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22 May

Judge Sides With Government Regarding Advocacy Groups FOIA Patriot Act Request

On Monday, May 19, a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Washington ruled that the government had adequately replied to four advocacy groups' Freedom of Information Act request and was not required to submit any further information regarding its use of new surveillance powers granted under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act.

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22 May

May 22, 2003 Letter From ABA President to Governors re Sales Tax Initiative

Dear Governor:

On behalf of the many independent booksellers in your state, I am writing to follow up on my letter to you of this past December regarding the fight for sales tax equity. Enclosed please find a copy of the letter and a list of signatories.

First, I wish to thank you for responding to independent booksellers and the American Booksellers Association regarding sales tax fairness. We know you agree that the issue of billions of dollars of uncollected sales tax needs to be a top priority.

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22 May

Independent Booksellers Urge Governors to Start Collecting Sales Tax Online

ABA President Ann Christophersen

In a letter dated May 22, sent on behalf of ABA member bookstores, ABA President Ann Christophersen once again urges the state governors and other elected officials in the 45 states that charge sales tax to immediately take step

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22 May

Barefoot Books Fills Shoes With Champagne for 10th Anniversary

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Book Sense publisher partner and children's book publisher, Barefoot Books, the homegrown project of two mothers, Tessa Strickland and Nancy Traversy. With previous careers in publishing and management consulting, respectively, the two founded the company in the U.K. in 1993, publishing 10 cross-cultural picture books with no other staff.

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