IndieCommerce

ABA’s Board of Directors recently received correspondence expressing concerns about IndieCommerce from the boards of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and the New England Independent Booksellers Association. Here is the full text of ABA’s reply.

One new e-book promotion was recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page in the category of nonfiction vacation reads.

Neil Strandberg will be leaving his position as director of technology for ABA in July to become director of technology and operations for Shelf Awareness in Seattle.

Ryan Quinn brings 12 years’ experience in e-commerce customer support to her new position as an IndieCommerce specialist at ABA.

For the second year in a row, the IndieCommerce Team will be in the ABA Member Lounge (Room 214) on the BookExpo America trade show floor to meet one-on-one with booksellers.

A recent update to Google’s search algorithm privileges mobile-friendly websites by ranking them higher in search results on mobile devices. While this may impact searches for some bookstore websites, affected businesses should take a considered approach rather than rushing to accommodate the change.

Three e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include bargain books, digital originals, and down-priced frontlist.

Thirteen e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include Easter, baseball, cooking, and mysteries.

With all but a few stores’ website content now successfully copied, upgraded, and transferred to IndieCommerce’s new Drupal 7 platform, attention is turning to the final step of the migration.

On Tuesday, February 10, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. at Winter Institute 10, an IndieCommerce update and education session whose topics have been chosen by booksellers will be presented. In addition, booksellers can sign up now for one-on-one meetings with IndieCommerce staff.

This month, ABA welcomed two new staff members whose skills will help ABA in its mission to provide the best services, information, and education to member booksellers.

As the IndieCommerce team focuses on migrating the last several hundred stores on the Drupal 6 platform to Drupal 7 by the March 31 deadline, response times for dealing with routine issues may be affected.

Five e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include gardening, home improvement, and cooking.

Here are reminders of how to reach IndieCommerce staff when ABA’s offices are closed and what to do if you don’t know your store’s assigned start date for the Drupal 7 content upgrade.

Eight e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include holiday favorites, young adult, and entertaining.