March 31 Deadline: Evaluate the work of ABA’s CEO and staff over the past 12 months in this survey.

March 31 Deadline: Offer input for the ABA Board of Directors as it works to meet members’ needs in this survey from the Governance Review Committee.

What are you reading? Submit a nomination for the ABC Best Books for Young Readers catalog via Edelweiss or the nomination form. Interested in joining the catalog selection committee? Email [email protected].

Share the virtual reading series Indies Present: A Universe of Wishes with your customers. Download the marketing materials from Bookweb.org. Appearing authors include Dhonielle Clayton, Victoria Schwab, Samira Ahmed, Tochi Onyebuchi, and Zoraida Cordova.

California booksellers are encouraged to apply for the latest round of California’s Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program. The current round of funding, which offers grants from $5,000 to $25,000, closes March 31.

Bestselling author Glennon Doyle has signed on as the ambassador for this year’s celebration of Independent Bookstore Day! Want to learn more about how to prepare for the April 24 event? Sign up for ABA’s April 1 Marketing Meetup (fill out the form at the bottom of the Meetups page).

Congratulations to the bookstore finalists for PW’s Bookstore of the Year award: Charis Books and More (Decatur, Georgia); Eso Won Books (Los Angeles); MahoganyBooks (Washington, D.C.); Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago; and Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria (New York City).

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ABA is here for all of you. Please reach out if there is anything we can help with. Members can contact me directly or email the Membership, Advocacy, or IndieCommerce teams.

Best,
Allison