ABFFE Online Auction Adds Items From BEA

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. "If you haven't checked recently, now is the time."  The auction is scheduled to end on May 31 at 5:00 p.m., EST.

The auction offers hundreds of books signed at this year's BEA, including a variety of signed children's books. Rare finds include signed first editions of Philip Roth's Everyman, four signed limited editions of Dean Koontz novels, 25 autographed copies of Let Me Finish by Roger Angell, and a dozen signed copies of the new Danielle Steel novel. Other popular book packages include a $500 gift certificate for Simon & Schuster's cooking and lifestyles books, a case of the new Jonathan Kozol book, and a ready-to-sell sidewalk book display package.    

In addition to books, the online auction offers deals on bookseller services, including two dozen customized T-shirts from Champion, the company that prints the popular fREADom t-shirts for ABFFE, or Ingram's companion®, the most powerful CD-ROM-based title-reference tool in the industry. Other popular items are package deals for the fall regional bookseller association trade shows and tickets for a New York Yankees game against the Washington Nationals on Friday, June 16, and a Monty Python DVD set.

ABFFE encourages individual and bookstore shoppers alike to place bids and support free speech.  To browse the auction, click here (or http://tinyurl.com/fvbbz).  To register for the online auction, click here (or http://tinyurl.com/kqr67).