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09 May

A Busy Day in Dayton: Taft Signs H.B. 8; Media Coalition Immediately Challenges

On Monday, May 6, Ohio Governor Bob Taft signed House Bill 8 (H.B. 8), legislation that amends Ohio’s sex offence law to include computer-based material that is deemed harmful to juveniles. On the same day, a broad-based coalition -- which includes the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) and Dayton, Ohio, bookstore Wilkie News -- filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Dayton challenging the statute’s constitutionality. H.B. 8 is due to go into effect on August 6, 2002.

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09 May

BookExpo America Announces Final Attendance for 2002

Attendance figures for BookExpo America, held from May 1-5 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, were announced on May 9.

The final total attendance figure was 31,726. Convention officials note that this number includes 2,167 day badges, which were not available at the convention in Chicago in 2001. Total attendance without the day passes in 2002 was 29,559. Total attendance last year in Chicago was 21,898.

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09 May

Say it Ain't So, Jo!

The millions of fans of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books might not be able to return to Hogwarts for new adventures until 2003. Rowling spokesperson Rebecca Salt told A.P. on May 9 that the author is unlikely to finish the manuscript of the fifth Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, until the end of the year. "It could be this year and it could be next year," she said.

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09 May

Start Spreading the News -- Booksellers and Exhibitors Love New York

In an atmosphere described by attendees as buoyant and energized, greater numbers of booksellers and industry professionals than in recent years returned to New York for the city's first national booksellers trade show in over a decade. Scheduling considerations placed the show a full month earlier than usual, but few complained about an early spring visit to New York, particularly when the weather turned perfectly sunny and balmy and so many unique activities were within reach.

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