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verb accuse, arrest, chronicle, docket, engage, enter, enumerate, file, index, inscribe, insert, list, log, make an entry, mark down, note, order, post, prefer charges, record, register, report, schedule, seize legally, tabulate, take into custody, write down

BOOK. A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
2. The copyright, (q. v.) or exclusive right to print and publish a book, may be secured to the author and his assigns for the term of twenty- eight years; and, if the author be living, and a citizen of the United States, or resident therein, the same right shall be continued to him for the further term of fourteen years, by complying with the conditions of the act of Congress; one of which is, that he shall, within three months after publication, deliver, or cause to be delivered, a copy of the same to the clerk of the said district. Act of February 3, 1831. 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story's L. U. S. 2223.

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Consumer service applications looking for booksellers would browse a registry to find the Internet addresses of available booksellers, then go to each of them and search for a particular book, or connect to all of the services, request pricing, and buy from the service that offered the best terms.

Web services: what you need to know; not just the "next new thing," Web services actually work. (Technology)

based online booksellers have been sued in the United Kingdom, the litigation may determine whether the U.

TRUTH, TERROR, AND DAVID TRIMBLE

More often, though, booksellers hear the buzz of the cyberwodd luring gay shoppers away from their own community.

A DIFFERENT FIGHT

Barnes & Noble's massive warehouse inventory is available in real-time, enabling its booksellers to order and confirm the availability of over one million titles at the click of a button.

Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at 1375 Boston Post Road Milford, Connecticut

Without question," says the bookseller, "It was a dramatic thing.

Street smarts: book vendors count on foot traffic, marketing instincts and the First Amendment in the battle for profits

These stores represent the two sides of a war being waged nationwide between long-established independent booksellers and the superstore chains that are muscling into markets across the country.

BOOKSTORES AT WAR : EXPANDING CHAINS PUTTING SOME INDEPENDENTS IN BIND

Everyone with a role in publishing, including agents, authors, booksellers, distributors, editors, illustrators, publicists, publishers and reviewers--even a few book dubs--put in an appearance.

BookExpo 2005: the grandest book "party" comes back to the publishing capital of the world

Since the late '90s, several African American online stores have dosed while others simply link to larger online booksellers such as Amazon.

One shrewd online bookseller, a constellation of smaller sites: a black-owned Internet bookseller thrives by broadening its product lines

Now in its 103rd year, BEA was, until a few years ago, called the American Booksellers Association Convention; so you'll hear some industry veterans still refer to the event as ABA.

It's BookExpo time! It happens every May: BookExpo America draws booksellers, publishers and other assorted industry players to a mega-convention of what's happening. Here's what on this year

Any qualified bookseller who is not currently a subscriber may request a qualification form, which will be available in the coming weeks.

Publishers Weekly Offers Free Subscriptions to Qualified Booksellers

You start looking for books for other people, you begin to accumulate books, and the next thing you know, you're in the business," adds another bookseller.

Book dealers serve up used, rare and well-done books. (market buzz)

The wholesaler or bookseller may not know exactly how many of each title or what titles are in them.