ABA reminds registered booksellers who are no longer planning to attend Winter Institute 8 and all registrants who no longer need their hotel reservations at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center to notify ABA as soon as possible, so people on the waiting lists can fill their places.
Due to a last-minute change by our telephone service provider, the office number and staff extensions distributed last week in connection with ABA’s move from Tarrytown to White Plains, New York, are incorrect.
The American Booksellers Association’s offices will be closed starting at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 13, as the staff undertakes a move from Tarrytown to White Plains, New York. The offices are expected to reopen on or about Wednesday, December 19.
ABA President Becky Anderson writes about the kickoff of the holiday season and some of the special events and initiatives at Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, Illinois.
Two winners of IndieBound posters have been chosen at random from ABA members that “liked” the American Booksellers Association’s new Facebook page before November 30.
Registration opened today for the full-day seminar “How to Succeed at Retail Bookselling: Introduction to the Bookstore Business,” to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, February 22, 2013, the day before the ABA Winter Institute begins.
Booksellers should be on the lookout for their store’s 2013 membership renewal form arriving via mail and e-mail from the ABA in January. For those who’d like to get a jump on the process, there’s also an easy-to-use online renewal form, available now.
ABA will open registration next Thursday for the full-day seminar “How to Succeed at Retail Bookselling: Introduction to the Bookstore Business,” to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, February 22, the day before Winter Institute 8 begins.
Members that “like” ABA’s new Facebook page by November 29 will be entered into a random drawing to win a set of IndieBound “Eat Sleep Read” and “Snack Nap Read” posters.
The Small Business Majority, the American Booksellers Association, and other organizations and companies are co-sponsoring a free webinar, “The Fiscal Cliff: What it Means for Your Bottom Line.”
