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Best Practices for Efficient Operations (Bookseller Panel)

Best Practices for Efficient Operations (Bookseller Panel) (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Best Practices for Efficient Operations (Bookseller Panel), Winter Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Operations
Tags:
  • Technology

Join a panel of booksellers as they discuss ways that they have become more efficient in basic bookstore operations. The panel will review how to organize invoices for efficiency, provide samples of easy-to-use forms to streamlined processes, discuss how to communicate with staff around new operations procedures, and more. Come to the session to listen and also share your own best practices. (All)

Speakers: Luis Correa, Avid Bookshop (Athens, Georgia); Emma Nichols, Norwich Bookstore (Norwich, Vermont); Lauren Nopenz Fairley, Curious Iguana (Frederick, Maryland); Darryl Peck, Righton Books (St Simons Island, Georgia)

Best Practices for Efficient Operations (Bookseller Panel) (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Best Practices for Efficient Operations (Bookseller Panel), Winter Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Operations
Tags:
  • Technology

Join a panel of booksellers as they discuss ways that they have become more efficient in basic bookstore operations. The panel will review how to organize invoices for efficiency, provide samples of easy-to-use forms to streamlined processes, discuss how to communicate with staff around new operations procedures, and more. Come to the session to listen and also share your own best practices. (All)

Speakers: Luis Correa, Avid Bookshop (Athens, Georgia); Emma Nichols, Norwich Bookstore (Norwich, Vermont); Lauren Nopenz Fairley, Curious Iguana (Frederick, Maryland); Darryl Peck, Righton Books (St Simons Island, Georgia)

Partnering with Literary Institutions (Outside Expert and Bookseller Panel)

Partnering with Literary Institutions (Outside Expert and Bookseller Panel) (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Partnering with Literary Institutions (Outside Expert and Bookseller Panel), Winter Institute 2023.
Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
Tags:
  • 101

This session is a celebration of the symbiotic relationships between independent bookstores and other literary institutions. Featuring representatives from Town Hall Seattle and Hugo House, as well as booksellers who have relationships with these institutions. The panelists will highlight how their partnerships began and will discuss the creative and successful results of these ongoing collaborations.

 

Speakers: Rick Simonson, The Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle, Washington); Stesha Brandon, Seattle Public Library (Seattle, Washington); Gary Luke, Hugo House (Seattle, Washington); Megan Castillo, Town Hall Seattle (Seattle, Washington); Spencer Ruchti, Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park, Washington)

Harnessing the Power of Small Data (Bookseller Panel)

Harnessing the Power of Small Data (Bookseller Panel) (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Harnessing the Power of Small Data (Bookseller Panel), Winter Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Operations
Tags:
  • Technology

This session will offer insight into the small data sets you didn’t know you had and how to mine data to better focus your efforts. Information from POS reports, one-question customer surveys, and even understanding store traffic patterns can make the difference between a good day and a great one.

 

Speakers: Cynthia Compton, 4 Kids Books & Toys (Zionsville, Indiana); Melissa DeMotte, The Well-Read Moose (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho)

Harnessing the Power of Small Data (Bookseller Panel) (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Harnessing the Power of Small Data (Bookseller Panel), Winter Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Operations
Tags:
  • Technology

This session will offer insight into the small data sets you didn’t know you had and how to mine data to better focus your efforts. Information from POS reports, one-question customer surveys, and even understanding store traffic patterns can make the difference between a good day and a great one.

 

Speakers: Cynthia Compton, 4 Kids Books & Toys (Zionsville, Indiana); Melissa DeMotte, The Well-Read Moose (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho)

Bookselling and Your Mental, Physical and Emotional Well Being (Outside Expert)

Bookselling and Your Mental, Physical and Emotional Well Being (Outside Expert) (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Bookselling and Your Mental, Physical and Emotional Well Being (Outside Expert), Winter Institute 2023.
Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
Tags:
  • 101

The last few years have revealed the realities of the impact of long-term stress and burnout. Join this conversation with Dr. Corey Yeager, author of How Am I Doing?: 40 Conversations to Have with Yourself, (HarperCollins Christian) and Christine Onorati, ABA board member, bookseller and therapist, as they discuss skills to manage self-care. Topics will include communicating your needs, respecting your limitations, normalizing conversations about mental health and overall well-being, and more.

