About ABA

Under ABA’s Bylaws, any bookstore member may submit petitions to have the names of additional candidates added to the ballot for the 2016 Board of Directors elections.

The American Booksellers Association’s Board of Directors met on January 21–22, 2016, in Denver, Colorado, just prior to the 11th Winter Institute.

ABA is urging the chief executive of Hong Kong to demand that Chinese authorities release five employees of a Hong Kong publisher and bookseller who are being held on the Chinese mainland.

Booksellers are invited to join ABA CEO Oren Teicher and Senior Program Officer Joy Dallanegra-Sanger at a Spring Forum program in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, March 1, in conjunction with the SIBA in the Springtime! Day of Education at GABBS.

Under ABA’s Bylaws, any bookstore member may submit petitions to have the names of additional candidates added to the ballot for the 2016 Board of Directors elections.

ABA President Betsy Burton shares her method of facing the “problem” of returning to her bookstore from the Winter Institute with so many ideas to implement.

ABA’s Board of Directors, which met last month just prior to Winter Institute 11, approved the ABA Nominating Committee’s recommendation of four candidates to stand for election to three-year terms (2016 – 2019) as directors on the ABA Board.

In response to booksellers’ feedback at Winter Institute 11, ABA’s Spring Forums will now feature an education session based on the new Civic Economics study “Amazon and Empty Storefronts: The Fiscal and Land Use Impact of Online Retail.”

ABA is in the midst of a new initiative to ensure that its e-mail communications, which cover a wide range of topics and specialties, are reaching the right personnel at member stores.

ABA is offering members not currently using the IndieCommerce program a chance to win a free year of the e-commerce platform for indie booksellers.

On the final day of Wi11, ABA CEO Oren Teicher announced that Winter Institute 2017 will take place in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The 11th annual Winter Institute, held from Saturday, January 23, through Tuesday, January 26, at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, was ABA’s biggest standalone education event yet. Close to 600 ABA member booksellers took part, along with more than 100 authors, 160 publishing professionals, 35 Consultation Station service providers, and 40 international guests from eight countries.

On Monday, January 25, ABA member booksellers shared their comments, questions, and concerns about a range of topics with the association’s 10-member Board.
 

Phil Davies has joined ABA as the new director of IndieCommerce. Davies will be attending Winter Institute 11 to meet with stores in the IndieCommerce program and to get to know ABA’s membership. 

ABA’s CEO reflects on booksellers’ busy holiday season and the continuing vitality of indie bookstores, as well as the association’s ongoing efforts online and at educational events, such as the upcoming Winter Institute, to provide actionable information to help members operate more profitably.