Next month, a national campaign that will put more than a quarter-million cotton bags and other promotional materials with the brand message “Books Are My Bag” in U.K. and Irish bookshops will launch.
Booksellers have just a few weeks left to register for ABA’s IndieCommerce Institutes to be held on September 19 in conjunction with the SIBA trade show in New Orleans and on October 2 in conjunction with the NCIBA trade show in San Francisco.
In a promotion lasting from August 15 through September 2, customers who purchase a Kobo Arc from a participating ABA member store will receive up to $100 off the device’s regular price.
For those who are preparing to open a bookstore and those who have just opened their doors, The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates is offering its final workshop retreat of the year from Monday, September 9, through Thursday, September 12, on Amelia Island, Florida.
In an effort to make it easy for booksellers to celebrate Banned Books Week –– which takes place from September 22–28 this year –– the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) today announced a collaboration with Ingram Content Group.
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On Monday, members of the Media Coalition filed an amicus brief asking that the United States Supreme Court review a decision of the New York Court of Appeals that upheld a content-based tax on communication protected by the First Amendment.
As Find Waldo Local 2013 –– sponsored by Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association –– came to a close in communities across the country, participating booksellers took note of the event’s success and eagerly look forward to next year’s festivities.
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