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More than 370 of the available vendor spaces have already been sold for the Great American Bargain Book Show that will be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston on August 19-20. A record turnout of bargain book vendors and buyers is expected.

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Vendors attending the Spring Book Show in Atlanta on March 26-28 were surprised by unusually robust sales despite the slack economy.

The Spring Book Show in Atlanta has quadrupled in size over the past decade. Vendor space for this year’s bargain book show, scheduled for March 26-28 at the Cobb Galleria Centre, has almost sold out.

Librarians are invited to attend the Spring Book Show at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta free of charge. At the March 26-28 show, they’ll be able to buy four times as many books as they could from traditional dealers catering to libraries.

Bookstores and other book retailers are struggling as the public increasingly looks for lower-priced reading material. The 2010 Spring Book Show March 26-28 offers retailers a chance to buy inventory at $2 per copy and less.

L.B. May and Associates has announced that the 2010 Spring Book Show will be held March 26-28 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in north Atlanta.

The Great American Bargain Book Show, held at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center Aug. 21-22, produced a record turnout of bargain book buyers.

The Great American Bargain Book Show, slated for Boston’s Hynes Convention Center Aug. 21-22, anticipates a record turnout of bargain book vendors and buyers.

Gayle Shanks, outgoing president of the American Booksellers Assn. and owner of the Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Ariz., will speak to bookstore owners at the Great American Bargain Book Show at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center on Aug. 21.

FYI Discounted Books is having an inventory reduction sale until July 1. They are offering an added 20-30% discount off already discounted prices on most adult and children’s books for a total cut of up to 70-90% off list. Board books are excluded.

Buyers took strong advantage of the more than 50,000 book titles offered for sale by vendors attending the Spring Book Show at Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria Centre on March 6-8. Vendors were surprised by unusually robust sales and heavy attendance.

Despite the economic recession, vendor space is completely sold out for the Spring Book Show, scheduled for the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta March 6-8. More than 50,000 titles will be available to dealers from around the world.

Georgia librarians may attend the Spring Book Show at the Cobb Galleria Centre in north Atlanta free of charge. At the March 6-8 show, they’ll be able to buy four times as many books as they could from traditional dealers catering to libraries.

Over the past nine years, the Spring Book Show in Atlanta has quadrupled in size. Vendor space for this year’s bargain book show, scheduled for March 28-30 at the Georgia World Congress Center, is almost sold out.

A number of independent bookstores have become casualties of the depressed U.S. economy. But there is hope for retailers willing to adapt to the economic slump.

L.B. May and Associates has announced that the 2009 Spring Book Show will be held March 6-8 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in north Atlanta.

Paige Poe of the American Booksellers Association informed independent bookstore managers at a meeting in Atlanta on Aug. 1 on details of ABA’s new IndieBound program. She spoke at the Great American Bargain Book Show.

Booksellers attending the Great American Bargain Book Show at Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria Centre on Aug. 1-2 found a wide variety of bargain books suitable for holiday stocking of store shelves.

More than 350 of the available 450 vendor spaces have already been sold for the Great American Bargain Book Show that will be held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta on August 1-2.

The Spring Book Show, now the largest bargain book show in the nation, with more than 50,000 titles available to dealers from around the world, comes to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta March 28-30.

Ahmad Meradji, president of digital book printer Apex Book Manufacturing, will be among 18 seminar presenters at the March 28-30 Spring Book Show at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga.

Over the past eight years, the Spring Book Show in Atlanta has quadrupled in size. Vendor space for this year’s bargain book show, scheduled for March 28-30 at the Georgia World Congress Center, has sold out.

Over the past eight years, the Spring Book Show in Atlanta has quadrupled in size. This year’s show, scheduled for March 28-30 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, is well on the way to being sold out.

Hundreds entered contest to name new book trade show that makes its home at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The name selected for the show is “The Great American Bargain Book Show,” or “GABBS.”

Donna Paz Kaufman and Mark Kaufman of the Bookstore Training Group, Paz & Associates, will spotlight ideas from bookstores around the world to show how bookstore owners can create a store atmosphere that keeps customers coming back.

A new book show coming to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga., is holding a contest with Publishers Weekly magazine to select a name. You could win a free trip for two to the show and $1,000 in books by suggesting the winning name.

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Gayle Shanks, named Bookseller of the Year 2007, will be featured at sessions for booksellers at March 23-25 trade show at Georgia World Congress Center.

Gayle Shanks, co-owner of one of Arizona’s most successful book stores, says the secret to competing with chain and big box store is to mix up the offerings.

Larry May, founder of Atlanta’s Spring Book Show, discussed the state of the bargain book business in recent interviews in the Southern Review of Books and the Associated Book Exchange (AbeBooks) newsletter.