ABA AI Advocacy Priorities

ABA’s Guiding AI Principles shape our advocacy on behalf of members. Our long-term vision is for AI to be held in public trust and accountable to the people it affects. For now ABA is focused on these more immediate actions. Read more >

ABA AI Policy

ABA and the independent bookstores we represent know how important authors and illustrators are. We want to read, promote, and sell books by humans — creators who spin their human experience into gold, something that AI can never do. Read more >

ABA AI Guiding Principles

The 10 principles that ABA is using in our own approach and evaluation of AI. Read more >

Sample AI Policies for Members

Here are templates that you can use to prohibit or guide AI use in your store. These sample policies and templates are designed to help you start on your own store’s policies. Don’t forget to customize them to suit your store’s voice, mission, and community! Read more >

PDFs for Download

AI Resources for download