As the Health Insurance Marketplaces opened for business this week, ABA made available on BookWeb the PowerPoint presentation “The Affordable Care Act: What the Healthcare Law Means for Your Small Business,” an overview that is being presented at ABA’s education session at each of the fall regional trade shows.

ABA and the Small Business Majority will present “Health Care Reform and the Bookstore: How It Affects You Now” at the last three trade shows of the fall season: PNBA and NEIBA, both October 6 – 8, and MPIBA, October 10 – 12.

Registration is now open for a one-day workshop for new and prospective booksellers to be presented by the Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates on Tuesday, January 21, just prior to the opening of Winter Institute 2014 in Seattle.

Registration for ABA’s IndieCommerce Institute to be held on Wednesday, October 2,  in San Francisco in conjunction with the NCIBA trade show, closes next Tuesday, September 24.

On October 3, the NCIBA trade show and the Heartland Fall Forum begin, and ABA will be at each to present an education session on the Affordable Care Act and to meet with booksellers on the trade show floor.

Registration for the American Booksellers Association’s ninth annual Winter Institute, to be held on January 21 - 24, 2014, at The Westin Seattle in Seattle, Washington, is now open.

Today, Thursday, September 12, is the final day for booksellers to register for the September 19 IndieCommerce Institute to be held at the Sheraton New Orleans in conjunction with the SIBA  trade show.

ABA will be presenting its second Children’s Institute, hosted by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA, on Monday, April 7, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. Participants will be welcomed at an opening reception on Sunday evening, April 6.

Session details are now available for the upcoming IndieCommerce Institutes, to be held on September 19 in New Orleans and on October 2 in San Francisco. 

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