Education

This workshop focuses on the self-awareness, knowledge of historic and current racism, and skills necessary for white people to learn together. 

The July 15–16 virtual event is open to all ABA member booksellers and costs $20.

Handwriter Ink will be providing American Sign Language interpreting services for a number of events at Ci8, sponsored in part by Libro.fm.

The month of July will feature a Marketing Meetup on marketing as a small store, plus two Technology Meetups, one on cyber insurance and the other on Zoom.

After receiving requests to revisit the topic, this meetup will also focus on what needs to change as businesses are in various states of operation and events are taking place virtually instead of in-person.

In this session, booksellers heard about an online chatbot service and saw a demonstration of how it works from the customer side. 

The webinar aims to take attendees step-by-step through the process of planning and executing a successful author visit, virtually or in person.

On June 11, hear from Angela Trigg of Haunted Bookshop, who has created a chatbot through which customers can place orders on the store’s website. On June 25, learn more about marketing your store to a school.

The July 15–16 virtual event will feature sessions on representation in young adult and middle grade sci-fi and fantasy titles; an antiracism training with Cultures Connecting; a talk on store voice, online sales, and profitability; rep picks presentations; and more.