DAybook.(Bookselling; brief items on contracts and finance)

SESAME STREET RETAIL CORP. FILES CHAPTER 11

Sesame Street Retail Corporation, a nationwide chain of some 50 mall stores, recently filed for bankruptcy. The chain had total assets of more than $25 million and total liabilities of more than $14 million. Among Sesame Street's 260-plus creditors was Random House, which the retailer owed more than $80,000. Sony Music Entertainment, owed almost $472,000, was the chief creditor.

NEBA DISCOVERS...

The July Discovery of the month from the New England Booksellers Association is Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life by Beth Powning (Stewart, Tabori & Chang). The book describes Powning's relationship with the natural world surrounding her home in rural New Brunswick, Canada.

CANTERBURY BOOKSELLERS INVITES CUSTOMERS TO SPEND THE NIGHT

The Canterbury Booksellers …