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27 Jun

ABA Member Bookstores Prepare for Sixth Annual Find Waldo Local

ABA member bookstores are gearing up for the 2017 celebration of Find Waldo Local, sponsored by Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association. The sixth annual shop local event kicks off on Saturday, July 1.

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26 Jun

Introducing ABA’s New Member Relationship Manager, Liz Roberts

Liz Roberts has joined ABA as the new Member Relationship Manager for the NEIBA, GLIBA, and MIBA regions; she and Senior Member Relationship Manager Nathan Halter will be sharing the NAIBA region.

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14 Feb

March 1 Deadline to Preregister for Find Waldo Local 2017

Stores are encouraged to sign up now for the July 2017 celebration of Find Waldo Local, which will feature special swag in honor of the iconic character’s 30th anniversary this year.

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21 Jun

ABFE Director Chris Finan to Leave ABA

American Booksellers for Free Expression Director Chris Finan is leaving the American Booksellers Association to become the National Coalition Against Censorship’s new executive director.

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19 Jun

Welcome to ABA, Island Books & Crafts!

This installment of Bookselling This Week’s new series “Welcome to ABA!” features Island Books & Crafts in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, which joined the association earlier this year.

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20 Jun

Bookstores Celebrate LGBT Pride Month

Bookstores across the country are celebrating LGBT Pride Month this June with a variety of creative events covering both the literary and the political aspects of queer culture.

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13 Jun

2017 Binc Higher Education Scholarship Winners Named

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced the 27 recipients of scholarship awards amounting to $109,000 as part of the organization’s 2017 Higher Education Scholarships program.

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13 Jun

Accident Leaves Stirling Books & Brew Co-Owner Paralyzed

Jim and Staci Stuart of Albion, Michigan, will open Stirling Books & Brew in July, despite an accident during renovations last month that left Staci paralyzed.

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14 Jun

Libro.fm Offers Free Audiobook Listening Copies for ABA Members

Booksellers currently working in an ABA member store are invited to access more than three dozen complimentary audiobooks each month by signing up for Libro.fm’s Audiobook Listening Copy program.

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13 Jun

ABA at BookExpo: “ABFE Presents: Selling Controversial Books — A Conversation”

During an ABA education session at BookExpo, three bookseller panelists discussed the ways they have dealt with difficult decisions regarding controversial books or authors.

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