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ABA is...
the national trade association for independent booksellers — since 1900. ABA offers education, services and products, advocacy, and relevant business information. Look below for a selection of this month's key news and programs.
A limited number of rooms have recently become available at Hotel ABA. Interested ABA members should contact ABA as soon as possible. Reservations will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who no longer need their reservations are asked to contact the association to cancel. Reservations are also now being accepted for this year's ABA Author Luncheon. >Learn more… Booksellers have a lot of important reasons to go green — the environment, meeting shoppers' expectations, even cutting business expenses. ABA is working to help indies implement important environment-related business changes and to present key titles for consumers. Here's an update on ABA's activities, as well as a growing body of educational materials.Keep abreast of what other booksellers are doing, and join the Green Initiative both by nominating titles to our upcoming Green List and by sharing updates from your store.
What books do Augusten Burroughs, Mary Roach, Tobias Wolff, and 25 other notable authors find remarkable?
From March 1 through the end of June 2008, Bank of America will waive the $75 application fee for booksellers who sign up for the program. >Read more about the program... |
Focus On... Advocacy
New York State's new budget makes clear that out-of-state retailers such as Amazon.com must collect sales tax for sales to New York state residents. This significant victory for e-fairness comes after months of intense lobbying by New York booksellers, ABA, and other allied retailers and organizations. >News update. Several bookstore members of the American Booksellers Association have received a summons in a civil action brought by Rev. Herman Douglas, Sr., against Rev. Joel Osteen, his publisher, distributors, and retailers. When you need an answer to a nagging business question, tap into a knowledgeable, nationwide bookselling community. ABA's bookseller-to-bookseller online forums are a network of smart, supportive fellow independents who can offer advice on everything from in-store technology headaches to new online scams. Join the conversation today. >Go to the ForumsThe ABA Book Buyer's Handbook is the ultimate resource for essential trade terms information and timely special orders — and it is available exclusively to ABA members. This electronic publication is fullable searchable and continually updated, and it has new tools that let booksellers add their own notes to entries and create hot lists of selected publishers. Let the big red book help keep you in the black.... |
ABA's annual ABACUS survey provides both crucial information on bookstore operations and the essential benchmarks for managing a growing and profitable business.