VIRUS WARNING
Just in case you haven’t heard about it yet, there is a new, extremely virulent computer “Worm” spreading through computer systems via e-mail.
The emails typically have these words in the subject line: HI, Hello, Status, Test, Error etc. They all have an attachment called something like: text.zip or data.zip or body.zip
DO NOT CLICK ON THESE ATTACHMENTS. In fact, a good practice we now follow in our office is not to even open emails whose senders we do not recognize and/or which do not have a recognizable connection with our activities.
To read more about this virus and to download a detection and removal utility, go to this page:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.html
Regards, Jim
posted by Jim at Thursday, January 29, 2004
MEMBER DIRECTORIES & “GRASSROOTS CAFÉ” ON THE GLBA WEBSITE
Directories of Bookstore Members and Other Members (publishers, sales reps, authors, etc.) are now accessible on the GLBA website, http://www.books-glba.org/grass-roots-cafe.php. Our “Grass Roots Café” – a menu of elected officials in the four main GLBA states – is also accessible on our website, complete with hyperlinks to make your contacts with officials even faster. You can get to both the directories and the Grass Roots Café in the Who’s Who dropdown menu.
NOMINATE DESERVING BOOKSTORES FOR THE HASLAM AWARD
The Charles S. Haslam Award for Excellence in Bookselling was created in honor of a great bookman who was one of the driving forces in the industry for improving the professional development and delivery of high quality service. Sponsored by the Southeast Booksellers Association and Ingram Book Company, the award has been made annually since 1985. The GLBA is home to many great booksellers and has garnered its share of Haslam winners: Joe & Annye Camara of Books & Co, Dayton, Ohio, in 1988; Roberta Rubin of Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka, Illinois, in 1993; and Becky Anderson Wilkins of Anderson’s Bookshops, Naperville, Illinois, in 2002.
Which GLBA booksellers should be nominated this year? Go to the SEBA website,
http://www.sebaweb.org/Awards/Haslam/hasnom.htm, to make your nominations online. We’ll also print a copy of the nomination for in the next newsletter. Booksellers are judged on the following criteria: demonstrated in buying and merchandising; store operations; advertising and promotion; and community service. Nominations are due March 10.
posted by Jim at Wednesday, January 28, 2004
VOTE FOR THE BEST BOOKS OF BOOK SENSE
Book Sense will celebrate its fifth birthday this year. One of the ways we intend to observe it is by picking the “Best” of the Book Sense books of the first five years. So please take part by making your picks known. The deadline for nominations is Monday, February 16. All bookstore employees are encouraged to vote. Though they must be ABA members, they do not have to be a Book Sense store.
Here are the links to the ABA website, with the details as well as the actual form:
January 13, 2004: BTW Announcement: http://news.bookweb.org/news/2129.html
January 27, 2004: BTW Reminder http://news.bookweb.org/2157.html
BookWeb Info Page: http://www.bookweb.org/booksense/6665.html
Voting Ballot for Adult Books: http://www.bookweb.org/docs/booksenseat5/AdultBallot04.pdf
Voting Ballot for Children's Books: http://www.bookweb.org/docs/booksenseat5/KidBallot04.pdf
posted by Jim at Monday, January 26, 2004 