Company

Company name
Company address
City State Zip
Primary contact name Title
Phone Fax E-mail address
Store URL
Date business founded (if known)
Number of retail locations One Multiple:
Standard Address Number (SAN) (if assigned)

Store

DBA/Bookstore name (If different from above)
Bookstore street address
City State Zip
Primary contact Title
Phone Fax
Public e-mail address URL

Please list all store locations.


Ownership type (check only one)
Privately owned
Publicly owned
School affiliation
Institutional (non-school)

Primary business operation:
Retail bookstore
Internet bookstore
Book fair
College/university
Mail order/catalog
Institutional/museum
Retail (non-book)
Non-retail operation
Secondary business operation (if applicable):
Internet bookstore
Book fair
College/university
Mail order/catalog
Institutional/museum
Retail (non-book)
Non-retail operation

Storefront Location?
Yes
No

Café?
Yes, store-owned
Yes, leased
No

Wireless Internet?
Yes
No
Book Club?
Yes
No

Type of store:
General bookstore
Non-bookstore
Specialty bookstore
(please specify)

Type of books sold:
Primarily new books
Primarily used books
Equally new and used books
Rare books

Outside sales: (check all that apply)
Book fair
Corporate
Institutional

Library
Mail order/catalog
Online

 Inventory Control System (please include version)  

Total store area (square feet) Total selling area (square feet)

Total FT/PT employees

Sidelines (check all that apply)

Audio books Movies
Calendars Music
Greeting cards Software
Magazines  

Store sections (check all that apply)

African-American Gay/Lesbian Religious
Art Hispanic/Latino Romance
Children’s Mind/Body/Spirit Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Classic books Mystery Scientific/Technical/Professional
Foreign Language Regional Travel

2009 DUES ADJUSTMENT
A 50% dues discount off Standard Membership rates applies to all regular bookstore members joining in calendar 2009.

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

All new stores joining in 2009 pay dues of $175 (a 50% reduction) for the first year of membership, plus a one-time processing fee of $25. Total: $200.
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 sales of textbooks, toys and gifts.
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 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 for all locations $
2 Subtract LOW book sales figure (from table below) for Book Sales range -
3 Subtotal $
4 Enter Marginal Multipier (from table below) for your Book Sales X
5 Multiply Line 3 and Line 4 $
6 Add Base Dues (from table below) for Book Sales +
7 STANDARD DUES (the sum of Lines 5 & 6) $
8 2009 DUES (50% of the Standard Dues) $
9 Optional tax-deductible contribution to American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (dues $50, additional donation welcome, add to Line 8) $
10 One-time, new member processing fee for new members only (add to Lines 8 & 9) $
11 TOTAL AMOUNT DUE $

Membership Dues Table

Book Sales 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
STANDARD DUES 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
7

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
STANDARD DUES 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  
14

 


Part II: Membership Payment

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Please select one of the following payment options:
I am sending a check or money order for the 2009 Dues, payable to American Booksellers Association, 200 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591, Attn: Membership Dept.

Please call me at the following telephone number for my credit card number to pay the 2009 Dues.

I will use my:
Visa MasterCard American Express Discover
Name on card  

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

2009 Dues
Quarterly payments (only available via ACH transfer.)