BTW Articles

01 Nov

New Holiday Designs for Posters, Web Banners & Social Media

Nearly a dozen attractive and fun new holiday designs for in-store posters, web banners, and social media postings are available in BookWeb’s Bookseller DIY section.

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01 Nov

AmEx Announces Partnership Lineup for Small Business Saturday

In addition to its partnership with the American Booksellers Association for Indies First, American Express is working with a number of groups to promote the November 25 celebration of Small Business Saturday.

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01 Nov
Backlist Buying Calculator

Indies First Offers Opportunities to Maximize on Backlist

As ABA continues its campaign to promote the importance of backlist, booksellers should act now to take advantage of Indies First publisher offers and analyze their potential savings with ABA’s new Backlist Buying Calculator.

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23 Oct

SCIBA Show to Feature Maximizing Backlist Education Session & IndieCommerce One-on-Ones

At the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association’s fall trade show, October 27–28, ABA will present new educational programming and staff will meet with booksellers on the trade show floor.

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23 Oct

Winter Institute Scholarship Applications Due October 29

Sunday is the deadline for booksellers at ABA member stores that did not have a Winter Institute scholarship winner in 2016 or 2017 to apply for a scholarship to the 2018 Winter Institute.

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24 Oct

Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce Signup Closes October 30

There are just a few days left for ABA member stores new to the Indies Introduce program to sign up to take advantage of specials on titles chosen by booksellers as the top debuts of the upcoming season.

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23 Oct

Ordering Underway for Independent Bookstore Day T-Shirts

Booksellers can place their orders now for official 2018 Independent Bookstore Day T-shirts featuring an illustration by Carson Ellis.

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13 Oct

Retail Sales at Bookstores Down in August

Retail sales at U.S. bookstores were down by 10.9 percent in August 2017 compared to August 2016, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

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13 Oct

Extra Stock of ABC Best Books for Young Readers Catalog Available

The 2017 ABC Best Books for Young Readers catalog will arrive in stores later this month. Booksellers can now view the list of catalog titles in an Excel file and place an order to supplement their stock.

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13 Oct

October 30 Deadline for Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce Promotion Signup

ABA member stores new to the Indies Introduce program must sign up by October 30 to take advantage of specials on 10 adult and 10 children’s titles chosen by booksellers as the top debuts of the upcoming season.

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