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22 Jul

Last Call for Member Input on Digital Audiobook Needs

ABA members have until August 2 to complete a brief survey about what their stores might want and need from an affiliate-based, third-party digital audiobook program.

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20 Jul

Pokémon Go: A Pokéxegesis

Among the booksellers who see benefits in the Pokémon Go phenomenon is Caleb Zane of Avid Bookshop, who noted that “businesses, especially bookstores, always benefit if they promote enthusiasm, in all its forms.”

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19 Jul

Member Input Sought on Digital Audiobook Needs

To help facilitate discussions with digital audiobook providers, ABA is asking members to complete a brief survey about what their stores might want and need from an affiliate-based, third-party digital audiobook program.

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13 Jul

BookPeople’s Steve Bercu Delivers Keynote at Booksellers New Zealand Conference

Steve Bercu of Austin’s BookPeople delivered the keynote speech at the Booksellers New Zealand annual conference earlier this month, where he talked about why bookstores in the U.S. are thriving despite the challenges they face.

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12 Jul

Retailer Websites and the Americans With Disabilities Act

Here is background on the American With Disabilities Act as it relates to retail websites, a look at changes ABA has made to the IndieCommerce platform, and action steps for ABA members with online stores.

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12 Jul

April–June 2016: ABA Member Stores Opening/Sold

The second quarter of 2016 saw 20 ABA member store openings and six sales of existing businesses to new owners.

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27 Jun

Treeline Tips and Tricks: Event Grids

Edelweiss/Treeline Education and Outreach Coordinator Joe Foster explains how publisher event grids posted to Edelweiss enable booksellers to request touring authors, see relevant title information, and more.

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22 Jun

Tattered Cover’s Vlahos Delivers Optimistic Message at Australian Booksellers Association Conference

Tattered Cover co-owner Len Vlahos shared his confidence in the future of independent bookselling in an opening keynote at last month’s Australian Booksellers Association Annual Conference.

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20 Jun

Instagram: Making Books Look Even Better

Janet Geddis, the owner of Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia, shares her tips and tricks for using Instagram to promote her store and increase sales.

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14 Jun

Membership Monthly: Biblio and Selling Used Books Online

Through an ABA affiliate program with Biblio.com, stores can give their customers instant online access to millions of used, rare, and out-of-print titles from more than 5,000 sources. Stores can also upload their own used book inventory to the site.

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13 Jun

Booksellers Urged to Use Antitrust Action Kit to Contact Lawmakers

Booksellers who haven’t already adapted the Antitrust Action Kit’s easy-to-use templates to ask lawmakers to investigate Amazon’s business model for antitrust violations are encouraged to do so now.

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08 Jun

Scam Alert: Fraudulent Orders and Other Deceptive Practices Making the Rounds

In response to a recent uptick in reports from ABA member stores receiving bogus orders, here is a brief rundown of some frauds and scams.

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01 Jun

Ruminations on BEA, Books (or the Lack Thereof), and Bookselling: A Letter From ABA’s President

ABA President Betsy Burton would like to see booksellers and publishers put their heads together to find ways to counter the diminishing number of books available to booksellers on the BEA show floor, as well as to make the promotion of backlist into a movement.

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26 May

Treeline Tips and Tricks: A Simple Tool for Keeping Track of Drop-Ins

Edelweiss/Treeline Education and Outreach Coordinator Joe Foster explains how a simple tool can help ensure booksellers don’t miss any important drop-in titles.

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25 May

A Q&A With Josh Marwell on HarperCollins’ New Bookstore Development Program

HarperCollins President of Sales Josh Marwell discusses the inspiration behind the publisher’s New Bookstore Development Program, designed for independent booksellers in the U.S. who are opening new stores or expanding to additional locations.

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About ABA

The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.

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