Winter Institute

21 Aug

Winter Institute Registration to Open in Mid-September

With preparations for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Winter Institute well underway, ABA has announced plans to open registration in mid-September.

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18 Aug

Show Your Creativity: August 29 Deadline for Wi10 Design Contest

Help ABA and your fellow booksellers commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Winter Institute: Submit an original, fun, energetic T-shirt design by next Friday, August 29, and have a chance to win $150.

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17 Jul

Domnitz Scholarship to Winter Institute 10 Open to ABACUS Reporting Stores

ABA will again award the Avin Mark Domnitz Scholarship to attend the ABA Winter Institute to the owner or an employee of a bookstore that submits its financial data to the ABACUS Survey. The deadline for submissions to ABACUS-13 is July 31.

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09 Jul

Winter Institute Design Contest: An Opportunity for Booksellers to Show Their Creativity

ABA is looking for an original, bookseller-created design for use on T-shirts at Winter Institute 2015. The Winter Institute Design Contest, celebrating the past 10 years of learning, networking, and friendships, is open to owners and staff at all ABA member stores.

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29 Apr

Booksellers Move Ahead With Plans Refined With Help of “Shark Tank”

Three booksellers who presented ideas for changes to their business models at a Winter Institute advanced learning session are working to make their plans a reality.

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16 Apr

Watch Now: The Great Good Place Conversation at Winter Institute 9

Booksellers can now watch professional video of The Great Good Place Conversation at Winter Institute, which featured a discussion between sociologist and author Ray Oldenburg and Third Place Books owner Ron Sher.

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20 Mar

Building Passion to Inspire Word-of-Mouth Sales

At Winter Institute 2014, Brains on Fire’s Geno Church presented a variety of case studies on word-of-mouth marketing to help booksellers inspire indie bookstore passion among their customers.

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13 Mar

Finding Opportunity in the Changing Workplace

At the Winter Institute advanced learning session “Managing the Changing Workplace,” Ryan Coonerty, co-founder of the shared-workspace community NextSpace and co-author of The Rise of the Naked Economy: How to Benefit From the Changing Workplace, discussed the opportunities and challenges facing bookstore owners and managers amidst a workplace environment in transition.

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05 Mar

Winter Institute 9 Highlights Reel, Handouts Now Available

A new video posted to BookWeb.org affords viewers a peek at highlights of the January 2014 Winter Institute. A number of handouts and PowerPoint presentations from Wi9 education sessions are now available to ABA members on BookWeb’s Education Curriculum page.

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20 Feb

Color Experts Offer Creative Ideas for Bookstore Displays

Joann and Arielle Eckstut, authors of The Secret Language of Color, provided booksellers at Winter Institute 9 with a wealth of ideas and examples of the best ways to use color to perk up their stores and create eye-catching displays.

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19 Feb

Indie Booksellers and the Business of Self-Publishing Explored at Wi9

The Winter Institute education session “Indie Booksellers and the Business of Self-Publishing” examined the growth in self-publishing and outlined ways that independent booksellers can serve authors in their communities while benefiting their businesses.

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12 Feb

Booksellers Present a Year of Children’s Book-Inspired Events

Winter Institute’s session “ABC Group Presents: A Year of In-Store Promotions” welcomed three panelists who offered an array of children’s book-inspired ideas and events for drawing customers to their stores throughout the calendar year.

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11 Feb

Help Make Winter Institute 10 Even Better

Booksellers who attended last month’s Winter Institute have been asked to complete a short survey that will help ABA plan for Winter Institute 10 in Asheville, North Carolina, in February 2015.

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06 Feb

Booksellers Team With Educators, Publishers to Tackle Common Core Challenges

The Winter Institute session “ABC Group Presents: Using Common Core to Develop Your Community Profile” delved into the expanding relationship between independent booksellers and local educators and highlighted ways they can work together and with publishers on Common Core issues.

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06 Feb

Bookseller Fosters Better Decision-Making With Decisive Offer

Crown Business is offering booksellers the opportunity to send a free copy of Decisive, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, to three local businesses. Before learning about the offer, Inklings Bookshop owner Susan Richmond gave, at the store’s expense, seven copies of Decisive to local city council members in Yakima, Washington. 

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