BTW Articles

26 Mar

Ballot for ABA Board Elections to Arrive Monday by E-mail

All main store members of the American Booksellers Association will be receiving an e-mail on Monday, March 31, with a link to a ballot to elect three directors to serve three-year terms (2014 – 2017) on the ABA Board.

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18 Mar

Voting Opens for 2014 Indies Choice/E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards

Booksellers at all ABA member stores are invited to cast their ballots for the 2014 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards from now until April 11. The winners will be honored at the Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch at BEA.

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20 Mar

Grant From James Patterson to Enable Video Recording of Children’s Institute

ABA’s upcoming ABC Children’s Institute is totally oversubscribed, but thanks to a grant from author James Patterson the event’s plenary and breakout education sessions, as well as interviews of keynote and reception authors, will be available to all ABA member booksellers on video in the weeks following the event.

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18 Mar

Reservations Being Accepted for Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch

Up to three booksellers per ABA member store can now book their reservations for ABA’s 2014 Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch, to be held on Thursday, May 29, at BEA.

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12 Mar

Oregon, California Forums to Be Held Last Week of March

ABA’s Spring Forum schedule will continue with three programs between March 26 and March 30 for booksellers and prospective booksellers in the Southern California, Northern California, and Pacific Northwest regions.

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05 Mar

Winter Institute 9 Highlights Reel, Handouts Now Available

A new video posted to BookWeb.org affords viewers a peek at highlights of the January 2014 Winter Institute. A number of handouts and PowerPoint presentations from Wi9 education sessions are now available to ABA members on BookWeb’s Education Curriculum page.

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05 Mar

More Than 50 Authors Already Signed On to Indies First Storytime Day

Since the launch of Indies First Storytime Day just two weeks ago, more than 50 authors have signed on to read at independent bookstores across the country on May 17, as part of this year’s celebration of Children’s Book Week (May 12–18).

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24 Feb

Petition Process for Additional Board Candidates Closes Monday

Petitions to have the names of additional candidates added to the ballot for the ABA’s 2014–15 Board of Directors elections must be received by next Monday, March 3.

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27 Feb

31 Booksellers Named ABC Children’s Institute Scholarship Recipients

ABA has announced the booksellers who will be attending this April’s ABC Children’s Institute on scholarships, thanks to the support of Baker & Taylor, the event’s lead sponsor; 21 publisher sponsors; and the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.

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27 Feb

Children’s Institute Registration Now Filled: Waiting List Forming

Registration for the ABC Children’s Institute, which will be held in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday evening, April 6, and all day Monday, April 7, is now booked to capacity. Booksellers can add their names to a waiting list.

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