Education

Booksellers attending the SCIBA trade show are invited to the education session “Understanding and Acting on Your ABACUS-15 Report” and to stop by the ABA table on the show floor.

The Bookstore Finance Seminar at Wi12 will explore the fundamentals of budgeting, cash flow analysis, business financing, bookkeeping, and financial statements.

Booksellers at the NAIBA Fall Conference are invited to visit ABA on the show floor, take part in an ABACUS education session, and meet one-on-one with a member of the IndieCommerce team.

Winter Institute 12 registration reached capacity last week, but booksellers can still add their names to a waitlist.

On January 27, just prior to the start of Winter Institute 12, ABA will present the IndieCommerce Institute, a one-day, interactive learning experience for IndieCommerce stores.

ABA’s Principles of Bookstore Finance Workshops will show booksellers how to apply the components of financial management to real-life bookstore situations.

Winter Institute 12 registration reached capacity on Thursday morning, September 29; booksellers who are interested in attending can now add their names to a waitlist.

A full-day workshop offering a crash course on the essentials of opening a bookstore or buying an existing store will be held on Friday, January 27, 2017, just prior to Winter Institute 2017.

ABA will be presenting two education sessions at the MPIBA trade show — “An Update on the New Localism Data and Hands-On Instruction” and “Understanding and Acting on Your ABACUS-15 Report” — as well as one-on-one IndieCommerce meetings.

ABA will present the education session “Understanding and Acting on Your ABACUS-15 Report” and IndieCommerce one-on-one meetings at the upcoming Pacific Northwest and Heartland trade shows.

With the 2017 Winter Institute now almost booked to capacity, booksellers who are interested in attending are encouraged to register as soon as possible and then contact ABA Meetings and Planning Officer Jill Perlstein regarding hotel accommodations.

Registration for ABA’s 12th annual Winter Institute is now very close to capacity; booksellers who have not yet registered are encouraged to do so now even if they are unable to secure a room at the host hotel. ABA is working aggressively to secure additional hotel rooms.

ABA’s Principles of Bookstore Finance Workshops, to be held just prior to the NAIBA and NCIBA trade shows, will help booksellers understand the five components of financial management and how to apply these theories to real bookstore situations.

Registration for ABA’s 12th annual Winter Institute opened on Tuesday afternoon, September 13, and is filling fast. Booksellers who are interested in attending are encouraged to register and make hotel reservations as soon as possible.

The September 9 edition of the IndieCommunication newsletter includes a preview of topics for the 2017 IndieCommerce Institute, news about a change in the algorithm for computing the “sell price” of books, and more.