California Site of Three Booksellers Forums Next Week

ABA's forum tour, which provides booksellers across the country with the opportunity to meet with representatives of the ABA Board of Directors and senior staff to ask questions, express opinions, and hear about the association's activities and plans for the future, will be going to California next week.

The first of three California forums will be held in conjunction with the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) at its offices in The Presidio in San Francisco on Wednesday, February 18. This will be followed by forums at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena on Friday, February 20, and at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in San Diego on Saturday, February 21, both in conjunction with the Southern California Booksellers Association (SCBA).

At each location, the open forum will be preceded by an informative Book Sense Gift Card demonstration. In addition, attendees are being offered the opportunity to set up a one-on-one meeting with ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz to find out how easy it is to submit information to the 2004 ABACUS study. Booksellers wishing to schedule a meeting with Domnitz should send an e-mail request to avin@bookweb.org.

An outline of the events planned for each forum is provided below. For complete details, click here.

San Francisco Forum
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
NCIBA offices at The Presidio
37 Graham St.
(415) 561-7686; Web: http://www.nciba.com/

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. -- Book Sense Gift Card Demonstration
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. -- ABA/NCIBA Open Forum
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. -- One-on-One ABACUS Tutorials

Pasadena Forum
Friday, February 20, 2004
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Vroman's Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
(626) 449-5320; Web: http://vromans.booksense.com

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. -- Book Sense Gift Card Demonstration
Noon - 1:45 p.m. -- ABA/SCBA Open Forum
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. -- One-on-One ABACUS Tutorials

San Diego Forum
Saturday, February 21, 2004
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Four Points Sheraton San Diego
8110 Aero Dr. (between Interstate 805, Interstate 15, and Highway 163)
(858) 277-8888; Web: http://www.starwood.com/fourpoints/index.html

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. -- Book Sense Gift Card Demonstration
Noon - 1:45 p.m. -- ABA/SCBA Open Forum
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. -- One-on-One ABACUS Tutorials

A fourth forum will be held in February at Olsson's Books & Records in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the 25th. For information about the Washington forum, click here.

For the complete schedule of this season's ABA Booksellers Forums, click here.