ABA Unveils 2003 ABACUS Study Results
Talking before a large crowd of independent booksellers on Friday, May 30, at BookExpo America, ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz presented the financial findings of the ABACUS 2003 study. Introducing the session, Domnitz told attendees, "It's a big day for me, to go publicly with what we've been working on for a year…. In our heart of hearts, we hoped to put together 150 bookstore submissions [of financial data] -- we thought that would be a good sample. We ended up with 197 submissions."
This week, Bookselling This Week's post-BookExpo America coverage continues with articles about the Children's Booksellers and Publishers Committee's afternoon of programming for children's booksellers; ABA's presentation of the 2003 ABACUS study results; reports on sessions exploring the economic impact of locally owned businesses and the growing graphic novel market; meetings of the BookSense.com Users Group and the BookSense.com Users Council; and the win