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24 Feb

Binc Scholarship Deadline Extended to March 3

Due to technical problems that caused the Binc/Scholarship America website to crash, the deadline for scholarship applications for the 2014–2015 academic year has been extended to 11:59 p.m. CST on Monday, March 3.

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18 Feb

Binc Scholarship Deadline February 28

Next Friday, February 28, is the last day to apply for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s expanded Scholarship Program, which will award up to $198,500 in higher education scholarships to current bookstore employees, owners, and their dependents and former Borders Group employees and their dependents.

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19 Feb

Children’s Institute Registration Filling Fast: Deadline March 7

Booksellers are encouraged to sign up now to secure a spot at this April’s ABC Children’s Institute in San Antonio, Texas. Registration for the institute and for reservations at the host hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton San Antonio Downtown Hotel, will close on March 7.

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19 Feb

Booksellers Invited to Forums in Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Iowa City

ABA has invited booksellers and prospective booksellers in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions to its spring Booksellers Forums in Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Iowa City. Each will feature an open forum discussion and the education session “Conversations That Work.”

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19 Feb

Hotel ABA Returns to Grand Hyatt for BEA 2014

The Grand Hyatt New York, located at 42nd Street and Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, will once again become Hotel ABA, the exclusive hotel for ABA member booksellers attending BookExpo America.

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13 Feb

An Invitation to ABA’s Booksellers Forums in Denver, Atlanta, and Memphis

This week, ABA sent e-mails inviting booksellers and prospective booksellers in the MPIBA and SIBA regions to its spring Booksellers Forums. In addition to an open forum discussion, each will feature the ABA education session “Conversations That Work.”

In addition to the open forum discussion, each program will also offer the ABA education session “Conversations That Work, - See more at: http://www.bookweb.org/news/aba-announces-spring-forum-schedule#sthash.5...
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03 Feb

Petition Process Open for Additional Board Candidates

Last week, ABA named three director candidates to stand for election this spring to three-year terms on the Board. Under the association’s Bylaws, bookstore members may submit petitions to have the names of additional director candidates put on the ballot.

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06 Feb

Children’s Institute to Feature Reception With Authors

This week, ABA revealed the names of nine authors who will be taking part in the Children’s Institute closing reception on Monday evening, April 7, in San Antonio, Texas. Additional names will be announced in the coming weeks.

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29 Jan

ABA Announces 2014 Board Candidates

ABA’s Board of Directors has named three director candidates to stand for election to the Board. Under ABA’s Bylaws, bookstore members may submit  petitions to have additional candidates added to the ballot.

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28 Jan

The February ’14 Now in Paperback Fliers & Shelf-Talkers

The February Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

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