Technology

All ABA member booksellers are invited to participate in an upcoming Technology Meetup, where bookseller panelists will share details about their shipping software and platforms as well as helpful tips.

Crowdcast Specialist Steve Fisher provided a brief demonstration of how to create an event through Crowdcast.

August’s meetups will focus on paid social media advertising, Crowdcast, and marketing romance books.

Zoom for Dummies author Phil Simon provided his expert advice on the online meeting platform.

Upcoming meetups will focus on paid social media advertising, Crowdcast, and marketing romance books.

Scheduled to testify at the hearing are the CEOs of Amazon (Jeff Bezos), Apple (Tim Cook), Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg), and Google (Sundar Pichai). This will mark Bezos’ first appearance before Congress.

Zoom for Dummies author Phil Simon will provide his expert advice on Zoom, including best practices, tips, and answers to some commonly asked questions.

To address recent volume issues and lower credit card processing costs for stores using IndieCommerce and IndieLite, ABA is transitioning stores to their own credit card merchant account. 

The team from Arrowhead General Insurance Agency presented information on cyber coverage and how this coverage can protect bookstores, especially as threats have increased during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

After initially saying it would not send Bezos but rather “the appropriate executive” to testify, Amazon reversed course and said it was willing to make Bezos available.