Education

ABA and the Small Business Majority will present “Health Care Reform and the Bookstore: How It Affects You Now” at the last three trade shows of the fall season: PNBA and NEIBA, both October 6 – 8, and MPIBA, October 10 – 12.

Registration is now open for a one-day workshop for new and prospective booksellers to be presented by the Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates on Tuesday, January 21, just prior to the opening of Winter Institute 2014 in Seattle.

Registration for ABA’s IndieCommerce Institute to be held on Wednesday, October 2,  in San Francisco in conjunction with the NCIBA trade show, closes next Tuesday, September 24.

On October 3, the NCIBA trade show and the Heartland Fall Forum begin, and ABA will be at each to present an education session on the Affordable Care Act and to meet with booksellers on the trade show floor.

Registration for the American Booksellers Association’s ninth annual Winter Institute, to be held on January 21 - 24, 2014, at The Westin Seattle in Seattle, Washington, is now open.

Today, Thursday, September 12, is the final day for booksellers to register for the September 19 IndieCommerce Institute to be held at the Sheraton New Orleans in conjunction with the SIBA  trade show.

ABA will be presenting its second Children’s Institute, hosted by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA, on Monday, April 7, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. Participants will be welcomed at an opening reception on Sunday evening, April 6.

Session details are now available for the upcoming IndieCommerce Institutes, to be held on September 19 in New Orleans and on October 2 in San Francisco. 

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Booksellers have just a few weeks left to register for ABA’s IndieCommerce Institutes to be held on September 19 in conjunction with the SIBA trade show in New Orleans and on October 2 in conjunction with the NCIBA trade show in San Francisco.

For those who are preparing to open a bookstore and those who have just opened their doors, The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates is offering its final workshop retreat of the year from Monday, September 9, through Thursday, September 12, on Amelia Island, Florida.

Booksellers have until Wednesday, July 31, to register at a discounted rate for one of two IndieCommerce Institutes being offered by ABA this fall.

New and prospective booksellers will have the opportunity to learn about the many different aspects of the bookstore start-up process and the ongoing operations necessary to achieve financial sustainability at upcoming workshops facilitated by The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates.

At each of this year’s fall regional trade shows, the American Booksellers Association, with support from the Small Business Majority, will be offering a timely and informative educational session on the Affordable Health Care Act.

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