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27 Sep

GLBA & NCIBA Trade Shows Next Week

Next week, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) and the Great Lakes Booksellers Association (GLBA) will be holding their 2006 Fall Trade shows. American Booksellers Association staff will be attending both shows to present educational programming, to gather member input regarding ABA's next Strategic Plan, and more.

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27 Sep

ABA Board Nominations Wanted

The American Booksellers Association's Nominating Committee, chaired by Collette Morgan of Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis, is searching for qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors. Any ABA member may submit nominations for board directors.

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21 Sep

Portland or Bust: Scholarships A-Plenty for Winter Institute

The American Booksellers Association's Second Annual Winter Institute, to be held in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday and Friday, February 1 and 2, 2007, promises to be a winter wonderland of terrific educational programs, networking, and fun for attending booksellers. And for a certain number of booksellers, this year's Winter Institute will be especially rewarding as, once again, ABA and its Publisher Partner Sponsors are offering scholarships to the Winter Institute to ABA member booksellers.

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21 Sep

Educational and Collegial Show For NAIBA

Excellent educational seminars and lots of happy mingling with reps, authors, and other booksellers were reported at the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Fall Trade Show, held last weekend at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, at the Valley Forge Convention Center. As always, the Moveable Feast was a bookseller favorite as well as NAIBA and ABA educational programming.

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21 Sep

NEIBA Welcomes Booksellers with New Initiatives and Time-Tested Tools

The New England Booksellers Association began its 33rd Annual Trade Show on Friday, September 15, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island, and ended it on Sunday, September 17, with a new name -- the New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA). The name change accompanied the adoption of a new strategic plan and bylaw changes.

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21 Sep

Energetic MPIBA Trade Show Enlightens and Invigorates

This year's Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA) Fall Trade Show, held from Thursday, September 14, through Sunday, September 17, at the Marriott Denver Tech Center in Denver, "was a fantastic show," said Catherine Weller, of Sam Weller's in Salt Lake City, Utah, and MPIBA president. "There was increased bookseller attendance, high quality seminars....

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21 Sep

SCBA Trade Show to be a Veritable Feast of Education and Authors

The Southern California Booksellers Association's (SCBA) Authors Feast and Trade Show will be held on Saturday, October 21, in Los Angeles, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Among the day's highlights will be the 2006 Authors Feast, Spoken Word Radio Show Luncheon, and ABA educational programs "Shop Local: Forming Business Alliances in Your Community" and "Handselling: Customer Service With Results."

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19 Sep

St. Paul Home to Next Week's MBA Fall Trade Show

American Booksellers Association staff, including ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz, COO Oren Teicher, and Len Vlahos, Director of BookSense.com and of ABA's Education Program, will be attending next week's 2006 Midwest Booksellers Association (MBA) Fall Trade Show to present educational programming, to gather member input regarding ABA's next Strategic Plan, and more.

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14 Sep

ABA Welcomes Initial Winter Institute Sponsors

This week, ABA announced the initial sponsors of ABA's Second Annual Winter Institute, to be held on Thursday and Friday, February 1 and 2, 2007, in Portland, Oregon. These companies' sponsorship is underwriting the cost of the Institute, making it affordable for booksellers to attend.

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11 Sep

Free Classifieds for ABA Bookstore Membership

Each year, ABA Bookstore Members in good standing may place up to four free two-week Classified Ad insertions in Bookselling This Week. BTW Classifieds are the perfect place for booksellers to place help wanted ads, advertise fixtures or stores for sale, and more.

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07 Sep

MPIBA, NAIBA & NEBA Shows Next Weekend

At each of the regional trade shows scheduled for next weekend -- Mountains & Plains, New Atlantic, and New England -- the American Booksellers Association will be presenting educational programming, as well as demonstrations of Above The Treeline and Constant Contact.

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07 Sep

ABA Offers Emerging Leaders Scholarship

The American Booksellers Association has announced the creation of an Emerging Leaders Scholarship, covering the cost of airfare to Portland, Oregon, and up to a three-night hotel stay at the 2007 Winter Institute headquarters hotel, the DoubleTree Portland, Lloyd Center. Booksellers at ABA member stores who are committed to furthering the success of independent bookselling are encouraged to apply.

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06 Sep

GLBA Show Features Pirates of the Great Lakes 'Hoisting Sales'

The pirate-themed 2006 Great Lakes Booksellers Association (GLBA) Fall Trade Show will be held from Friday, October 6, through Sunday, October 8, at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, in Dearborn, Michigan. Program highlights include author events with many Book Sense favorites, including Chris Bohjalian, Katrina Kittle, Ron McLarty, Gloria Whelan, and Michael Perry, and a GLBA Quiz Bowl with special guest, Ken Jennings, champion of television's Jeopardy.

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31 Aug

ABA Hopes to See You in Orlando

American Booksellers Association staff, including CEO Avin Mark Domnitz, COO Oren Teicher, and Director of Education Len Vlahos, will be attending next week's Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Fall Trade Show to present educational programming, to gather member input regarding ABA's next Strategic Plan, and more.

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31 Aug

MBA Offers an Education-Packed Trade Show

The 2006 Midwest Booksellers Association (MBA) Fall Trade Show will be held from Thursday, September 28, through Saturday, September 30, at St. Paul, Minnesota's RiverCenter.

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