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Stephen King, Dave Barry, Scott Turow and others - in concert!

May 29 2007: Fifteen years ago the Rock Bottom Remainders played for the first time at the American Booksellers Association trade show. This year, to coincide with Book Expo America, they will be playing their "Still Younger Than Keith" concert at Webster Hall, New York ...

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100 years since the birth of Rachel Carson

May 27 2007: Today, May 27, marks 100 years since the birth of Rachel Carson, best remembered for Silent Spring (1962), which is credited with starting the modern environmental movement. Carson died two years after Silent Spring was published, at the age of 56.

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Author of "The Prize Winner of Defiance" dies

May 25 2007: Terry Ryan, author of the bestselling book, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less, died on May 17, 2007at her home in San Francisco. She was 60.

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Amazon buys Brilliance Audio

May 23 2007: Amazon announced this morning that it has acquired Brilliance Audio, the Grand Haven, Mich., independent producer of audio books. In addition, Amazon said standard CD and MP3-CD audiobook formats will now be supported by its CustomFlix disc on demand service.

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Oregon libraries remain closed

May 17 2007: Voters in five southwestern Oregon counties have defeated proposals to increase taxes to compensate for lower federal timber subsidies. As a result, 15 libraries will remain closed in one county, and law enforcement and other services will be cut back in others.

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Stud Terkel celebrates 95th birthday

May 16 2007: Today is author and radio personality Stud Terkel's 95th birthday. Birthday greetings can be sent through his publisher's website: thenewpress.com

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What mother's want this Mother's Day is a day to relax with a good book!

May 08 2007: BookBrowse polled 930 mothers to ask what they would like this mother's day. Only 4% wanted flowers or chocolates, 6% were tempted by jewelry; less than 10% wanted to be taken out for a meal or receive a homemade gift (the latter is probably low because only a fraction...

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Positive effect of shopping locally quantified

May 07 2007: Independent booksellers have long argued that shopping at locally owned stores is important to support the economic health of a region; now a report supports thus belief. "The San Francisco Retail Diversity Study," released last...

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