Nathan Halter, a former bookseller at The Doylestown Bookshop, joins ABA as a Member Relationship Manager for bookstores in the GLIBA, MIBA, MPIBA, PNBA, and SIBA regions.
BookPeople’s Steve Bercu recently took part in the Moscow International Book Fair as a member of the Read Russia 2012 Advisory Board. Here are several excerpts from his travel log.
This week, Shannon O’Connor, a former teacher and children’s book buyer at Doylestown Bookshop, joined the ABA staff in the newly created position of ABC Children’s Group Manager.
ABA President Becky Anderson shares her experiences as a guest at this summer’s Booksellers New Zealand and Australian Booksellers Association annual conferences, as well as a look at some of the things ABA is currently working on.
Carl Lennertz named NAIBA Legacy Award winner; Chronicle’s Jack Jensen to receive Jack D. Rittenhouse Award; Putumayo World Music enters digital market; Unbridled to be distributed by PGW; Facebook drops local deals business
Len Vlahos, ABA’s chief operating officer and a longtime staff member, has been selected as the executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc., effective September 12, 2011. Vlahos’ last day at ABA will be September 2.
Lawsuit filed against Apple and five agency model publishers; Borders given okay to auction name, website, leases; Amazon unveils Kindle Cloud Reader; Philip Levine named poet laureate; Sally Dedecker to direct BEA conference program; Sales rep Ann Wachur honored by NEIBA; PEN 2011 literary award winners announced
Scott Nafz, the senior customer service rep for ABA’s IndieCommerce program, assists bookstore members in all matters related to their e-commerce websites.
World Book Night is launching in the U.S. with the goal of giving away one million books across the country on April 23, 2012. Carl Lennertz, currently vice president for independent retailing at HarperCollins, has been hired as chief executive of the U.S. division of WBN and will start on September 1.
