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More than 200 current and prospective booksellers have enjoyed conversation and education at the six regional Spring Booksellers Forums held this month. The schedule continues next week with three forums on the West Coast. 

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On Thursday, March 13, the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association hosted its first-ever “Careers in Bookselling” event, a day of panel discussions on what it takes to establish a long-term career as a professional bookseller.

The details of California Bookstore Day were officially announced to the media on Tuesday in a press release highlighting the inaugural celebration of the vitality and diversity of independent bookstores on May 3, 2014. 

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has added IndieBound buy buttons to its website’s authors and performers page in response to last week’s outcry over the exclusive Amazon purchasing links provided for each of the event’s participating authors.

ABA’s Spring Forum schedule will continue with three programs between March 26 and March 30 for booksellers and prospective booksellers in the Southern California, Northern California, and Pacific Northwest regions.

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ABA will be hosting four Spring Forum programs for booksellers and prospective booksellers in the Great Lakes, Midwest, and Southern regions between Monday, March 10, and Friday, March 14.

For planning purposes, booksellers and prospective booksellers in the Mountains and Plains and Southern regions who are planning to attend an ABA Booksellers Forum set for Denver, Atlanta, or Memphis are asked to RSVP within the next few days.

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ABA has invited booksellers and prospective booksellers in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions to its spring Booksellers Forums in Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Iowa City. Each will feature an open forum discussion and the education session “Conversations That Work.”

This week, ABA sent e-mails inviting booksellers and prospective booksellers in the MPIBA and SIBA regions to its spring Booksellers Forums. In addition to an open forum discussion, each will feature the ABA education session “Conversations That Work.”

This spring, from March 5 to April 30, ABA will be traveling around the country to meet with booksellers at a series of forum programs held in conjunction with the regional bookseller associations. All indie booksellers — ABA members and non-members alike — are invited to attend.

California Bookstore Day has tallied 80 bookstores that will be participating in its inaugural celebration on May 3, 2014. Thirteen special word-based items to be created especially for the day are now in the works. 

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