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28 Oct

Customers Testify SAFE(ly) at Ninth Street

On Thursday, October 21, Common Cause of Delaware, a nonprofit citizens lobbying organization dedicated to government reform and accountability, held a citizen's public meeting on the Safety and Freedom Ensured Act (S. 1709, SAFE Act) at Ninth Street Book Store in Wilmington, Delaware. The SAFE Act seeks to amend provisions of the USA Patriot Act, including Section 215, which gives law enforcement officials broad authority to demand that libraries or bookstores turn over books, records, papers, and documents.

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28 Oct

Education Task Force to Consider Survey Results

The American Booksellers Association's Education Task Force will meet on Saturday, November 13, in Minneapolis to consider the results of the "ABA Education 2005 Survey." The survey to gather bookseller input to help guide ABA's future educational programming was distributed over the last few months to ABA member booksellers by e-mail, through BookW

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28 Oct

Kids' Book Talk: Megan Tingley Books

While the recent announcement of the 2004 National Book Award finalists included many unfamiliar names, one very familiar name in publishing came up twice in the same category. Nominated for the Young People's Literature award were two titles bearing Little, Brown's Megan Tingley Books imprint: Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance by Laban Carrick Hill and Luna: A Novel by Julie Anne Peters.

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28 Oct

Book Sense to Discontinue Paper Gift Certificate Program

Due to overall increased consumer demand for electronic gift cards and the continued growing popularity of Book Sense Gift Cards in particular, the American Booksellers Association is announcing the discontinuation of the Book Sense Paper Gift Certificate Program.

To ensure a smooth ending for the program, please note the following:

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