Book Retailer Talking Book World Announces Its Move to Chicago.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000 Talking Book talk·ing book n. A recorded reading of a book, designed for use by the visually impaired. Talking Book Noun Trademark a recording of a book, designed to be used by the blind Noun World (TBW TBW Total Body Water TBW Total Body Weight TBW To Be Written TBW Tambov (Russia) TBW To Be Watched TBW Talking Book World TBW The Business Workshop (India) TBW Time-Bandwidth Product ), the world's largest chain of audiobook stores with more than 45 store locations throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , has announced that it is finally coming to the Suburbs of Chicago. This Friday, June 2nd, TBW is sending its high level management team to finalize three new store locations. This weekend also marks TBW's involvement and participation in the BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. and APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture conventions at the McCormick Center. Talking Book World operator and franchisor of over 45 locations in North America, is the world's largest Audiobook Retailer. Audiobooks are on cassette and compact disc. TBW offers the largest selection of audiobooks with an availability of over 75,000 titles. Talking Book World specializes in discounted audiobook sales and rentals. TBW now boasts more than 150,000 members of which most are avid book readers. Richard Simtob, President and co-founder of Talking Book World is optimistic about the move. "We feel very confident in bringing our award winning service to the Chicago area," Simtob remarked. Chaim Daskal, Vice President of Franchising sees a great opportunity here. "We were saddened when we heard that another smaller chain of Audiobook stores were unable to stay in business while in Chicago, it certainly made us think twice. However, I believe in our product and most of all I believe in the people of Chicago." The Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. has called Talking Book World "An Empire." The Macomb Daily, in suburban Detroit, has said, "Talking Book World is to audiobooks what Blockbuster is to videos." Many members have repeatedly said that Talking Book World has changed their life, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Simtob. The company, currently privately held, is based in Southfield, Michigan. Founded in 1993, Talking Book World has store locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Toronto, Canada. Richard Simtob and his management team will be available at the APA and BEA convention to discuss the move to Chicago. For interview information contact Richard Simtob or Chaim Daskal. |
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