Mark Your Calendars: ABA's Spring Booksellers Forum Schedule

The American Booksellers Association will be holding 12 Booksellers Forums in March and April to provide booksellers in every region of the country with an opportunity to meet with ABA senior staff to their share ideas, discuss industry issues, and receive updates on various association projects. Each forum will also offer an education component from ABA's highly regarded Winter Institute.

"We hope every ABA member will plan to attend a Booksellers Forum this spring," said COO Len Vlahos. "These informal gatherings provide great networking opportunities, and the ideas and concerns shared by booksellers provide the ABA Board and staff with vital information for the development of future programs and initiatives to help all indie booksellers."

The first forum of the season will be held on March 12 in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) and the National Association of College Stores' (NACS) Campus Market Expo (CAMEX). All ABA member booksellers are invited to take part in the forum program and to take advantage of special housing and registration offers for the CAMEX trade show. (Learn more. [1])

Here's a look at the Booksellers Forum schedule to date. Watch for updates and further details in upcoming editions of BTW. Questions about the forum schedule should be addressed to ABA Meetings and Planning Officer Jill Perlstein at (800) 637-0037, ext. 6642 or jill@bookweb.org [2].

2010 ABA Booksellers Forum Schedule