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14 Mar

Wisconsin Forum Helps Booksellers Begin Crossing the Digital Divide

On Saturday, March 10, over 50 booksellers gathered for the second stop on the American Booksellers Association's 2007 Winter/Spring Forum Tour.

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13 Mar

MasterCard and Visa to Increase Rates in April

MasterCard and Visa have announced an increase in interchange rates effective April 1.

According to American Booksellers Association affinity partner Bank of America Merchant Services, the overall rate increase amounts to .04 percent. Credit card processors are now adjusting and/or increasing their rates to accommodate this change.

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08 Mar

ABFFE, NCAC Welcome Decisions Clearing Challenged Books

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) and the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) have welcomed decisions by federal, state, and local prosecutors that uphold the right of students in Howell, Michigan, to read Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Richard Wright's Black Boy, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, and Augusten Burroughs' Running with Scissors.

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08 Mar

PBS Wants to Know: What Are the Top Five American Novels?

What's your favorite American novel? Perhaps it's Absalom, Absalom!, Huckleberry Finn, or To Kill a Mockingbird ... or maybe it's The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick, or The Age of Innocence. Whatever your opinion, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) wants to know.

PBS is preparing to broadcast a documentary about the American novel, and it has invited several literary organizations, including members of the American Booksellers Association, to contribute to the development of the accompanying website.

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