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Highlights the popularity of novels among children's booksellers at the 2003 BookExpo America in Los Angeles, California. Award received by author Cornelia Funk for her book 'The Thief Lord'; Fiction books which appeared at the Penguin Young Readers Group booth; Expectation of booksellers on the sale of fiction books 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.'

Presents highlights of the 1994 American Booksellers Association (ABA) Convention and Trade Show held in Los Angeles, California from May 28 to 31. Participation of children's booksellers; Discussions on various publishing-related issues; Children's books that are considered frontliners; Presentation of children's audio books. INSET: And the winners are....

Reports that further financial woes of the beleaguered state of California were highlighted at the recent ALA convention in San Francisco when outgoing ALA President Patricia Schuman presented a `Best and Worst' list of the nation's libraries. California garnered `Worst of the Worst'; Those people who have recently stepped forward to aid California libraries, including choreographer/director Debbie Allen; Novelist Gwen Davis founded Writers Who Love Libraries.

Reports on the anticipated opening of a third American Girl Place retail store in Los Angeles, California in spring 2006. Square footage to be occupied by the store; Amenities to be featured in the store, including a doll hair salon; Statement issued by Ellen Brothers, president of American Girl Inc. about the expansion.

Reports on the launch of Phoenix Book and Audio, the book and audio publishing venture founded by Michael Viner in California. Rights to backlist titles acquired by Viner from Dove Entertainment and New Millennium, the publishing firms he established with his former wife Deborah Raffin; Value of assets being offered by the publisher for the bankruptcy procedures of New Millennium; Background on Phoenix Book and Audio.

Previews the May 6, 2003 Audio Publishers Association Conference at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles, California, entitled Exhanging Ideas, Working on Solutions.

Presents updates related to audiobooks in the United States as of November 5, 2001. Selection of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, a bookstore in San Francisco, California, as the winner of the Audiobook Month 2001 Promotion Contest; Sponsorship to be taken by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) on the 2002 Audiobook Rights Conference which will be held in New York City; Audiobook authors being sought by APA and Book Expo America for a book convention in New York City.