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Friday, October 31, is the deadline for nominations of director candidates to serve on the ABA Board.

Nominations of qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors must be submitted by Friday, October 31, to the Nominating Committee, chaired by Steve Bercu of BookPeople in Austin, Texas.

All ABA Bookstore Members in good standing are entitled to four free two-week Classified Ad insertions in Bookselling This Week each year. BTW Classifieds are the perfect place for booksellers to place help wanted ads, advertise fixtures or stores for sale, and more.

The American Booksellers Association's Nominating Committee, chaired by Steve Bercu of BookPeople in Austin, Texas, is searching for qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors.

The American Booksellers Association's Board of Directors held its 2008 fall meeting in Tarrytown, New York, from Monday, September 22, through Wednesday, September 24.

Over the course of the meeting, the Board:

The ABA E-Commerce Solution's beta test of its new open-source platform has been extended, and its release is now scheduled for sometime in early 2009.

Over the last year, the ABA E-Commerce Solution has been migrating to Drupal, a content management system that will provide more robust administrative tools, greater system stability, and the ability to roll out new features more quickly.

This year's Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA) Trade Show, held from September 17 - 20 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, earned positive reviews from booksellers who spoke to BTW. "This was the second MPIBA show that I've attended," said Vicki Burger of Wind City Books in Casper, Wyoming.

Less than a week after Hurricane Ike, a Category 2 storm, roared into Galveston on its way to the Texas mainland, approximately 30,000 evacuees remain in shelters, perhaps one million residents are still awaiting a return of power, and the region labors to restore needed services and to rebuild.

The American Booksellers Association is inviting booksellers participating in established Local First campaigns and those who want to learn more about these community-focused initiatives to an important day of independent business alliance (IBA) education, just prior to the Fourth Annual Winter Institute (Wi4).

The 2008 Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA) Authors Feast & Trade Show will be held on Saturday, October 18, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Among the day's highlights are a morning of educational programming, sales rep pick of the lists sessions, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner author events.

The American Booksellers Association's Nominating Committee, chaired by Steve Bercu of BookPeople in Austin, Texas, is searching for qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors. Any ABA member may submit nominations for board directors.

Last week, the American Booksellers Association's Nominating Committee, chaired by Steve Bercu of BookPeople in Austin, Texas, began a search for qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors. Under the association's bylaws, the terms of three members of the nine-member board expire each year, and at least one of the three nominated candidates cannot have served on the current board.

Registration for the American Booksellers Association's Fourth Annual Winter Institute (Wi4) will open on BookWeb.org on Thursday, September 11. The highly anticipated education event is open to the owners and staff of all ABA member stores and to provisional members.