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15 Jul

A Report on the Summer ABA Board of Directors Meeting

The American Booksellers Association's Board of Directors and senior staff met from Thursday, July 8, through Sunday, July 11. The first day of meetings was held in New York City and was preceded by an orientation for the new members of the Board, Linda Ramsdell of Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick, Vermont, and Cathy Langer of Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, on Wednesday, July 7, also in New York City. The remaining meetings were held at ABA's headquarters in Tarrytown, New York.

During the July meeting, the Board:

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14 Jul

Sample Letters

Thank-You Letter for House Members Who Voted in Support of the Freedom to Read Amendment

[DATE]

Dear Member of Congress __________[INSERT NAME]:

On behalf of all of us at ____________[NAME AND LOCATION OF BOOKSTORE] and the American Booksellers Association, I am writing to express our enormous appreciation for your support of Representative Bernie Sanders' amendment to the CJS Appropriations Bill last week with regard to funding of Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act.

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14 Jul

Template Letters Regarding Historic Vote on Sanders' Amendment Now Available

To help booksellers respond to last week's historic tie vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on the Freedom to Read Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State (CJS) Appropriations Bill, ABA has prepared template letters that can be adapted by booksellers to send to their representative based on his or her vote on the measure. The sample letters are posted online and can be accessed by clicking here.

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14 Jul

Food, Glorious Food! The Book Sense Cookbooks and Food Writing Bestseller List

Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S. for the four-week period ending July 11, 2004.

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

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

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