Mark Your Calendars

Posted Thursday, Jan 20, 2005

ABA's 2005 Booksellers Forum Tour and Education Program, which launched earlier this month, will be coming to a location near you. During the next four months, ABA senior staff and representatives of the ABA Board and Booksellers Advisory Council will meet with booksellers in every region of the country to provide an update on various ABA programs and initiatives and to gather input that will be used to shape future association efforts.

Fourteen more forums, as well as educational programming, are on the schedule. Details, including exact times and locations, will be published in upcoming editions of Bookselling This Week. Booksellers will also receive e-mail announcements from ABA with up-to-date information regarding the forums in their areas.

Many of these events will include an ABACUS Workshop. Booksellers who bring their fiscal 2004 financial statements to the workshop will receive one-on-one help in completing the 2005 ABACUS study, as well as a coupon for $50 off their next ABA dues renewal. The ABACUS study is helping all independent booksellers by establishing a standard against which each store's financial results can be measured. It is an invaluable tool. (For more about the ABACUS study, click here.)

ABA encourages bookstore owners to bring their staff to these energizing events that provide much valuable information and offer a broader perspective on how their store fits into the larger industry.

Questions about the Booksellers Forum Tour and Education Program should be addressed to ABA's Kristen Gilligan at (800) 637-0037, ext. 1286 or kristen@bookweb.org.

FEBRUARY

  • Wednesday, February 2, in conjunction with the Mid-South Independent Booksellers Association, at BookPeople in Austin, Texas (10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.). For more details, click here.
  • Tuesday, February 15, in conjunction with the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association, at NCIBA's offices in San Francisco (10:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.).
  • Wednesday, February 16, in conjunction with the Southern California Booksellers Association, at the Long Beach Hilton in Long Beach, California (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.).
  • Friday, February 25, in conjunction with the Southeast Booksellers Association and Bargain Books New's Spring Book Show, at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia (Friday: 8:30 a.m. - Noon).

MARCH

  • Sunday, March 6, in conjunction with the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, at the Tudor Bookshop in Kingston, Pennsylvania (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.).
  • Tuesday, March 8, in conjunction with the New England Booksellers Association, in Shelton, Connecticut.
  • Saturday, March 12, in conjunction with the Midwest Booksellers Association, in Bloomington, Minnesota (1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.).
  • Monday, March 14, in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, at the Seattle Airport Hilton in Seattle (9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.).

APRIL

  • Friday and Saturday, April 1 - 2, in conjunction with the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association, at the Marriott Denver Tech Center in Denver.
  • Tuesday, April 5, in conjunction with the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association, on Long Island, New York (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.).
  • Tuesday, April 12, in conjunction with the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, at Mitchell Books in Fort Wayne, Indiana (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.).
  • Saturday, April 16, in conjunction with the Midwest Booksellers Association, in Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Wednesday, April 20, in conjunction with the New England Booksellers Association, in Portland, Maine (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.).

MAY

  • Tuesday, May 3, in conjunction with the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, in Lyndhurst, Ohio (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.).
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