The Bookseller’s voice in the fight against censorship!
As a member of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), you belong to a national community of booksellers united in their support of free expression for booksellers and their customers.
Membership dues are $50, $75 or $100
CLICK on our ABFFE LOGO to become a Member!

Benefits
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ABFFE operates a First Amendment hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week to assist you whenever you confront an emergency, whether it is the result of a customer complaint or a police demand. If you ever need an experienced First Amendment lawyer, we can help you find one.
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ABFFE is the bookseller's voice in all free speech controversies involving books and other written material. We alerted booksellers to the dangers posed by the USA Patriot Act and helped them communicate their concerns to Congress. ABFFE also opposes efforts to ban books in public schools and libraries and files amicus briefs in cases challenging school censorship.
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ABFFE helps booksellers communicate the importance of free speech to their customers, building support for First Amendment rights that will be critically important when censorship controversies arise. ABFFE is a sponsor of Banned Books Week, the only national celebration of the freedom to read.
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ABFFE ensures that booksellers play a role in all important First Amendment cases.
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$100 VIP Membership Includes
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Banned Books Week bracelet.
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Autographed copy of ABFFE President Chris Finan's From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of Free Speech in America.
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A ready-to-frame statement, "To Our Customers," that booksellers can display in their stores, declaring their commitment to protect the First Amendment and privacy rights of their customers.
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A FREADOM window decal, bumber sticker and pin.
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The ABFFE handbook, Censorship and First Amendment Rights: A Primer.
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ABFFE's newest video featuring Sherman Alexie and Laurie Halse Anderson
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ABFFE UPDATE, our monthly e-mail newsletter.
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ABFFE also offers $75 Premier Memberships, which include all of the above excluding Chris Finan's book; $50 General Membership includes all of the above excluding the Banned Books Week Bracelet and Chris Finan's book.
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If you prefer to sign up by snail mail then download a membership pamphlet and mail, email or fax it to:
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
19 Fulton Street, Suite 407
New York, NY 10038
Fax: (212) 587-4025
Have questions? Call ABFFE Program Assistant Inessa Spencer at (212) 587-4025, ext. 6 or email
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