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22 Mar

Off The Beaten Path Is Right on Track

In the late 1980s, while living in Los Angeles and working at a corporate job, Dick Ryan noticed a classified ad in the Wall Street Journal for a tiny bookstore located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Neither he nor his wife, Leslie, had ever been to the small ski town but within months Dick had negotiated an early retirement package, and the couple had packed up and moved to Steamboat Springs.

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22 Mar

BTW News Briefs

After 2006 Losses, Borders Attempts to Revitalize the Brand

On March 22, Borders Group, Inc., after announcing that it had posted a consolidated fourth quarter net loss of $73.6 million, outlined a long-term strategic plan that the company hopes will "revitalize, refocus, and ultimately reinvent the company" and make it profitable once again. As part of this effort, Borders will debut a proprietary e-commerce site in early 2008, thereby ending its alliance with Amazon.com.

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22 Mar

Federal Judge Strikes Down COPA

On Thursday, March 22, a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia struck down the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), legislation that would make it a crime for any commercial website to distribute to a minor material that is "harmful to minors." The judge's ruling said that parents can protect their children through software filters and other less restrictive means that do not limit the free speech rights of others.

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22 Mar

ABA Announces BEA 2007 Educational Programming & Special Events

Registration Now Open

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