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Last Friday, all ABA regular bookstore members were sent -- either via e-mail or U.S. Postal Service -- a ballot for the 2009 Board of Directors elections, listing the names of three director candidates: Betsy Burton of The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, Utah; Becky Anderson of Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, Illinois; and Beth Puffer of Bank Street Bookstore in New York City. The ballot also includes the names of Michael Tucker of Books Inc. in San Francisco for president and Becky Anderson for vice-president/secretary.
This year's American Booksellers Association Town Hall and Annual Membership meetings will be held on Friday, May 29, at the Javits Convention Center in New York City in conjunction with BookExpo America.
By Len Vlahos, ABA Chief Program Officer
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ABA bookstore members receiving their 2009 dues renewal notices will notice a prominent directive to deduct 50 percent off their standard membership dues. The 50-percent dues reduction applies to the renewal of bookstore memberships with expiration dates in 2009. The dues reduction was instituted by the ABA Board at its February meeting to help booksellers weather the current economic downturn.
Today the American Booksellers Association provides a first look at programming for its seventh annual Day of Education, to be held on Thursday, May 28, at BookExpo America. This year, the Day of Education, sponsored by Ingram Book Group/Ingram Publisher Services, returns to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center as part of a series of innovations designed to invigorate the convention and to give booksellers and other industry professionals more networking opportunities.
 The American Booksellers Association Board of Directors and senior staff met in Naperville, Illinois, on Thursday and Friday, March 5 and 6, 2009.
Among its activities during the two days of meetings, the Board:
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Electronic and print ballots for the 2009 ABA Board of Directors elections must be winging their way to the association's auditors, Marks Paneth & Shron, by Thursday, April 30.