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The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association is inviting bookstores from all regions of the country to take advantage of a new program that aims to make booksellers’ weekly ordering more efficient and profitable.

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The full catalog of limited-edition, word-based items developed exclusively for NCIBA and SCIBA bookstores to sell on California Bookstore Day, May 3, 2014, is now available. Orders are due no later than December 1.

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Enthusiasm is revving up across the Golden State as preparations continue for the first California Bookstore Day, on May 3, 2014. Last week, booksellers at the NCIBA trade show learned about some of the limited edition, word-based items available exclusively for the day of the event.

More than 250,000 people are expected to flock to this November’s Miami Book Fair International, which was first held 30 years ago, when “Miami was a fairly bleak place,” said event co-founder Mitchell Kaplan of Books & Books.

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As the Health Insurance Marketplaces opened for business, ABA made available on BookWeb the PowerPoint presentation “The Affordable Care Act: What the Healthcare Law Means for Your Small Business,” an overview that is being presented at ABA’s education session at each of the fall regional trade shows.

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.

ABA has launched a new BookWeb advocacy page focusing on the Affordable Care Act. The page offers state-specific fact sheets that provide key health care reform information and that point booksellers in the right direction if they have further questions or wish to enroll in their state’s exchange.

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.

This month closes with the SCIBA and NAIBA trade shows, where ABA and the Small Business Majority will present the education session “Health Care Reform and the Bookstore: How It Affects You Now.” This session will provide booksellers with detailed and actionable information about the Affordable Care Act, specifically tailored to states in the region.

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.

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