Children’s Bookselling

Booksellers planning to enter this year’s Children’s Book Week Display Contest, sponsored by the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader in partnership with the ABC Children’s Group at ABA, must mount their displays from April 30 to May 10.

ABA Membership and Marketing Officer Meg Smith provides a fun look at highlights of the ABC Children’s Institute, which kicks off on Sunday in Pasadena, California.

Kristen McLean, founder and CEO of data and analytics company Bookigee, will share the statistics and studies behind today’s thriving children’s book market during a featured talk at this month’s Children’s Institute.

ARCs of nearly 100 upcoming titles will be in the Galley Room at the ABC Children’s Institute. To expedite shipments back to the store, PartnerShip offers a few things booksellers can do before heading to Pasadena.

From the 21st Annual Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception on Tuesday evening, May 26, to the ABC/CBC Tea With Children’s Book Authors & Illustrators on Friday afternoon, May 29, BookExpo America offers a variety of programming with special appeal for children’s booksellers.

With the announcement today of the finalists for the 2015 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, booksellers at American Booksellers Association member stores across the country will begin voting to choose the winners in eight categories.

Tickets are now on sale for two perennial favorites for children’s booksellers at BEA. The events, sponsored by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA and the Children’s Book Council, are the Speed Dating Lunch With Children’s Authors and the Tea With Children’s Book Authors & Illustrators.

Bookselling This Week talks with Charlesbridge, which produces high-quality, engaging books that promote discovery, wonder, and a positive world view.

There are a variety of ways for booksellers to get involved in this year’s annual celebration of Screen-Free Week, which takes place from May 4 – 10 and coincides with Children’s Book Week.

Kristen McLean, the founder and CEO of Bookigee and co-chair of Nielsen’s Children’s Book Summit, will present a review of the U.S. children’s book market, with a deep-dive into the latest trends in pricing, volume, genres, gifting, and more, at the 2015 ABC Children’s Institute.

In celebration of the 96th annual Children’s Book Week, running this year from May 4 to 10, booksellers are once again invited to participate in the Children’s Book Week Display Contest.

At a Winter Institute panel presented by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA, booksellers offered strategies for communicating with customers about products, encouraging and training staff to upsell, and buying and displaying book and non-book pairings to maximize sales.

Forty booksellers have been named the recipients of scholarships to the April 19 – 21 ABC Children’s Institute, to be held in Pasadena, California.

Registration for the 2015 ABC Children's Institute is now closed; however, booksellers can add their names to a waitlist.

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