About ABA

The calendar features books with added value, such as signed copies and exclusive merchandise, as well as big titles that have good pre-order potential.

The Annual Meeting will take place at 2:00 p.m. ET with the Town Hall immediately following. ABA will provide details about the digital platform in the coming weeks.

Membership with ABA ends on January 31, 2021, so booksellers are encouraged to complete their dues renewal form on BookWeb to ensure a continuation of benefits. 

Nominations and self-nominations are due by 11:59 p.m. ET today, Wednesday, January 20. 

Booksellers have until February 5 to sign up to participate in Independent Bookstore Day (April 24) and/or place orders for special literary-themed merchandise to sell during the event. 

As a result of the annual staff review process, two team members have joined the senior staff group and two others have received title changes.

Although traffic dropped by 3.87 percent over the past seven days, the e-commerce conversion rate increased to 4.90 percent.

The assets, which are available for a range of social media platforms and websites, share two different shop-local messages.

ABA’s marketing manager position is responsible for marketing independent bookstores as a channel and creating marketing campaigns for stores to use to reach new and existing customers.

ABA is inviting booksellers to offer suggestions year-round about education topics, panelists, and speakers via a new form.