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	<itunes:summary>EarlyWord is a Blog and Web site on a mission - to give libraries the earliest information possible on the books their customers will be looking for, so they can stay ahead of demand. By giving readers what they want, when they want it, we believe libraries can increase their circulation and their support.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>&#8216;Little Bee&#8217; Bookseller Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We did a &#8220;Heavy Reserve Alert&#8221; for Little Bee last week. Since then, it has appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle and Northern California Independent bestseller lists, perhaps because of this video by local indie bookseller Green Apple Books &#38; Music:

Green Apple proves that enthusiasm and energy can trump money and sophisticated technology. The following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bookseller Uses Twitter for Buying</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can a bookseller do if he&#8217;s not prepared for a visit from a sales rep? He can go to Twitter and tweat his bookseller buddies to find out what they&#8217;re buying!
Arsen Kashkashian, is the head book buyer for the Boulder Bookstore in Colorado. He admits on his blog to &#8220;tweeting my life away,&#8221; but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone&#8217;s a &#8216;Knucklehead&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our EarlyWord Kids contributor, Lisa Von Drasek, has been writing here about her enthusiasm for Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka. This Sunday, she shared that enthusiasm with the broader world, in the NYT Book Review. 
She wants to mention to the EarlyWord audience that, since the book is Jon&#8217;s (hilarious) reminiscences about growing up, &#8220;it&#8217;s a great jumping-off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steal This for Your Next Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Rawlinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good laugh to begin a VERY hectic week (thanks to Collection Developments @ Sno-Isle for spotting this!)
Please excuse the intro from Ad Age. Why do people think they have to explain a joke?

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		<title>Words to Live By</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Rawlinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great quote in today&#8217;s Shelf Awareness:
The first rule is you never tell a customer we don&#8217;t have something until you&#8217;ve asked two other people . . . And the other thing is, don&#8217;t be an &#8216;over there&#8217; store. Take the customer, show them where the book is, walk with them to where it is. &#8216;Over [...]]]></description>
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