Comments on: Great Books and Banned Books (yes it still happens!) http://bookshopblog.com/2009/09/23/great-books-and-banned-books-yes-it-still-happens/ ...to help you be a better bookseller Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:42:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Perfect Pair | Bookshop Blog http://bookshopblog.com/2009/09/23/great-books-and-banned-books-yes-it-still-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-5788 The Perfect Pair | Bookshop Blog Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:51:18 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/?p=971#comment-5788 [...] with the discussion in an earlier post concerning creating eye catching display tables, pairing modern books with classics casts a new [...] [...] with the discussion in an earlier post concerning creating eye catching display tables, pairing modern books with classics casts a new [...]

]]> By: Nora O'Neill http://bookshopblog.com/2009/09/23/great-books-and-banned-books-yes-it-still-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-5733 Nora O'Neill Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:24:46 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/?p=971#comment-5733 Also a good time to remind people that children's books from 1984 and earlier are STILL banned from sale in the US. Two previous posts about it: http://bookshopblog.com/2009/01/08/book-burning-on-feb-10th-2009-due-to-cpsia/ http://bookshopblog.com/2009/02/14/cpsia-book-banning-in-the-guise-of-safety/ Everything from those first two articles here on Book Shop Blog is still pretty much the same. The American Library Association has maintained it doesn't apply to them, but the CPSA still has not issued a specific statement exempting libraries, just promising one is forthcoming. Also a good time to remind people that children’s books from 1984 and earlier are STILL banned from sale in the US.

Two previous posts about it:
http://bookshopblog.com/2009/01/08/book-burning-on-feb-10th-2009-due-to-cpsia/

http://bookshopblog.com/2009/02/14/cpsia-book-banning-in-the-guise-of-safety/

Everything from those first two articles here on Book Shop Blog is still pretty much the same. The American Library Association has maintained it doesn’t apply to them, but the CPSA still has not issued a specific statement exempting libraries, just promising one is forthcoming.

]]> By: Bruce K. Hollingdrake http://bookshopblog.com/2009/09/23/great-books-and-banned-books-yes-it-still-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-5731 Bruce K. Hollingdrake Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:17:16 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/?p=971#comment-5731 Thanks for the link Dan. It's always nice to see an issue from multiple perspectives. Thanks for the link Dan. It’s always nice to see an issue from multiple perspectives.

]]> By: Dan Kleinman http://bookshopblog.com/2009/09/23/great-books-and-banned-books-yes-it-still-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 Dan Kleinman Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:37:46 +0000 http://bookshopblog.com/?p=971#comment-5726 No, it does not still happen. No books have been banned in the USA for about a half a century. See "<a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/sowell/" rel="nofollow">National Hogwash Week</a>." No, it does not still happen. No books have been banned in the USA for about a half a century. See “National Hogwash Week.”

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