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14 Jan

This Week in Book Challenges: January 15, 2025

Book challenge tracking for January 8, 2025 through January 14, 2025.

 

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08 Jan
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The Deadline For 2025 Health Coverage Is Here!

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner, LIG Solutions, shares Open Enrollment reminders.

 

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07 Jan

This Week in Book Challenges: January 8, 2025

Book challenge tracking for December 11, 2024 through January 7, 2025.

 

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03 Jan

Arkansas Act 372 Permanently Enjoined in District Court

On December 23, 2024, the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional in an opinion indicating that the law is overbroad and void for vagueness, permanently enjoining its enforcement. 

 

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12 Dec

FAQ: Maryland’s New Gift Card Law

In May 2024, Maryland passed the Gift Cards Scam Protection Act, which is the first law in the country that takes aim at stopping what is known as “gift card draining.” The law goes into effect for open-loop gift cards on June 1, 2025, and on October 1, 2025, for closed-loop gift cards.

 

 

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04 Dec
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The Deadline For 2025 Health Coverage Is Almost Here!

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner, LIG Solutions, shares Open Enrollment reminders.

 

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20 Nov

ABA Submits Written Testimony in Support of Credit Card Competition Act

In a letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, ABA Director of Advocacy and Public Policy Dave Grogan urged congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act.

 

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20 Nov
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Reminder: Open Enrollment for Health Insurance Has Begun!

Open Enrollment has begun! Now is the time for booksellers to evaluate their current coverage or sign up for new coverage.

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06 Nov
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Open Enrollment for Health Insurance Has Begun!

With Open Enrollment right around the corner, now is the time for booksellers to evaluate their current coverage or sign up for new coverage.

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30 Oct

New Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement

Bookstores may have a new filing requirement! Deadline January 1, 2025!

 

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23 Oct
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Open Enrollment and Health and Wellness Resources for Booksellers

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner, LIG Solutions, shares resources that are meant to help expand your knowledge of health and wellness, as well as Open Enrollment reminders.

 

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23 Oct

Training Staff to Handle Curation Challenges

Staff may be caught off guard if they don’t have training about how to handle customer pressure in response to curation. It is in the best interests of the store owners, the staff, and the principle of free expression to have staff trained to anticipate and counter certain traps.

 

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23 Oct

6 Steps to Help Deal with Curation Protests

An increasing number of stores have been dealing with abuse or harassment because they do or do not carry certain books. We’ve collected some steps you can take if (or before!) your store faces curation challenges.

 

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25 Sep

ABA Booksellers Gather in DC to Support the Credit Card Competition Act

Last night, about 50 American Booksellers Association (ABA) bookseller members from across the country traveled to DC to support the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), a bill that would require credit cards to be routed over at least two unaffiliated networks to allow small businesses a choice in taking credit card payments.

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11 Sep
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Free Expression Friday: “Trouble in Censorville” with Rebekah Modrak and Willie Carver, Jr.

Rebekah Modrak is one of the editors of Trouble in Censorville: The Far Right's Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who are Fighting Back; Willie Carver, Jr. is a former Kentucky Teacher of the Year and one of the voices in the book.

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