BookExpo

BookExpo 2018 offered new and exciting events and networking opportunities for independent booksellers over the course of three days.

Michael Becher of Industry Insights talked with booksellers in the ABA Member Lounge at BookExpo about ABA’s annual financial benchmarking survey, ABACUS, which is accepting submissions now.

Following the announcement of the author’s Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program, ABA CEO Oren Teicher thanked Patterson for his efforts in championing indie bookstores.

The next issue of Bookselling This Week will arrive in inboxes on Friday, June 1, with reports and photos from BookExpo 2018.

Topics include mixed merchandising, buying for margins, disaster preparedness, leveraging e-books and audiobooks, and more.

The American Booksellers Association will hold its Town Hall and Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, May 31, at BookExpo. All ABA members are encouraged to attend.

With BookExpo 2018 just one week away, now is a good time to revisit a checklist of recommendations from booksellers who have had success in achieving their key business goals at the show.

The program will bring up-and-coming booksellers from around the country to BookExpo 2018 for the opportunity to be fully immersed in the book industry.

Booksellers have four opportunities to engage in informal chats with editors in publisher booths between Wednesday, May 30, and Friday, June 1.

Barnes & Noble Chairman Len Riggio will focus his talk on the importance of brick-and-mortar stores, serving the modern reader, and the changing landscape of book retail.

More than 150 pieces of original art will be up for grabs from authors such as Sophie Blackall, Floyd Cooper, Matthew Cordell, Emily Arnold McCully, Aliki, Chris Raschka, Nidhi Chanani, and Lita Judge.

The ABA Member Lounge will be the place for booksellers to go for refreshments, one-on-one IndieCommerce consultations, meetings with special vendors, exclusive galleys, and more.