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ABA Winter - Better Than Ever

Posted at 12:48PM Monday 08 Feb 2010

The ABA's Winter Institute in San Jose, Calif., ended officially last Friday evening, but judging from the energy that ran through most of the 500 booksellers in attendance, the spirit of the show will continue for quite some time. Arguably the best of the five annual Winter Institutes, this one had an emphasis on e-books and digital matters but also offered panels on trends and nuts-and-bolts issues and provided many opportunities for booksellers to hear about and talk about hot books appearing this spring and summer.

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