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25 Jun

Terms of 14 Members of ABA's Booksellers Advisory Council End

The terms of 14 members of the ABA Booksellers Advisory Council (BAC) recently ended at this year's BookExpo America, May 28 - June 1, and the terms of new volunteer booksellers began. The BAC is designed to provide the ABA Board of Directors with a broad cross-section of views from within the community of independent booksellers. The council is composed of 25 members, each of whom serve an average two-year term.

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25 Jun

ABFFE Joins Groups in Challenging New Arkansas Statute

On Monday, June 23, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) joined Arkansas' That Bookstore in Blytheville and others in challenging the constitutionality of new amendments to an Arkansas statute. The law, due to go into effect on June 26, would require retailers -- at the risk of jail or fines -- to segregate any work that is "harmful to minors" in an "adults only" section of the store. The groups filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Little Rock.

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25 Jun

Booksellers Mount Petition Drive for the Freedom to Read Protection Act

At Maria's Bookshop in Durango, Colorado, owners Peter Schertz and Andrea Avantaggio are speaking out about keeping secrets. The secrets are the purchases made by customers, and the books and Web sites used by library patrons. They do not believe any of that information should be released to government agents without explanation. However, under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, passed in the wake of 9/11, federal investigators can demand that information of booksellers and library personnel, who are then forbidden to inform patrons of the disclosure.

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25 Jun

Map Illustrates Scope of ABA 2003 Booksellers Forums Tour

ABA's 2003 Booksellers Forums came to a close with the 12th forum, held in conjunction with the New England Booksellers Association, on May 1 in Storrs, Connecticut. Since the launch of the forum program in January 1998, ABA has hosted over 70 meetings with member booksellers across the country.

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