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Deborah Mathis
Myra MacPherson
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 The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) has announced that a wealth of items donated by publishers during BookExpo America is being added to the online auction that is currently underway at www.abffe.org. "We are adding the new items to the website just as fast as we can," said Caitlin Delohery, ABFFE's auction manager.
On Thursday, May 11, The Playboy Foundation presented longtime South Carolina independent bookseller Rhett Jackson with a 2006 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Lifetime Achievement Award at New York's Cipriani 23rd Street. The award ceremony recognized Jackson and seven other individuals for their personal achievements in defending the First Amendment.
American Booksellers Association COO Oren Teicher introduced Jackson at the awards ceremony and talked about his "passionate commitment to the idea that books change lives."
 On April 12, the Department of Justice (DOJ) lifted a gag order that had prevented the Library Connection of Windsor, Connecticut, from discussing its receipt of a National Security Letter (NSL) demanding patron records as part of a counter-terrorism investigation.
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) and the MLRC Institute, a non-profit educational organization focused on the media and the First Amendment, have begun co-sponsoring a series of talks by reporters and media lawyers to explain the importance of confidential sources in uncovering news stories. Some of the nation's leading investigative reporters are appearing at bookstores across the county to discuss the dangerous increase in efforts to force journalists to reveal their sources.
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) is urging publishers, booksellers, and others in the book industry to support the fight for free expression by contributing to the ABFFE Silent Auction, to be held from Friday, May 19, through Sunday, May 21, at BookExpo America in Washington, D.C. The ABFFE website, www.abffe.com, will feature a concurrent Online Auction, which will continue for two weeks after the conclusion of BEA.
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Bob Newhart
Paula Poundstone
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On March 30, the sponsors of the Campaign for Reader Privacy (CRP) -- the American Booksellers Association, the American Library Association, the Association of American Publishers, and PEN American Center -- released a statement accusing President Bush of "undermining a new law that expands Congressional oversight of the USA Patriot Act, including the provision that authorizes searches of bookstore and library records."
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) has created a one-page flier to answer consumer questions regarding the USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill, which was signed into law by President Bush on March 9. Addressed to bookstore customers who signed Campaign for Reader Privacy petitions calling on Congress to amend Section 215 of the Patriot, the fact sheet succinctly outlines what the legislation means for First Amendment rights and reader privacy under the headings "The Good News" and "The Bad News."
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The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.
Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.
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