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19 Aug

Chefs Unite for Food Relief With Soup for Syria Cookbook

More than 80 famous chefs and cookbook authors from around the world have come together to assist with food relief efforts for Syrian refugees by contributing recipes to Soup for Syria: Recipes to Celebrate Our Shared Humanity, coming October 1 from Interlink Books.

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18 Aug

September 1 Ordering Deadline for Best Books for Young Readers Catalog

ABA member stores have less than two weeks left to place their orders for this year’s ABC Best Books for Young Readers Catalog. The 20-page, full-color consumer catalog will feature more than 200 frontlist and backlist titles for children and teens.

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18 Aug

Winter Institute Scholarship Application Process Opens

ABA’s first-ever online application process for booksellers interested in submitting their names for an opportunity to win a Winter Institute publisher-sponsored scholarship is open from now until October 26.

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13 Aug

AIB Submits Comments Supporting Credit Union Flexibility

Advocates for Independent Business has submitted comments to the National Credit Union Administration in support of a proposal that would provide credit unions with more flexibility in meeting the needs of small-business borrowers.

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13 Aug

Economic Relationship Between Booksellers and Publishers Focus of ABA Education at Fall Shows

At this fall’s regional shows, ABA will present an all-new education session highlighting the interdependency between booksellers and publishers. A leading publishing executive will introduce booksellers to the key financial realities of publishing and delineate the many factors that affect both the bookstore channel and consumers.

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13 Aug

Retail Sales at Bookstores Up in June

Retail sales at bookstores were up by 3.9 percent in June 2015 compared to June 2014, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.
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12 Aug

Small Business Majority Launches Access to Capital Portal

The Small Business Majority launched the Small Business Access to Capital Resource Portal to help small businesses and entrepreneurs explore options for securing funding.

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12 Aug

Winter Institute Registration to Open September 9

Event registration and hotel reservations for ABA’s 2016 Winter Institute are scheduled to open on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. The 11th annual education event will be held in Denver, Colorado, from Saturday evening, January 23, through Tuesday, January 26, 2016.

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12 Aug

Winter Institute 2016 to Feature Post-Event Ski Trip

Booksellers who are starting to think about their travel plans for Winter Institute 11 should bear in mind that ABA is planning a post-event ski trip for January 27 to the Copper Mountain resort, located 75 miles outside of Denver.

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12 Aug

ABC Children’s Institute Set for Orlando in 2016

ABA’s fourth ABC Children’s Institute will be held June 21–23, 2016, at the Wyndham Orlando Resort International in Orlando, Florida, immediately preceding the American Library Association’s Annual Conference.

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11 Aug

Order Now: ABC Best Books for Young Readers Catalog

Orders for this year’s 20-page, full-color ABC Best Books for Young Readers Catalog are being accepted through September 1 via a form on BookWeb.org.

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10 Aug

Kobo’s “eRead Local” Program: A 100-day eReading Incentive Offer

Kobo explains the benefits to booksellers, publishers, and authors of the Kobo eRead Local incentive program, which will run from August 22 through November 29.

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06 Aug

A Report on the July 2015 ABA Board Meeting

The ABA Board of Directors worked on a range of issues during its summer meeting, held last month in Denver, Colorado, the host city for next year’s Winter Institute.

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06 Aug

Booksellers Deem Fourth Year of Find Waldo Local a Success

Find Waldo Local’s fourth year wrapped up last week after a month-long celebration of the shop local movement in downtown business districts across the country.

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06 Aug

ABA President Betsy Burton’s First Bimonthly Letter to Members

Newly elected ABA President Betsy Burton shares news on the Board of Directors’ most recent meeting, including changes to the association’s Ends Policies. 

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