity is living in Los Angeles, a coast away from his once-native New very exciting." York. "I think the sort of backward way I've lived life -- "I am in complete agreement that the shift back toward experiencing old age and near death first -- doesn't change the independents is growing and that booksellers need to get on the circumstances or the struggle. It just maybe intensifies and same page and build independent alliances," said Matt Norcross of crystallizes the issues.... Life inevitably becomes a series of McLean & Eakin in Petoskey, Michigan. "If we don't make the choices: 'Do I indulge myself now, or do I make an investment most of it, it will be a loss." toward a future?' And when you don't have as much trust in a future as maybe other people do, it makes some of those longer-term Compton said the Tipping Point seminar was an "excellent and investments more difficult. It can lead to a real restlessness. As the interesting program. It focused on the current climate, but it is book tells, I ping-ponged around for a long time, not knowing written to trace the history of bookselling to show how we came to exactly which way to live my life." the point we are at today." But, as happened when Handler was writing his first book, life Following the educational program was the ABA Booksellers threw him some unexpected curves. Forum, which was held over lunch. Key topics at the forum included shop local efforts, sales tax equity on online purchases, "I met a woman and fell in love, and had the feeling this was the the renegotiation of leases, and the redesign of ABA's Book Sense ideal person for myself," he explained, "after having [earlier] come marketing program. to the conclusion that that was even an immature way to imagine finding love." "ABA is doing a wonderful job of building excitement [regarding the redesign]," said Compton, who added: "People also shared their Handler the lifelong bachelor married his newfound love. Then he

© 2008 American Booksellers Association. http://news.bookweb.org/ 7 BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK April 24, 2008 and his wife learned they would have a child -- something else Handler had been told by doctors was for him all but impossible. Gladewater Books Reader's Square Bookstore 2025 Ashley Courthouse Square #7 "Well, okay," he said, "to me, it's a pretty incredible story." Gladewater, TX 75647 Crown Point, IN 46308-1272 (903) 720-3098 (219) 663-7612 And a much more upbeat one than any he imagined he'd ever tell of www.readerssquarebooks.com 64 himself. That satisfying tale is related by its author in It's Only Temporary in a roundabout and creative manner, reflecting the unpredictable ways life unfolds. "I wanted to write a memoir that by the end would give people a rich portrait of a person and of their psychological makeup, and tell the story of a period of time," Handler said, "but do it via individual anecdotes that don't necessarily supply the narrative information in Announcing the Spring - Summer order. Reading Group Picks "When I meet someone, I don't say: 'Okay, start at the beginning; tell me your life story, and catch me up to now.' ... And yet, I don't April 24, 2008 -- Stores with Book Sense will be receiving the experience getting to know that person as something frustrating or Spring - Summer 2008 Book Sense Reading Group Picks list in the May Red Box mailing; however, the full list, with bookseller incomplete. Part of the pleasure is in fitting the puzzle pieces 65 together, and filling in the information as you get it." quotes, can be previewed online now . It's Only Temporary , then, tells of various dysfunctional The Reading Group Picks list is the brainchild of indie booksellers relationships, existential ponderings, thespic successes, -- launched at their suggestion -- and it is one of the most popular screenwriting disappointments, regrets, and rejoicings -- all lists of the year. ABA consistently receives the most requests for divulged one story at a time, through flashbacks, revelations, additional copies of the Reading Group List and hears about the the confessions, and reflections that mirror the states of mind of the many ways in which booksellers use the list -- from in-store person living such scenes. "Part of the point of the book," said distribution and handouts to reading group leaders to take-away Handler, "is to have the reader go through things and experience components in special in-store displays. The list features a wide the emotions that I experienced as I