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Two winners of IndieBound posters have been chosen at random from ABA members that “liked” the American Booksellers Association’s new Facebook page before November 30.

Registration opened today for the full-day seminar “How to Succeed at Retail Bookselling: Introduction to the Bookstore Business,” to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, February 22, 2013, the day before the ABA Winter Institute begins.

Booksellers should be on the lookout for their store’s 2013 membership renewal form arriving via mail and e-mail from the ABA in January. For those who’d like to get a jump on the process, there’s also an easy-to-use online renewal form, available now.

ABA will open registration next Thursday for the full-day seminar “How to Succeed at Retail Bookselling: Introduction to the Bookstore Business,” to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, February 22, the day before Winter Institute 8 begins.

Members that “like” ABA’s new Facebook page by November 29 will be entered into a random drawing to win a set of IndieBound “Eat Sleep Read” and “Snack Nap Read” posters.

The Small Business Majority, the American Booksellers Association, and other organizations and companies are co-sponsoring a free webinar, “The Fiscal Cliff: What it Means for Your Bottom Line.”

As part of ABA’s new social media initiative, any member bookseller that “likes” the association’s new Facebook page by November 29 will be entered into a random drawing to win one of two sets of IndieBound “Eat Sleep Read” and “Snack Nap Read” posters.

ABA CEO Oren Teicher shares a final update on several important association initiatives with member stores before all attention turns to the holiday selling season.

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s first major fundraising event, titled Zombie Apocalypse!, brought more than 100 supporters to downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 27 and raised more than $10,000 to benefit programs to support bookstore employees across the country.

The American Booksellers Association’s Board of Directors met from Sunday, October 21 –Tuesday, October 23, in Long Beach, California.

Due to Hurricane Sandy, which knocked out power and Internet service at ABA’s office in Tarrytown, New York, the deadline for nominations of candidates to serve on the Board of Directors has been extended from October 31 to next Monday,  November 12.

ABA CEO Oren Teicher updates members on the restoration of association services and the resources available to booksellers in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

As ABA’s offices were returning to normal operations on the Monday following Hurricane Sandy, the association’s Member Relationship Managers were reaching out to bookstores in affected areas to assure them that ABA is available to help in any way that it can.

Due to ongoing Hurricane Sandy-related power, phone, and Internet outages in New York, ABA operations are significantly affected. Our staff’s ability to receive and to respond to communications is very limited.

Next Wednesday, October 31, is the deadline for nominations of candidates to serve on ABA’s Board of Directors. Any ABA member may submit nominations for Board directors.