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14 Jul

Bookseller Finds Bestseller List Promotes Bookstore

The Faribault Daily News of Faribault, Minnesota, recently joined hundreds of magazines, newspapers, and websites across the country featuring the Book Sense Bestseller List. The Bestseller List's inclusion in the newspaper was the result of the efforts of Faribault's Central Avenue Bookstore.

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14 Jul

Banned Books Top Ten Deadline Tomorrow

Friday, July 15, is the deadline for the Book Sense Banned Books Week Top Ten.

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14 Jul

July 2005 Letter in Support of SAFE Act

July 12, 2005

The Honorable Arlen Specter
Chairman
United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington, DC 20010

Dear Chairman Specter:

We, the undersigned, write in strong support of S. 737, the Security and Freedom Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2005. The legislation, designed to modestly reform the 2001 USA Patriot Act, provides crucial safeguards against abuse in some of the Patriot Act's most expansive and unchecked provisions.

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14 Jul

House Judiciary Committee Deals Blow to Reader Privacy

On Wednesday, July 13, the Campaign for Reader Privacy -- which is comprised of the American Booksellers Association, PEN American Center, the American Library Association, and the Association of American Publishers -- criticized the House Judiciary Committee regarding its failure to adopt Rep. Jerrold Nadler's (D-NY) amendment to a bill reauthorizing the USA Patriot Act. The organizations said that Nadler's amendment would have restored crucial safeguards for the privacy of library and bookstore records that were eliminated by Section 215 of the Act.

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