 

Speakers: Dr. Corey Yeager, HarperCollins; Christine Onorati, WORD Bookstores (Brooklyn, NY and Jersey City, NJ)

Book Banning: Stores, Authors and Communities: What Can We Do?

Book Banning: Stores, Authors and Communities: What Can We Do? (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Book Banning: Stores, Authors and Communities: What Can We Do?, Winter Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Advocacy
Tags:
  • ABFE

The rights of readers and the importance of representation in books is critical to the work of independent bookstores. The wave of book bans threaten these rights and these values as an orchestrated movement attempting to silence historically marginalized voices and experiences. As authors, publishers, and booksellers are under constant attack from random and targeted book bans, ABA has assembled a diverse group to discuss the effects of these bans.
Heather Hall from Green Feather Book Company; Maia Kobabe, author of Gender Queer ; Laura DeLaney from Rediscovered Books; and Kendrick Washington, Policy Advocacy Director of the Seattle ACLU, will share their experiences as well as their insight and wisdom on how to deal with an increasingly pervasive occurrence. The discussion will be moderated by Ray Daniels, Chief Communications Officer of ABA. Gather here to understand first hand what is at stake when book bans happen in your community and how you can respond or even prevent them.

 

Speakers: Laura DeLaney, Rediscovered Books (Boise, Idaho); Heather Hall, Green Feather Book Company (Norman, Oklahoma); Kendrick Washington, ACLU of Washington; Ray Daniels, American Booksellers Association (White Plains, New York); Maia Kobabe, Simon & Schuster

Book Banning: Stores, Authors and Communities: What Can We Do? (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Book Banning: Stores, Authors and Communities: What Can We Do?, Winter Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Advocacy
Tags:
  • ABFE

The rights of readers and the importance of representation in books is critical to the work of independent bookstores. The wave of book bans threaten these rights and these values as an orchestrated movement attempting to silence historically marginalized voices and experiences. As authors, publishers, and booksellers are under constant attack from random and targeted book bans, ABA has assembled a diverse group to discuss the effects of these bans.
Heather Hall from Green Feather Book Company; Maia Kobabe, author of Gender Queer ; Laura DeLaney from Rediscovered Books; and Kendrick Washington, Policy Advocacy Director of the Seattle ACLU, will share their experiences as well as their insight and wisdom on how to deal with an increasingly pervasive occurrence. The discussion will be moderated by Ray Daniels, Chief Communications Officer of ABA. Gather here to understand first hand what is at stake when book bans happen in your community and how you can respond or even prevent them.

 

Speakers: Laura DeLaney, Rediscovered Books (Boise, Idaho); Heather Hall, Green Feather Book Company (Norman, Oklahoma); Kendrick Washington, ACLU of Washington; Ray Daniels, American Booksellers Association (White Plains, New York); Maia Kobabe, Simon & Schuster

ABA Community Forum

ABA Community Forum (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session ABA Community Forum, Winter Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
Tags:
  • 101

The ABA Community Forum is a reimagined Town Hall with the same opportunities for members to be heard and more opportunity for constructive discussions about our industry. The full ABA Board will respond to questions and comments from all booksellers; booksellers who would like to send questions in advance can email townhall@bookweb.org

ABA Community Forum (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session ABA Community Forum, Winter Institute 2023.
Watch video from this event.
Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
Tags:
  • 101

The ABA Community Forum is a reimagined Town Hall with the same opportunities for members to be heard and more opportunity for constructive discussions about our industry. The full ABA Board will respond to questions and comments from all booksellers; booksellers who would like to send questions in advance can email townhall@bookweb.org

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The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.

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