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If booksellers had a free day away from their stores and the opportunity to be driven around in a bus with a group of like-minded colleagues, how would they most likely spend the day?

Visiting other bookstores, of course.

Next Wednesday, May 18, ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz will be presenting "Increasing Margin: An Advanced Course in Growing Your Bottom Line" at the offices of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) at The Presidio in San Francisco. The course, part of ABA's new education program developed for BookExpo America 2005, is free and open to all ABA and NCIBA bookstore members.

On Monday, May 9, booksellers and free speech groups, including the Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA), scored a victory in the battle against Internet censorship when a judge in the U.S. District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, permanently enjoined a statute that would have criminalized any work communicated on the Internet that is accessible in South Carolina and contains a depiction of nudity or sexual conduct considered to be "harmful to minors."

On Tuesday, May 3, over 20 booksellers attended an ABA Booksellers Forum and Education Program, held in conjunction with the Great Lakes Booksellers Association (GLBA), at the new Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland).

ABA will be holding its last Booksellers Forum and Education Program of the season at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, Ohio, on Tuesday, May 3. The event is in cooperation with the Great Lakes Booksellers Association (GLBA).

How can a bestselling author of critically acclaimed literary fiction possibly meet the requests of myriad booksellers for a book signing, even on a protracted publicity tour?

On Wednesday, April 20, ABA held its first-ever spring Booksellers Forum in Maine, the second event of the season in cooperation with the New England Booksellers Association (NEBA). The event, at the Portland Public Library, included ABA's education session "Renegotiating a Lease" and an open forum discussion.

ABA and Northern California Independent Booksellers Association members are being invited to attend a preview of "Increasing Margin: An Advanced Course in Growing Your Bottom Line," presented by ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz, at the NCIBA offices in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 18. The course is part of ABA's new education program developed for BookExpo America (BEA) 2005.

The Summer 2005 Book Sense Children's Picks, which can be previewed online at news.bookweb.org/read/3426 and which will be arriving in stores this week, incorrectly includes three titles' library edition ISBNs. The titles and correct ISBNs for trade editions are:

On Saturday, April 16, the American Booksellers Association will hold its second spring Booksellers Forum and Education Program in conjunction with the Midwest Booksellers Association. All area independent booksellers are invited to attend the events, which will be held at the Brio Italian Restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Booksellers from the around the Great Lakes region -- established, new, and prospective -- attended a day-long ABA Booksellers Forum and Education Program, held in conjunction with the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, on Tuesday, April 12, at Mitchell's Books in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association (MPBA) held its Spring Meeting at the Marriott Denver Tech Center in Colorado from Thursday, March 31, to Saturday, April 2. On Friday, an ABA Booksellers Forum and Education Program was held in conjunction with the meeting.

In March, the American Booksellers Association extended an invitation to Great Lakes-area independent booksellers to come together on next Tuesday, April 12, at a Booksellers Forum and Education Program at Mitchell Books in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

The American Booksellers Association Forum and Education Program scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, in Long Island, New York, has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.

The educational session, "Renegotiating a Lease," a feature of the Long Island program, will be offered in New York City on Thursday, June 2, as part of ABA's full day of educational programming at BookExpo America (BEA).

The American Booksellers Association is bringing its spring Booksellers Forum and Education Program to Portland, Maine, on Wednesday, April 20. This is the second event of the season to be held in conjunction with the New England Booksellers Association (NEBA), but the first time ABA has brought the program to Maine.