BTW Articles

09 Mar

Forum Previews: Manhattan Beach and Lake Forest Park

ABA will host a Booksellers Forum on March 30 in conjunction with SCIBA’s Spring Meeting and on March 31 in conjunction with PNBA. The Southern California meeting will also feature a Sales Tax Fairness Workshop, appropriate for all indie retailers in the state.

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10 Mar

Vote Now for Indies Choice & E.B. White Awards

The owners and staff at all member stores in good standing are invited to cast their ballots for the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards.

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15 Mar

Forum Previews: San Francisco, New York, and Medford, Massachusetts

Between April 3 - 6, ABA will host Booksellers Forums in San Francisco, in conjunction with NCIBA; in New York City, in conjunction with NAIBA; and in Medford, Massachusetts, in conjunction with NEIBA.

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16 Mar

Poetry Top Ten Flier Ready for Download

Here’s a link to the full-color flier for the  2011 Indie Next List Poetry Top Ten, announced last week.

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17 Mar

Still Time to Win a BEA Travel Stipend or Free Lunch

The deadline for ABA member booksellers to send entries to BookExpo America for a chance to win either a $500 travel stipend or a free lunch at this year’s show is March 31.

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18 Mar

New York Times Says Amazon Should Collect Sales Tax

In a March 18 editorial, the New York Times said, “Collecting state taxes is not an unreasonable burden for online retailers,” and “states should not give in to Amazon’s pressure tactics.”

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22 Mar

Final Week to Vote for Indies Choice & E.B. White Awards

March 31 is the voting deadline for the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards. ABA is urging booksellers who haven’t already cast their electronic ballots to do so now.

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22 Mar

Indie Presses to Celebrate Indie Booksellers at BEA

Independent presses will host a reception for booksellers at the official ABA hotel, the Holiday Inn on 57th in midtown Manhattan, during BookExpo America 2011.

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24 Mar

Booksellers Forum Preview: Buffalo, New York

ABA’s schedule of 11 Booksellers Forums, which began on February 24 and continues with four more forums in the next week, will come to end on April 26, with a program in conjunction with  NAIBA at Talking Leaves … Books in Buffalo, New York.

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24 Mar

Voting Begins for 2011 ABA Board Elections

On Wednesday, March 23, all ABA Regular Bookstore members were sent an e-mail with a link to an electronic ballot for the 2011 election of ABA officers and directors.

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