The American Booksellers Association will be hosting one-day IndieCommerce Institutes in conjunction with two of this fall’s regional trade shows. The full-day programs will be on September 19 in New Orleans and October 2 in San Francisco, prior to the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association shows, respectively. The IndieCommerce Institutes will be open to all ABA member booksellers.

Watch for complete details and registration information for the IndieCommerce Institutes in upcoming editions of Bookselling This Week, and check the regional association websites in the coming weeks for more on the trade shows.

For now, hold these dates:

September 19: IndieCommerce Institute [2], New Orleans, Louisiana

September 20 – 22: Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance [3], New Orleans, Louisiana

September 27 – 28: Southern California Independent Booksellers Association [4], Los Angeles, California

September 30 – October 2: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association [5], Somerset, New Jersey

October 2: IndieCommerce Institute [2], San Francisco, California

October 3 – 4: Northern California Independent Booksellers Association [6], San Francisco, California

October 3 – 6: Heartland Fall Forum [7] (Great Lakes and Midwest Independent Booksellers associations), Rosemont, Illinois

October 6 – 8: Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association [8], Portland, Oregon

October 6 – 8: New England Independent Booksellers Association [9], Providence, Rhode Island

October 10 – 12: Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association [10], Denver, Colorado