BookExpo

Booksellers are invited to set up an appointment to discuss advocacy issues with David Grogan, ABA senior public policy analyst, in the Indie Bookseller Lounge at BEA.

ABA President Steve Bercu encourages booksellers to attend next week's Annual Membership Meeting and to take advantage of the range of programming and special events available to members at BEA.

ABFFE and the ABC Children’s Group at ABA are seeking volunteers from the bookselling and publishing world to help out during the Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception at BEA.

All ABA member booksellers at BEA are invited to two evening celebrations at Hotel ABA, the Grand Hyatt New York.

All ABA member booksellers are invited to end a full day of BookExpo America programming on Friday, May 30, at a special reception featuring 10 of the upcoming season’s best debut authors.

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Bestselling author Carl Hiaasen is now on the roster of breakfast speakers who will be autographing exclusively for ABA member booksellers in the Indie Bookseller Lounge at BEA.

ABA has partnered with BEA to present education sessions at the upcoming trade show on the future of brick-and-mortar retail, James Patterson’s $1 million giveaway, managing social media with Hootsuite, and the latest updates on the Common Core State Standards.

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A session at last month’s ABC Children’s Institute addressed strategies for selling picture books in the wake of age compression.

IndieCommerce staff will be conducting mini-sessions on different aspects of the Drupal platform upgrade in the ABA Indie Booksellers Lounge at BEA. Staff will also be available for one-on-one sessions with booksellers.

BookExpo America is just weeks away, and time is running out for ABC Children’s Group members to register for three unique opportunities to meet many of their favorite children’s book authors and illustrators at the show.

ABA’s members-only Indie Bookseller Lounge will offer exclusive author meet-and-greets and signed galleys, a presentation of the newest crop of Indies Introduce authors, information on ABA programs and services, IndieCommerce education sessions on the Drupal 7 upgrade, and more.

The deadline to register for ABA’s Meet the Editor and One-on-One Publisher meetings is Monday, May 12. The Meet the Editor Meetings are open to all staff at ABA member stores; the One-on-One Publisher Meetings are open exclusively to owners and managers.

Booksellers who register by May 12 will have the opportunity to meet with the creators of some of today’s best-selling and best-loved children’s books during the May 28 Illustrator Studio Tours at BEA. Here, participating authors explain why they’re excited by the prospect.