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An Important Update About the Public Comment Period Re the Agency Model
 
DAYS LEFT to submit a comment letter to DOJ.

In an e-mail on Thursday, May 3, ABA CEO Oren Teicher urged member stores to use the public comment period, which lasts 60 days and ends June 25, to express their support for agency model pricing for e-books to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The full e-mail, with contact information for the DOJ, is available here; please also remember to send a copy of your letter to ABA's Dan Cullen.

 
 
BookExpo America 2012

Monday - Thursday, June 4 - 7
NYC’s Javits Convention Center

All ABA member bookstores are eligible for a number of free badges; register via the BEA website or by calling BEA customer service at (800) 840-5614. Hotel reservations are via the BEA Hotel & Travel Desk. (There is no dedicated Hotel ABA this year.)

ABA’s Day of Education, sponsored by Ingram Content Group, will be Monday, June 4, at Javits. Tuesday, June 5, will feature the Celebration of Bookselling Luncheon and ABA's Town Hall and Annual Membership Meeting. And, new this year will be the ABC Children’s Group Institute, on Wednesday, June 6.

Learn more.

 
 
Children's Institute Sold Out, Wait List Forming

The first-ever American Booksellers Association ABC Children’s Institute will be held on Wednesday, June 6, at New York’s Javits Center during BookExpo America.

The one-day program focusing on children’s bookselling will offer educational sessions, roundtables, and special events and is open exclusively to booksellers at ABA member stores.  Registration is now booked to capacity; a waiting list is forming at kids.bookweb.org.

  >DETAILS
 
New Design Fires Up Imaginations

"Fire Up Your Imagination," a fun, new design for a bookmark and poster has just been added to ABA’s Bookseller DIY.

It, as well as 11 new spring designs for posters, web banners, and bookmarks, can be easily produced at local printers.

The new graphics promote spring book buying, as well as gift giving for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, books for kids, and vacation reading.

  >Visit the DIY now.
 
 

The E-Fairness Action Kit E-Fairness

ABA's E-Fairness Action Kit (E-FACT) provides booksellers nationwide with crucial, state-specific tools to help them in their e-fairness outreach efforts.

Find your state, and get started!

 
Award Winners to Be Honored at Celebration

The winners and honor recipients of this year's Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards will be honored at the June 5 Celebration of Bookselling Author Awards Luncheon, at BookExpo America.

Luncheon reservations  are free and open exclusively to two booksellers at each member store on a first-come, first-served basis. Don't miss out; reserve now.

  >Reserve now.
 
First U.S. World Book Night Celebrated!

Thousands of people went out into their communities on April 23 to spread the joy and love of reading by giving out free World Book Night  paperbacks.

Read about givers' experiences on Facebook and Twitter, and in Bookselling This Week.

  >Learn more.
 


The first-ever ABA ABC Children's Institute, featuring a full-day of programming for children's booksellers, will be held on Wednesday, June 6, at BEA.

The top 10 titles on the Spring Kids' Indie Next List are featured on shelf-talkers, ready for download.

Additional print copies of the full-color, 20-page ABC Best Books for Children Catalog are still available; contact Shannon O'Connor for details.

Learn more.

 
 
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