Advocacy Testimony

Honorable members of the US House of Representatives,

I write on behalf of the American Booksellers Association, the trade association of independent bookstores representing over 3,200 bookstore companies nationwide, to express our deep concern with HR 2616. This book censorship bill would chill expression across the book industry, hurt small businesses, and decrease the variety of books in the marketplace.

A National Book Ban Impacting Countless Titles

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March 3, 2026

February 13, 2026

Memorandum in Support of S 8630 from the American Booksellers Association

February 5, 2026

Memo in Opposition to AB 961 from the American Booksellers Association

Honorable Members of the Wisconsin Assembly Children and Families Committee,

Honorable members of the Utah House Education Committee,

On behalf of the American Booksellers Association, the not-for-profit trade association of independent bookstores including 41 small businesses in Utah, I urge you to oppose HB 197 and its recent substitute. 

Honorable members of the Senate Education Committee,

On behalf of the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and the 25 independent bookstores we represent in New Hampshire, I write to urge you to oppose SB 434. In addition to the unrestrained censorship and inequity it will cause in New Hampshire schools, it will jeopardize the next generation of engaged readers, and with them, the future of bookselling.