News - Regional

Carol Hoenig and Peggy Zieran, two former Borders employees with a combined 35 years in the book business, are opening Turn of the Corkscrew, Books & Wine in Rockville Centre, New York, next month.

BTW recently checked in with booksellers on the West Coast who have been impacted by wildfires this season.

Dr. John Sherlock, who will be leading two ABA Human Resources Workshops this fall, discusses why it is imperative for bookstore owners and managers to implement a human resources strategy. His session on HR at this year’s Winter Institute was very highly praised by booksellers.

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ABA’s Board of Directors recently received correspondence expressing concerns about IndieCommerce from the boards of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and the New England Independent Booksellers Association. Here is the full text of ABA’s reply.

Booksellers will learn best practices and practical strategies for managing personnel issues and workplace policies at two Human Resources Workshops this October. Both programs will be presented by Dr. John Sherlock, the educator who led the highly praised HR session at Winter Institute 10.

At this fall’s regional shows, ABA will present an all-new education session highlighting the interdependency between booksellers and publishers. A leading publishing executive will introduce booksellers to the key financial realities of publishing and delineate the many factors that affect both the bookstore channel and consumers.

The community of Durango, Colorado, is coping with the recent spill that contaminated the Animas River. “Our usual natural disasters are forest fires, avalanches, and flooding,” said Peter Schertz of Maria’s Bookshop. “This manmade disaster is difficult for us to put in perspective.”

In response to enthusiastic feedback from booksellers who participated in Winter Institute 10’s Advanced Learning Session on Human Resources, ABA has invited the session’s presenter, Dr. John Sherlock, to lead two Human Resources Workshops this fall.

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This fall, longtime bookseller Calvin Crosby will succeed Hut Landon as executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association. Crosby will formally begin his new role during the NCIBA Discovery Show in October.

Dr. John Sherlock, who will lead ABA’s two Human Resources Workshops being held in conjunction with the PNBA and NEIBA fall trade shows, presented a highly praised HR session at Winter Institute earlier this year, which bookseller Vicky Titcomb called “the highlight of the entire conference.”

Registration is underway for ABA’s Human Resources Workshop, a new in-depth education event, to be offered twice this fall exclusively to the owners and managers of member stores.

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 A crowd of thousands is expected at the first annual Mississippi Book Festival, which is scheduled for August 22 at the State Capitol in Jackson. Indie booksellers are looking forward to promoting new and established authors, as well as the state’s great literary tradition.