Hotel ABA Offers Great Rate, Many Other Benefits

The owners and staff of all ABA member stores are invited to be part of the community of independent booksellers staying at Hotel ABA - Brooklyn for BookExpo America (BEA) 2007. A premier hotel with first-class amenities, the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge offers a special room rate of $159 per night and an extraordinary package of benefits exclusively for ABA member booksellers attending next year's show.

ABA's Day of Education and the annual Celebration of Bookselling will be held on Thursday, May 31, at the Marriott. The BEA trade show will be held at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from Friday, June 1, to Sunday, June 3.

To receive the special rate and other benefits, ABA members must make their hotel reservations via ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org. Reservations will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. No private reservations will be accepted directly by the hotel.

Hotel ABA - Brooklyn's amenities include:

• Complimentary coffee and pastries each morning
• A series of publisher-sponsored receptions, including ARCs, each night
• A special ABA Welcome Table in the hotel lobby where booksellers can pick up BEA badge-holders, copies of the BEA exhibitors' guide, updated information about convention events, and a welcome package with special surprises from ABA and publishers
• A special dedicated shuttle bus service between the hotel and convention center
• A complimentary New York subway MetroCard
• Wednesday afternoon walking tours highlighting the literary history of Brooklyn
• A Wednesday evening author reception at a special Brooklyn venue

The Javits Convention Center will include a special "Hotel ABA - Brooklyn Book Drop," where booksellers who are guests of the hotel will be able to store and ship books, instead of carrying them back to Brooklyn each night.

The deadline for hotel reservations is Wednesday, March 28. Reservations may be cancelled prior to March 28, without penalty. Questions about hotel reservations should be addressed to ABA's Margaret Nafz at [email protected] or (800) 637-0037, ext. 6614.