Three-Month Bookseller Action List: April - June 2006

Here are reminders about ABA and Book Sense events, deadlines, and other action items for the next three months. This list may also be downloaded in PDF format.

Look for details about any of these items at BookWeb.org or in future editions of BTW. General questions should be addressed to Kristen Gilligan, ABA's associate director of programming and constituent groups liaison, at [email protected].

APRIL

• Vote for ABA Board of Directors
  In March, ABA mailed ballots to approve officers and elect directors to the ABA Board. Ballots must be postmarked by Monday, April 17, 2006, and returned in the postage-paid envelope addressed to KPMG. Ballots received by KPMG after April 24 will not be counted. Voting is open to all ABA bookstore members.
  
  
• Attend an ABA Bookseller Forum & Education Program
  ABA is wrapping up its 2006 winter/spring schedule with five programs this month: San Francisco, California, on Sunday, April 2; Huntington Beach, California, on Tuesday, April 4; Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday, April 8; Syracuse, New York, on Thursday, April 20; Westford, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, April 26. For more information, visit BookWeb.org.
  
  
• RSVP for ABA's Legislative Day at BEA
  On Wednesday, May 17, in Washington, D.C., at the Doubletree Crystal City and on Capitol Hill from noon to 7:00 p.m., ABA member booksellers will have the opportunity to hear about current public policy issues affecting the book industry and to meet with their senators and representatives. Booksellers who would like to participate must RSVP to ABA by May 1, in order for the association to be able to attempt to set up appointments with congressional members and appropriate legislative staff, as well as to prepare for lunch. To RSVP, contact Margaret Petrie at (800) 637-0037, ext. 6614 or via e-mail at [email protected]. (Please put "Legislative Day" in the subject line of the e-mail.) For details, visit news.bookweb.org/read/4235.
  
  
• Register for BookExpo America and ABA's Thursday "Day of Education"
  Register online at www.bookexpoamerica.com.
  
  
• Display & Distribute
  Put out the April Book Sense Picks and Spring 2006 Poetry Top Ten Picks and print and display the weekly Book Sense Bestseller List.
  
  
• Nominate to the Book Sense Picks Lists
  A convenient Book Sense Picks nomination form is online at www.bookweb.org/read/6305.
      *April 7: June Picks
      *April 14: Audiobooks Top Ten
      *April 21: Summer Paperbacks Picks
  
  
• Participate in the 2006 ABACUS Survey
  Submit data for the 2006 survey through the new self-calculating Web form. Visit www.bookweb.org/education/abacus/.

MAY

• Display & Distribute
  Put out the May Book Sense Picks and print and display the weekly Book Sense Bestseller List.
  
  
• Nominate to the Book Sense Picks Lists
  A convenient Book Sense Picks nomination form is online at www.bookweb.org/read/6305.
      *May 5: July Picks

JUNE

• Display & Distribute
  Put out the June Book Sense Picks and print and display the weekly Book
  
  
• Nominate to the Book Sense Picks Lists
  A convenient Book Sense Picks nomination form is online at www.bookweb.org/read/6305.
      *June 9: August Picks

ONGOING & OTHER REMINDERS

• Need find a bookstore in the Book Sense Gift Card program?
  Log onto BookWeb to print the latest directory at www.bookweb.org/giftcard/printDirectory.do or visit www.BookSense.com. Direct your questions about the program to [email protected] or visit www.bookweb.org/read/6303.
  
  
• Sign Up for Above the Treeline
  ABA has partnered with Above the Treeline, an online software product designed to help bookstores improve finances by optimizing inventory selection. For more information, visit www.bookweb.org/read/8388.
  
  
• Sign Up for Constant Contact
  All ABA member bookstores can sign up for Constant Contact, a leading provider of services to manage e-mail marketing campaigns. For details, visit news.bookweb.org/read/3359.
  
  
• Visit the Booksellers Resource Directory
  The BRD is a listing of vendors of non-book products and services that can be accessed via the BookWeb homepage (just look for the purple button on the left) or go directly to www.bookweb.org/read/8249.
  
  
• Are You Ready?
  Contact your bookstore POS (inventory control system) vendor and ask about its 13-digit ISBN readiness plan. For a downloadable PDF, visit www.bisg.org/isbn-13/for.dummies.html.
  
  
• Report to the Book Sense Bestseller List
  Report each week from 3:00 p.m. EST on Saturday through 3:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday. Go to bestsellers.bookweb.org.
  
  
• Update the BookSense.com Co-op Affidavit
  Each month, at the announcement of that month's titles, fill out the affidavit to participate in the BookSense.com co-op program. Online at www.booksense.com/coop-program.