Join ABA Chief Financial Officer (and former bookseller) PK Sindwani for an ABACUS Workshop to discuss key takeaways from this year's ABACUS survey and how to use the data in your store’s individualized report. 

The ABACUS Workshop will be hosted on multiple days. Choose the date that works best for you:

• November 7 at 1:00 pm ET
• November 15 at 3:00 pm ET

A recording of ABA's 2024 regional education session, “Prioritizing Cash Flow: 10 Areas to Review for Improved Cash Flow and Profitability,” is now available on BookWeb!

In this session, ABA Director of Education Lee Hooyboer discusses cash flow tools then guides stores through ten essential steps to improve cash flow, financial stability, and long-term resilience.

Take advantage of this year's holiday campaign, Simplify the Season: Shop Indie. Shop Local!

This campaign invites readers to Simplify the Season by choosing to shop local. When readers shop at your indie bookstore, you’re giving more than just a book — you’re giving the gift of community, creativity, and connection!

You can find Simplify the Season social media assets on BookWeb, including the new 4 Ways to Simplify the Season assets!

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN, a part of the U.S. Treasury) has new federal reporting requirements for Beneficial Ownership Information. 

It requires corporations, S-corporations, and LLCs to report identifying information about the individuals who directly or indirectly own or control a company to FinCEN.

The deadline to report is January 1, 2025!

Visit BookWeb to learn more about this new reporting requirement.

Nominate a bookseller for the James Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus!

Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $300,000, to be distributed in amounts of $500, to 600 booksellers from ABA member bookstores.

Booksellers can self-nominate to be considered for a bonus, or they can be nominated by bookstore customers, owners, employees, managers, fellow booksellers, publishing professionals, or authors. 

The deadline to submit nominations is November 8.

ABA's Bookseller Lightning Talks series features booksellers presenting 5–10 minute talks on tech tools, organizational strategies, communication methods, or innovations they’ve made in their stores. 

Lightning Talks take place on the second Thursday of every month.

Our November talks will feature:

• Building Community with Flannery Buchanan (Bluebird Bookstop)
• Curating Spanish-Language Titles with Mekhala Villegas-Rogers (Tombolo Books)

• DIYing the P&L [Profit & Loss] with Chris Steib (Transom Bookshop)

Pixel + Ink Creative has partnered with ABA to offer special discounts to ABA members! This fun and whimsical brand creates charming sidelines like enamel pins, bookmarks, stickers, and more, and is based in southwest Louisiana. Visit BookWeb to learn more about the exclusive ABA Member offer.

Independent booksellers across the country have chosen Lyla Sage’s Lost and Lassoed as their top pick for the November 2024 Indie Next List. Here, Bookselling This Week and Sage talk about Lost and Lassoed.

University Press Week 2024 will take place November 11–15. 

This is an annual celebration of university presses and the vital work that they do. Check out this year’s University Press Week events, social media assets, and recommended reading list!

The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) is looking for bookseller partners for their We Are Stronger Than Censorship program! This program highlights the impact of book bans, especially on independently published books.

Visit the We Are Stronger Than Censorship website to learn more.