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25 Aug

ABA Seeks Participants for Non-Book Study

As part of its ongoing programs to develop educational and informational resources for bookseller members, the American Booksellers Association is conducting a study on the sale of non-book merchandise in bookstores.

The study seeks to gather information on the key financial variables involved in carrying non-book merchandise, as well as space and inventory planning considerations.

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25 Aug

Quills Promotion Offers Trip to Awards Ceremony

Consumer voting for the inaugural Quill Awards began on August 15, but there is still time for ABA member booksellers who encourage consumers to vote to participate in a random drawing to win a trip to the red carpet awards ceremony to be held in October in New York City.

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25 Aug

Survey Underway to Shape Future ABA Education Offerings

The American Booksellers Association has begun formulating plans for future educational offerings for bookstore members. To create a program that truly meets members' needs, the association is seeking the input of bookstore owners and staff through an online survey accessible through the BookWeb homepage or directly at www.bookweb.org/read/7981.

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24 Aug

ABA Announces Change Regarding Quarterly Dues Payment

The American Booksellers Association recently announced that beginning October 1, 2005, Regular Bookstore Members choosing to pay their dues on a quarterly basis will only be able to do so through ACH transfer (electronic debit to a checking account). Credit card payments will no longer be accepted for quarterly dues payments.

Booksellers who opt to pay their dues in a single payment may still do so by credit card.

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18 Aug

Call for ABA Board of Directors Nominations

The American Booksellers Association Nominating Committee, chaired by Cathy Langer of the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado, is searching for qualified candidates to serve on the ABA Board of Directors. Under ABA's bylaws, the terms of three members of the nine-member board expire each year, and at least one of the three candidates cannot have served on the current board.

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16 Aug

Win a Trip to the Quills Awards

ABA member booksellers who encourage their customers to vote in the Quills Awards through a store promotion are invited to participate in a random drawing to win a trip to the red carpet awards ceremony to be held in October in New York City. To be eligible for the drawing, booksellers must send ABA proof of their Quills Awards voting promotion.

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15 Aug

Bookseller Input for 2006 Educational Programming Requested

Building on the success of this year's educational offerings, ABA is now planning its education program for 2006. To create a program that truly meets the needs of the membership, the association is asking booksellers for their input through an online education survey, accessible through the BookWeb homepage or directly at www.bookweb.org/read/7981.

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10 Aug

Shedding Light on ABA's Comments on Robinson-Patman

As previously reported by Bookselling This Week, in late July, Bruce V. Spiva of the law firm Tycko, Zavareei & Spiva offered comments on behalf of the American Booksellers Association to the Antitrust Modernization Commission Robinson-Patman Act Panel, which was established by Congress to review the nation's antitrust laws.

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04 Aug

ABA Announces Plans for Winter Education Institute

The American Booksellers Association has announced plans for its first annual Winter Education Institute, to be held on Thursday, January 26, and Friday, January 27, 2006, in Long Beach, California.

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04 Aug

PNBA Fall Show Emphasizes Education and Authors

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) Fall Trade Show will be held September 8 - 10 at the Oregon Convention Center and Red Lion Hotel in Portland, Oregon. This year's trade show promises a plethora of educational programs for booksellers, publishers, and authors, as well as Book & Author Breakfasts on Friday and Saturday morning.

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28 Jul

A Report on the ABA Board's Summer Meeting

The American Booksellers Association's Board of Directors held its summer meeting in Missoula, Montana, from Thursday, July 21, through Sunday, July 24. The meetings began in the late afternoon on Thursday with an orientation to introduce new Board members Collette Morgan of Wild Rumpus Books for Young Readers in Minneapolis and Michael Tucker of Books Inc. in San Francisco to the association's policies and procedures.

Over the course of the following three days, the Board:

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28 Jul

ABA Offers Comments to Robinson-Patman Act Panel

The American Booksellers Association was recently invited to offer comments before a committee appointed by Congress to look at U.S. federal antitrust law with the view of updating it. The Antitrust Modernization Commission Robinson-Patman Act Panel asked ABA to offer comments because of the association's past lawsuits against major publishers and bookstore chains Barnes & Noble and Borders, which were filed under provisions of the act.

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28 Jul

ABACUS Deadline This Weekend

Sunday, July 31, is the deadline for ABA member booksellers to submit their 2004 financial data to the 2005 ABACUS study. Participating booksellers receive an invaluable analysis of their own business and are helping to establish a benchmark for the entire industry. As an added benefit, this year participating stores are receiving a coupon for $50 off their next ABA dues renewal.

Completing the survey takes approximately an hour and in return ABA member booksellers receive:

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25 Jul

ABA Book Buyer's Handbook: Bookseller Response Requested



The American Booksellers Association is seeking to determine how many bookstore members are interested in ordering a print edition of a 2005 ABA Book Buyer's Handbook. Booksellers are asked to respond by July 31 via an online form or by sending an e-mail with Book Buyer's Handbook in the subject line and including store name, address, phone number, ABA ID number, and number of copies desired to [email protected].

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13 Jul

ABA's BEA 2005 Education Sessions (A Preliminary Presentation)

Based on the results of the 2005 Education Survey distributed to bookseller members last fall, ABA developed a rich and thorough series of educational offerings presented in an all-day education program on Thursday, June 2, at BookExpo America. Currently, ABA is working to bring many of these sessions to the Web in robust audio/video presentations to meet the needs of all ABA member booksellers.

Until those presentations are ready, ABA has made available on BookWeb PowerPoint presentations of five of the Thursday morning education sessions:

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About ABA

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