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04 Jan

School Reinstates Controversial Book After Protests From Free Speech Groups

After the Dover-Sherborn (Massachusetts) Schools book review committee's decision to remove So Far From the Bamboo Grove from the school curriculum was met by a wave of protests from free speech groups and area residents, a Dover-Sherborn Regional School Committee voted on Tuesday to reinstate the controversial novel. According to the Boston Globe, the committee plans to restructure the English curriculum to more clearly show the story's historical context.

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04 Jan

Holiday Season Sales Report: Did Indies Shine?

The 2006 holiday season shone brightly for many booksellers. Among those contacted recently by Bookselling This Week, most reported that they saw sales increases for the holiday season over last year, or had matched 2005 results. While many pointed to a range of strong fall titles and the popularity of gift cards as strong contributing factors, there were still a number of unanswered questions about consumer behavior.

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03 Jan

Facing Deadline, Greedy Picks Editor Exhorts Booksellers to Nominate

This Friday, January 5, is the deadline for the March 2007 Book Sense Picks list. There's still time to make your voice heard.

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03 Jan

IBF Announces New Bookstore Calendar for 2008

Due to the "warm welcome the book community gave to its 50th anniversary calendar," the International Booksellers Federation (IBF), a non-governmental organization of booksellers associations and booksellers from around the world, announced this week that the IBF calendar for 2008 is in preparation.

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