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Promotional Code
Company Name
Company Street Address
City State Zip
Person to receive mail Title
Phone Fax E-mail address
Internet address (URL)
Date Business Founded (if known)
Number of Locations One Multiple
Standard Address Number (SAN) (if assigned)

DBA/Bookstore Name (If different from above)
Bookstore Street Address
City State Zip
Person to receive mail
Title
Phone Fax
E-mail address Internet address (URL)

Please list all store locations and primary contacts.


Ownership  (Check only one)

Independent
College/University Affiliation 		Publicly-owned Company
Other Institutional Affiliation

Business Type ( Check only one that represents more than 50% of TOTAL gross dollar sales )
Storefront Bookstore Non-storefront

Other Business Practice ( Check all that apply )
Mail Order/ Catalog Online
Book Fair

Retail (not primarily bookstore)

Principal Book Category (Check only one)
General Books (substantially new books)
Specialty Books (if selected, please complete Specialty Business Theme below)

Specialty Business Theme ( Check only one that represents over 50% of dollar book sales)
African-American Art
Children's/Juvenile Feminist
Foreign Language Gay/Lesbian
Mind/Body/Spirit Mystery
Religious Science Fiction
Scientific/Technical/Professional Travel/Regional
Other  

Types of Books
Substantially New Books Used Rare

 Inventory Control System (please include version)  

 

 

Fee Schedule for New Businesses (in operation for less than one year)

Businesses in operation for less than a year pay dues of $350 (plus a one-time processing fee of $25). Total: $375.
After the first full year of membership, all dues are payable on the anniversary date.
Please go to Part II

Fee Schedule for Businesses in Operation One Year or More

Businesses in operation for a year or more pay dues based on Total Company Book Sales** for all locations plus a one-time processing fee of $25.
**Total Company Book Sales include sales of new, used, remainder, and audio books; online book sales; sales at off-premises events; gift certificates and gift cards; and magazines and calendars. They do not include textbook sales, toy and gift sales.
Please complete Parts I and II

Part I: Instructions for Calculating Dues Payable (Use our Interactive Dues Calculator or follow the instructions below)

To determine TOTAL COMPANY BOOK SALES VOLUME FOR ALL LOCATIONS, use your last annual income statement. You will find your dues category in the Membership Dues Table below.

1 Enter your Total Company Book Sales Volume for all locations $
2 Subtract LOW book sales figure (from table below) for Book Sales Volume range -
3 Subtotal $
4 Enter Marginal Multipier (from table below) for your Book Sales volume X
5 Multiply Subtotal (step 3) by Marginal Multipier (step 4) and enter result at right $
6 Add Base Dues (from table below) for Book Sales Volume +
7 CALCULATED DUES PAYABLE $
8 Optional tax-deductible contribution to American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (dues $50, additional donation welcome) $
9 One-time, new member processing fee for new members only $
10 TOTAL AMOUNT DUE $

Membership Dues Table

Book Sales Volume Range Marginal
Multiplier		 Base
Dues		 Maximum Dues Dues
Category

EXAMPLE 1
(DUES CATEGORY 2)

TOTAL COMPANY BOOK SALES are $75,426.00
Base dues figure is $350.00
$75,426 - $50,001 = $25,425
$25,425 x .0009250 = $23.52
Calculated DUES PAYABLE is $350.00 + $23.52 = $373.52
Low
High
        
$ 0.00
$50,000.00
 --- $350.00 $350.00
1
50,001.00
250,000.00
 0.0009250 350.00 535.00
2
250,001.00
500,000.00
 0.0004750 535.00 654.00
3
500,001.00
 750,000.00
 0.0006500 654.00 816.00
4
750,001.00
1,500,000.00
 0.0003750 816.00 1,097.00
5
1,500,001.00
2,500,000.00
 0.0002500 1,097.00 1,347.00
6
2,500,001.00
5,000,000.00
 0.0002500 1,347.00 1,972.00
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EXAMPLE 2
(DUES CATEGORY 4)

TOTAL COMPANY BOOK SALES are $525,947.00
Base dues figure is $654.00
$525,947 - $500,001 = $25,946
$25,946 x .0006500 = $16.86
Calculated DUES PAYABLE is $654.00 + $16.86 = $670.86
5,000,001.00
 10,000,000.00
 0.0002000 1,972.00 2,972.00
8
10,000,001.00
 25,000,000.00
 0.0001000 2,972.00 4,472.00
9
25,000,001.00
50,000,000.00
 0.0000550 4,472.00 5,847.00
10
50,000,001.00
 100,000,000.00
 0.0000275 5,847.00 7,222.00
11
100,000,001.00
200,000,000.00
 0.0000275 7,222.00 9,972.00
12
200,000,001.00
400,000,000.00
 0.0000250 9,972.00 14,972.00
13
more than 400,000,000.00
 
 0.0000125 14,972.00  
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Part II: Membership Payment

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Please select one of the following payment options:
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Please call me at the following telephone number for my credit card number to pay the full amount.

I will use my:
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I have completed and am sending the ACH transfer form to pay for my dues.

Payment in full
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