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11 May

South Carolina Internet Statute Struck Down

On Monday, May 9, booksellers and free speech groups, including the Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA), scored a victory in the battle against Internet censorship when a judge in the U.S. District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, permanently enjoined a statute that would have criminalized any work communicated on the Internet that is accessible in South Carolina and contains a depiction of nudity or sexual conduct considered to be "harmful to minors."

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11 May

The Book Sense Family & Parenting Bestseller List

For the eight-week sales period ending May 8, 2005, and based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the country.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

Attention Media: Please contact Meg Smith at [email protected] for reprint guidelines for your newspaper or magazine.

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11 May

RiverRun: A Vital Part of the Cultural Life of Portsmouth

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11 May

BTW News Briefs

WNBA Announces Pannell Winners

On Wednesday, May 11, the Women's National Book Association announced the winners of this year's Lucile Micheels Pannell Award. This year's award for a general bookstore goes to BookPeople in Austin, Texas, which is also the recipient of this year's Publishers Weekly Bookseller of the Year Award. The winner in the children's specialty category is Reading Reptile Books and Toys for Young Mammals in Kansas City, Missouri.

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