About ABA

This week, ABA announced the appointment of Robyn DesHotel as the organization’s new chief financial officer, effective March 2, 2015.

This spring, ABA will once again be traveling around the country to meet with members and non-members alike at 10 Booksellers Forums, held in conjunction with the regional booksellers associations.

This month, ABA welcomed two new staff members whose skills will help ABA in its mission to provide the best services, information, and education to member booksellers.

ABA President Steve Bercu looks back at some of the good news from 2014 and offers important reminders about the upcoming Winter Institute, changes to credit card processing that all booksellers should be aware of, and more.

Under a new partnership between ABA and the public television show Well Read, booksellers are invited to share short online author videos through their store websites, on social media, or in newsletters.

In a January 12 e-mail, ABA CEO Oren Teicher outlined ways that booksellers can express their solidarity with their colleagues in France in the wake of the horrific killings of the staff of Charlie Hebdo.

Readers visiting the website of the public television program Well Read will now find IndieBound included as a purchasing option for featured titles.

ABA bookstore members that renew their dues for 2015 will have the choice of receiving a fresh copy of the iconic red-and-white “Eat Sleep Read Local” poster or one of two new versions — the classic styling in a horizontal design or a smaller, vertical poster with different styling.

Booksellers are invited to take a look at the many conversations happening in BookWeb’s Bookseller Forums, where members go to discuss topics ranging from social media best practices to IndieCommerce to plans for the upcoming Winter Institute.

Effective January 1, the operations of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression will be integrated into ABA’s in order to expand the free speech programming available to independent booksellers.

ABA CEO Oren Teicher makes one last appeal to booksellers to get involved in and make the most of Indies First and Small Business Saturday.

Responding to the speed at which the February 2015 Winter Institute reached full registration, ABA has changed the event’s conference fee refund policy, which previously stated that no refunds were allowed.

The American Booksellers Association’s Board of Directors met from October 19 to October 21 in Santa Rosa, California, and covered a range of business.

The deadline for ABA members to nominate candidates for the association’s 2015 Board of Directors elections is next Tuesday, October 20.

Because having an online presence is essential to contemporary bookselling, ABA has created a special offer for members that have not previously been IndieCommerce stores.