was living them. Then a lot of range of popular fiction and nonfiction, with a special eye toward them are looked back on later in the book, with a different titles booksellers believe will stimulate especially lively discussion perspective, and re-examined." for book groups. Throughout, the author drew on the lessons he'd learned in life, in Recognizing the importance of the Reading Group list, Book Sense writing, and as a performer, one of the best of them being: "Humor will be producing a second yearly list, which booksellers will is the passkey into almost anything." With humor, Evan Handler receive in the fall. (The deadline for nominations for that list is opened a door onto his own unexpected happy-ending: one in August 8.) keeping with his own subjective mix of fear and euphoria, sadness, and joy. Books, Coffee & the Great Outdoors "I tend to write Hallmark-card material," he said, "in the most April 24, 2008 -- Arches Book Company 66 is part of a Moab, Utah, un-Hallmark way possible. I don't trust optimism from optimists. I bookstore triumvirate co-owned by Andy Nettell, a former National think it's much more effective coming from pessimists." --Tom Park Service Ranger. The two other bookstores are nearby -- Back Nolan 61 of Beyond Books is across the street, and ABC & Beyond Used Books is a couple of blocks south -- creating a mini southwestern March Bookstore Openings Hay-on-Wye in downtown Moab. April 22, 2008 -- Eight ABA member bookstores opened for Before turning to bookselling, Nettell, who is currently president of business in March 2008: the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, had worked as a ranger at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Canyonland National Park, and Arches National Park. He gradually transitioned Blue Elephant Book Shop Inc. Greenville Booksmith, LLC into bookselling after working part-time at Back of Beyond Books 2091 N. Decatur Road 4852 Route 81 in the early 1990s. "I've been somewhat of a book-a-holic my Decatur, GA 30033 Greenville, NY 12083 whole life," he recently told BTW. (404) 728-8955 (518) 966-4418 Arches Book Company, a 1,600-square-foot general interest store, Books & Bytes North Shore Books opened in October 2001 in a 80-year-old brick building of 12 W. Washington Street 315 Center Street indeterminate architectural style that had once served as the Moab Quincy, FL 32353-1037 North Muskegon, MI 49445 Garage. The store's full-service WiFI coffee bar sells coffee brewed (850) 875-4199 (231) 981-0606 www.booksandbytes.biz 62 www.northshorebookstore.com 63 from beans roasted on-site, as well as muffins and cookies prepared elsewhere. As a convenience, Arches stores customers' Book Sense Evenstar Book and Gift Emporium, Pages gift cards near the cash register, and many locals reload them LLC 7100 E. Cave Creek Road #164 monthly and use them daily for cafe purchases. 3019A Main Street Cave Creek, AZ 85331 In April 2004, Nettell and his several silent partners bought Back of Valatie, NY 12184 (480) 575-7220 (518) 758-2616 Beyond Books, a well-established 1,500-square-foot regional bookstore, which just happened to be across the street from Arches

Book Company. The store, whose name is taken from Edward do I card a 12-year-old?" Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang , has a strong emphasis on A violation of the law is punishable by up to one year in jail or a regional writers, environmental literature, regional history, Native fine of up to $6,250 or both. Americana, liberal political books, maps, and guidebooks. The 1,000-square-foot ABC & Beyond Used Books opened in a plaza a Other plaintiffs in the case include the Association of American block south of the other two stores in 2005. Publishers, the Freedom to Read Foundation, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Planned Parenthood of the Events typically take place at Back of Beyond and mostly feature Columbia/Williamette, Inc., Cascade AIDS Project, the American regional nonfiction books. "We probably only host 12 events a Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, and Candace Morgan. year," said Nettell. "We're a little off the beaten path and don't see many big authors coming through. We do count Robert Fulghum and Terry Tempest Williams as local authors and host them when they publish new titles." The three stores are united in their promotion of green issues and recycling and their collective primary sponsorship of "Confluence, a Celebration of Reading and Writing," Moab's new environmental literary festival. The festival's inaugural honoree is Edward Abbey, next year's will be Wallace Stegner. Classifieds With gas prices soaring, Nettell expressed concern about the BOOKSTORE FOR SALE tourist-driven economy of Moab and his bookstore enclave. To stay Bookstore & Coffeehouse For Sale Located in historic La competitive, he said, "I'm putting our rare and collectible book Conner, WA . 