President/CEO Letters

Here, ABA’s CEO reflects on the highlights of 2017, including his trip to two indie bookstores over the holidays, and looks ahead to the upcoming Winter Institute and the rest of 2018.

Here, ABA’s CEO talks about the upcoming holiday season and urges booksellers to take advantage of the many special offers from publishers and university presses on frontlist and backlist titles.

In a letter to ABA members, ABA President Robert Sindelar looks back on the fall regional shows and forward to Indies First.

Here, ABA’s CEO talks about Hurricane Harvey, offers reminders about Winter Institute programming and next week’s registration, and looks ahead to the upcoming fall regional trade shows and Indies First.

In his bimonthly letter to booksellers, ABA President Robert Sindelar discusses ABA’s new backlist initiative, upcoming educational opportunities, and updates on the work of the Diversity Task Force.

Here, ABA’s CEO reflects on a successful BookExpo and discusses the positive national trends for indie booksellers as well as the challenges ahead.

In his first letter to ABA members, newly elected ABA Board President Robert Sindelar looks back on a busy week at BookExpo 2017.

In her final letter as ABA president, Betsy Burton reflects on years of constructive communication between ABA and individual publishers.

Betsy Burton discuss the 3 Bs — Business-to-Business (B2B), Backlist, and BATCH — issues that can be a win-win for booksellers and publishers alike.

ABA’s CEO invites booksellers to attend an upcoming Spring Forum and explains that, in addition to the traditional open forum discussion, each will feature an education session that is a significant departure from past programming.

ABA President Betsy Burton reflects on Winter Institute 12 and booksellers’ calls for more diversity in ABA governance.

In the wake of the recent election, ABA President Betsy Burton writes that independent booksellers must keep doing what they always do — move forward in their own communities one step at a time.

Oren Teicher, CEO of the American Booksellers Association, shares his thoughts following Tuesday’s presidential election.

ABA’s CEO reminds booksellers about resources for Indies First on Small Business Saturday and looks ahead to BookExpo, where changes will make it easier for booksellers to do business with publishers.

ABA President Betsy Burton provides a first look at some of the frightening data from the soon-to-be released updated Civic Economics Amazon and Empty Storefronts Study and encourages booksellers to take advantage of the resources available to create a firestorm of public interest.