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Videos of the ABC Children’s Institute plenary sessions featuring authors Brad Meltzer and Tim Federle, as well as a four-minute highlights reel featuring booksellers and authors, are now available to all ABA member booksellers.

The BEA schedule includes a range of sessions on the IndieCommerce upgrade from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. Booksellers are encouraged to attend and to RSVP for planning purposes.

World Book Night U.S. Executive Director Carl Lennertz sends several reminders to booksellers in the wake of another successful celebration of the April 23 campaign dedicated to spreading the love of books and reading.

Three booksellers who participated in last month’s ABC Children’s Institute in San Antonio have been named the winners of scholarships covering a three-night stay at the Barnard College dormitory during BEA.

Author Anthony Doerr recently spoke to BTW about the process of writing All The Light We Cannot See, the #1 Indie Next List Pick for May.

On Friday, May 30, at BEA, Carol Fitzgerald, president of ReadingGroupGuides.com, will emcee a speed-dating session designed to give booksellers, librarians, bloggers, and book group leaders a sneak peek at ideal book group picks from 19 publishers.

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Indie booksellers were key to last night’s celebrations of World Book Night, serving as book pick-up locations, event promoters, party and launch event hosts, and in many cases, givers themselves.

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Booksellers have selected 10 adult Debut Author and 10 children’s New Voices titles by the brightest new talents for the Summer/Fall 2014 Indies Introduce promotion. The sign-up page features bookseller reviews for each title and all promotion details.

All bookstores with plans to celebrate Indies First Storytime Day (May 17) should be sure they have completed the Event Detail Form on BookWeb so that their store’s location will appear on the IndieBound Event Map.

ABA programming at BookExpo America 2014 includes an opportunity for editors and booksellers to come together to discuss their respective roles in turning a manuscript into a book and getting it into the hands of readers.

ABA has a number of special events planned exclusively for member booksellers at BEA. Preregistration is required for each of these events. Don’t miss out: Deadlines are fast approaching and space is limited.

Publishers Weekly is offering ABA member booksellers a free one-year subscription, including 51 print and digital issues as well as premium access to publishersweekly.com.

Here’s a round-up of details about the Kobo Mother’s Day promotion and creative marketing tips featured in the April 23 edition of the Kobo: What You Need to Know newsletter.