Advocacy

20 Nov

Advocacy

ABA Submits Written Testimony in Support of Credit Card Competition Act

In a letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, ABA Director of Advocacy and Public Policy Dave Grogan urged congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act.

20 Nov

Health Care
Resources
Advocacy

Reminder: Open Enrollment for Health Insurance Has Begun!

Open Enrollment has begun! Now is the time for booksellers to evaluate their current coverage or sign up for new coverage.

06 Nov

Health Care
Resources
Advocacy

Open Enrollment for Health Insurance Has Begun!

With Open Enrollment right around the corner, now is the time for booksellers to evaluate their current coverage or sign up for new coverage.

30 Oct

About Bookselling
Advocacy
Technology

New Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement

Bookstores may have a new filing requirement! Deadline January 1, 2025!

23 Oct

Health Care
Resources
Advocacy

Open Enrollment and Health and Wellness Resources for Booksellers

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner, LIG Solutions, shares resources that are meant to help expand your knowledge of health and wellness, as well as Open Enrollment reminders.

23 Oct

Advocacy
About Bookselling
Technology

Training Staff to Handle Curation Challenges

Staff may be caught off guard if they don’t have training about how to handle customer pressure in response to curation. It is in the best interests of the store owners, the staff, and the principle of free expression to have staff trained to anticipate and counter certain traps.

23 Oct

Advocacy
About Bookselling
Technology

6 Steps to Help Deal with Curation Protests

An increasing number of stores have been dealing with abuse or harassment because they do or do not carry certain books. We’ve collected some steps you can take if (or before!) your store faces curation challenges.

25 Sep

Advocacy

ABA Booksellers Gather in DC to Support the Credit Card Competition Act

Last night, about 50 American Booksellers Association (ABA) bookseller members from across the country traveled to DC to support the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), a bill that would require credit cards to be routed over at least two unaffiliated networks to allow small businesses a choice in taking credit card payments.

11 Sep

Advocacy
Blog

Free Expression Friday: “Trouble in Censorville” with Rebekah Modrak and Willie Carver, Jr.

By Philomena Polefrone

Rebekah Modrak is one of the editors of Trouble in Censorville: The Far Right's Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who are Fighting Back; Willie Carver, Jr. is a former Kentucky Teacher of the Year and one of the voices in the book.

28 Aug

Advocacy
About ABA

Top 5 Ways Bookstores Can Prepare for the Election

Check out these five ways bookstores can prepare for the election!

21 Aug

Health Care
Resources
Advocacy

Summer 2024 Health and Wellness Resources for Booksellers

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner LIG Solutions wants booksellers to stay healthy in 2024. Read on for resources that are meant to help expand your health and wellness awareness and increase your knowledge about new health insurance solutions/legislation.

16 Aug

Advocacy
Blog

Free Expression Friday: South Carolina Book Bans with Tayler Simon, Liberation is Lit

By Philomena Polefrone

Tayler Simon is the creator of Liberation is Lit in Columbia, South Carolina.

07 Aug

Advocacy

Employee Retention Credits (ERC) and Other Potential Tax Credit Opportunities

Several members have successfully claimed Employee Retention Credits (ERC) or additional ERC — even when they thought they had claimed everything available or were told they weren't eligible.

24 Jul