1.   High street book sellers are experiencing a drop in sales.

2.   AMAZON LOSS LESS THAN FORECAST Amazon.com, the online book seller, reported much higher sales and a narrower-than-expected loss for the third quarter.

3.   Amazon.com Inc. bumped up the size and price of its initial public offering, a sign of healthy demand for shares in the Internet book seller.

4.   And rare book sellers were faxing and phoning far flung counterparts to forestall dealers throughout the world from unwittingly buying stolen goods.

5.   Book sellers prepare their display stall at the book fair.

6.   A variety of national and regional publishers and book sellers will have exhibits set up on the plaza.

7.   But in the book industry it is widely believed that The Times gathers sales data both from independent book sellers and chain stores.

8.   Editors, book sellers and critics agree that the market cannot absorb the flood of new books, that many are doomed to sink even before they appear.

9.   Many of the hottest business books relate to reducing hierarchy, managing by example rather than coercion, and getting a life outside work, book sellers say.

10.   Not surprising, some readers and book sellers at first found the topic as unappealing as a sale on wedgies.