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The ABA Member Lounge at BookExpo will be the place for booksellers to go for refreshments, one-on-one IndieCommerce consultations, exclusive author signings and galleys, and more.

Booksellers who attended this month’s ABC Children’s Institute are asked to complete a short survey that will provide ABA with valuable insights and ideas for next year’s event.

As planning begins in earnest for the summer and fall months, ABA is asking all bookstore members to reflect on their ABA experiences and complete the 2017 Member Satisfaction Survey.

Booksellers can now register for the American Booksellers Association’s programming exclusively for members who will be attending BookExpo 2017 next month in New York City.

Independent bookstores, libraries, and schools are invited to participate in this year’s One World, Many Stories display contest for a chance to win a set of children’s and young adult books.

Booksellers can bring Reading Without Walls bingo to their stores with a variety of downloadable promotional materials specially designed for the ABC Children’s Group summer reading program.

With less than two weeks left to promote the April 29 celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, these social media and marketing tips will help booksellers make the most of the time remaining.

This Sunday, Cellar Door Books in Riverside, California, will celebrate St. Jordi’s Day, the Catalan holiday in honor of Saint George that encourages people to exchange a book and a rose with a loved one.

In his breakfast keynote speech at the ABC Children’s Institute, author Jason Reynolds told booksellers how not finding his childhood experiences reflected in books shaped his journey as a writer.

A new printed gift certificate design featuring artwork from Candlewick Press’ A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston can be ordered now on BookWeb.org.

The deadline for artists and publishers to donate art to the Silent Art Auction at BookExpo to benefit ABFE and Every Child a Reader has been extended to Monday, May 8.

Baker & Taylor’s special discount for ABA members on all children’s and young adult trade books ends this Friday, April 21.

Orders are now being accepted for a special edition of Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman, published by W.W. Norton for Independent Bookstore Day. Booksellers can also enter a raffle to win a John Waters poster from Algonquin. 

Among the literary award winners announced this week are the recipients of the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes and the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Literature Awards.