1800 sq. ft. beautiful interiors, gas fireplace, 16' department online, broadening our gift lines, roasting and selling ceilings, facing Swinomish waterway. General bookstore with our own coffee beans, and just trying to diversify. espresso, pastry, and soup bar. Much loved and respected bookstore "It's not getting any easier," he said. "But I love what I do. built on eleven years of exceptional customer care and community involvement. Available as a turnkey business, $59,000 and lease. Challenging retail landscape, long hours, yadda, yadda. I still 78 couldn't think of anything I'd rather do." -- Karen Schechner 67 Contact Sharon or John Connell [email protected] ; (360) 466-2665; www.nextchapter.com 79 . Oregon Booksellers to Challenge Censorship Law FOR SALE 68 Inventory for sale from closing ABA member bookstore. April 24, 2008 -- On Friday, April 25, six Oregon booksellers Approximately 1,975 titles/1,999 volumes. All new books. Most will join the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression genres represented except Inspirational and Religious Fiction. 69 (ABFFE) and a coalition of groups in filing a lawsuit challenging Retail: $26,630. Will sell for $6,600 plus shipping. A Thirsty Mind the constitutionality of a new Oregon law that restricts the display Words & Wines in Lakeway, Texas. Contact Pam: and sale of books and magazines, which are protected by the First [email protected] 80 ; (512) 608-9100. Amendment. Oregon House Bill 2843 makes it a misdemeanor to allow a minor under 13 to view or purchase a "sexually explicit" Going-out-of-business. Bookstore in Pendleton, SC selling book work. inventory and gift basket supplies . E-mail Michaela Norris at [email protected] 81 for list of book inventory and gift basket Booksellers participating in the suit, which is being filed in federal supply inventory if you are interested in purchasing. district court in Portland, are Annie Bloom's Books, Powell's Books, St. John's Booksellers, and 23rd Avenue Books, all located Out-of-business bookstore in Edenton, NC selling bookstore in Portland; Paulina Springs Books, which has stores in Sisters and inventory and fixtures . Books, bookcases, check-out counter, Redmond, and Colette's Good Food + Hungry Minds in North chairs, display stands, and other items available. For more Bend. information contact Matt Cowper, Waterside Bookstore, phone: (252)-216-8496, e-mail: [email protected] 82 . "We do not doubt the good intentions of the Oregon legislature," said ABFFE President Chris Finan in a statement. "But H.B. 2843 lacks the safeguards for booksellers that the U.S. Supreme Court POSITION AVAILABLE has mandated in this kind of law." The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks a Part-time Limited-term Museum Booksellers are concerned that H.B. 2843 does not include a Store Associate for our Villa museum location. Please e-mail cover 83 requirement that a book or magazine be judged as a whole in letter and resume to [email protected] and indicate "PTLT determining whether it is illegal, said Finan, who noted that such a MSA-Villa/AT" in the subject line. For more information please go 84 test could exempt works that contain only a few sexually explicit to www.getty.edu . images or passages. Additionally, the law does not include an exemption for material that has serious literary artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. Under H.B. 2843, a bookseller can be All Regular ABA Member Bookstores in good standing may prosecuted for allowing a curious 12-year-old to examine a sex have up to four 2-week Classified Ad insertions per year in education book if it contains drawings depicting sexual conduct, Bookselling This Week at no charge (50-word limit). For more 85 even one that is written for minors. information on booking a classified ad, click here . Describing the law "vague and difficult to apply," Michael Powell, owner of Powell's Books, added, "It says a 13-year-old can legally buy these books, but it's a crime to sell them to a 12-year-old. How Other Advertising

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