BTW Articles

29 Oct

MBA Appoints New Executive Director

On Friday, October 29, the Midwest Booksellers Association announced the appointment of Carrie Obry as its new executive director.

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02 Nov

Wi6 Fully Booked: Waiting List Forming

ABA’s 2011 Winter Institute – to be held in Washington, D.C., from January 19 - 21 – is fully booked, and a waiting list is now forming. The sixth annual education event  is sponsored by the Ingram Content Group and is open exclusively to ABA bookstore and provisional members.

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03 Nov

ABACUS Survey Moves to Next Phase

Last Friday, October 29, was the deadline for bookseller participation in the 2010 ABACUS Survey, and, this week, ABA announced that enough booksellers had submitted data for this year’s survey to go forward.

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09 Nov

American Express Launches “Small Business Saturday”

American Express OPEN has joined with advocacy groups and public and private organizations to declare the Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday. The first 10,000 business owners who sign up for Small Business Saturday will receive $100 in free Facebook advertising.

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11 Nov

Mark Your Calendars: 2011 Indie Next List Deadlines

Here are Indie Next List deadlines for the 2011 lists. They’re also available as a downloadable PDF, so they can be easily posted in your store’s back room or wherever you keep reading copies and ARCs.

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16 Nov

Call Goes Out for 2011 Pannell Nominations

The Women’s National Book Association is seeking nominations for the 2011 Pannell Awards, honoring bookstores in the U.S. that excel at inspiring interest in reading and creatively bringing books and young people together.

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18 Nov

Drabyak and Domnitz Scholarship Winners Announced

ABA has announced the winners of two scholarships to the Sixth Annual Winter Institute – the Joe Drabyak Frontline Fellowship, sponsored by Workman Publishing, and the Avin Mark Domnitz Scholarship, awarded by ABA to a bookseller at a store that submitted financial data to the 2010 ABACUS Survey.

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18 Nov

Wi6’s Indie Store Tour Limited to 25 Booksellers

Booksellers who are registered for ABA’s Winter Institute are invited to sign up now for a merchandising tour of Washington, D.C.’s Revolution Cycles.

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18 Nov

Cohen Memorial Tribute This Weekend

Customers, colleagues, family, and friends are invited to the bookstore for a memorial tribute for Carla Cohen, the founder and co-owner of Washington, D.C.’s Politics and Prose, at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 21.

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22 Nov

Stores Encouraged to Return New IndieCommerce Contract ASAP

Last week, ABA members with IndieCommerce websites received an e-mail communication from ABA COO Len Vlahos that included a new IndieCommerce contract, which must be signed in order for stores to be able to sell Google Editions when they launch.

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