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16 Apr

Spring/Summer 2002 Children's Book Sense 76 Preview

As always, this one is the most fun but also the hardest. Such passionate recommendations from so many of you, and there are books going back further that you all still love. So, it’s great to see a good number of favorites being reissued! There are several sections for those, as well as the usual great new crop of books from favorite authors and future favorites.

Again, thank you! This goes on press in late April and you should see your first copies by mid-May.

Carl

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15 Apr

Ohio Governor Will Sign H.B. 8 on May 6

Ohio Governor Bob Taft will publicly sign House Bill 8 on May 6, 2002, almost three months after the bill passed the state’s legislature. The proposed legislation amends Ohio’s sex offense law to include computer-based material that is deemed harmful to minors. There is concern among booksellers and others in the industry that the law could be construed to include material with sexual content sold on their Web sites.

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11 Apr

Obituary - Phoebe Storrs Stebbins, Owner of the Dartmouth Bookstore

Phoebe Storrs Stebbins, owner of the Dartmouth Bookstore in Hanover, New Hampshire, died on Wednesday, March 27, at the age of 83. Stebbins had been ill with brain cancer since last July. "She was an inspiration to everybody," said David Cioffi, Dartmouth Bookstore's store manager, and Stebbins's son-in-law.

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11 Apr

Colorado Supreme Court Says Tattered Cover Doesn't Have to Turn Over Customer Records

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on April 8 that Denver's Tattered Cover Book Store does not have to turn over customer records that had been sought by local law enforcement officials, who had argued that the information would assist in a case involving the manufacture of methamphetamines.

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