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Daniel O’Brien has joined the American Booksellers Association staff as the organization’s second Member Relationship Manager, serving the SIBA, SCIBA, NCIBA, PNBA, and MPIBA regions.

This week marks the unveiling of the American Booksellers Association’s redesigned Bookselling This Week e-newsletter.

Next week, the American Booksellers Association will launch a redesigned Bookselling This Week e-newsletter, which will feature a new BTW logo and tagline, articles grouped by topic, and a fun one-second survey.

ABA is asking booksellers to share details about their buyers and other staff to ensure that the correct person at each member bookstore is being notified about exclusive publisher offers.

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.

The American Booksellers Association’s Board of Directors met on July 10–13, 2017, in Bothell, Washington, to work on a range of issues.

At this fall’s regional trade shows, ABA will present an education session on maximizing backlist titles, which will be led by an ABA staff member plus an ABA Board member.

Politics and Prose co-owner Bradley Graham, who joined the ABA Board this past May, talks about his earliest experiences with books and reading, his goals as a new Board member, and more.

All ABA bookstore members in good standing are entitled to four free two-week Classified Ad insertions in Bookselling This Week each year.

WORD Bookstores owner Christine Onorati, who joined the ABA Board this past May, talks about her earliest experiences with books and reading, her goals as a new Board member, and more.

Devaney Doak and Garrett owner Kenny Brechner, who joined the ABA Board this past May, talks about his earliest experiences with books and reading, his goals as a new Board member, and more.

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

Akira McKinzie has joined the American Booksellers Association as the organization’s new Social Media Coordinator.

The American Booksellers Association’s Board of Directors met on May 29–30, 2017, in White Plains, New York, just prior to the start of BookExpo, to work on a range of issues.

Liz Roberts has joined ABA as the new Member Relationship Manager for the NEIBA, GLIBA, and MIBA regions; she and Senior Member Relationship Manager Nathan Halter will be sharing the NAIBA region.