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Feb 12 2015
At the American Booksellers Association this week members discussed a range of topics including the rise in the minimum wage in may parts of the US. Steve Bercu, owner of Bookpeople in Austin, Tex., and the president of the ABA, pointed out that the majority of bookstore owners were in the tricky position of "philosophically being in favor of paying people as much as humanly possible," but as small business owners, have to make payroll work and stay in business. Also, booksellers do not have the luxury of being able to charge more for their goods, as prices are printed on the books themselves. The ABA board has, he continued, talked to publishers about possibly finding ways around that, so but so far little has resulted from the effort.
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…
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