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03 Oct

Nominations of Outstanding Children's Booksellers Wanted

The Women's National Book Association (WNBA) has issued its annual call for nominations of outstanding U.S. bookstores in the field of children's literature. From the nominations, two bookstores -- one general bookstore and one specialty children's store -- will be selected as winners of the Lucile Micheels Pannell Awards to be presented at BookExpo America 2006.

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03 Oct

Free Expression Groups Want Checks on Data Mining

On Monday, September 26, a number of free expression and civil liberties groups, including the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), faxed a letter to U.S. Senate conferees and potential U.S. House conferees to urge them to support a data mining amendment included in the House version of the USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill. Section 132 of the House legislation, which was introduced by Rep.

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29 Sep

Texas Booksellers Spared the Worst of Hurricane Rita

As the Gulf Coast region deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, most accounts coming out of the area indicate that, while the storm's wrath was devastating in its destructive force in some areas, the consequences could have been far more tragic. First projected to hit the Houston area, the storm veered eastward to less populated areas. Nonetheless, Rita still packed a terrible and tragic punch, hitting towns along the Texas-Louisiana border with over 100-mph winds and leaving them under up to 15 feet of water.

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29 Sep

SEBA Contributes $25,000 to Bookseller Relief Fund

On Tuesday, September 27, the Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA) announced that it was matching ABA's initial contribution to the Bookseller Relief Fund with a $25,000 contribution from the SEBA Board Reserve Fund.

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