From ABA’s health coverage partner LIG Solutions, here is what you need to know about staying healthy this fall.

Resources include:

• LIG’s new pharmacy program, which helps booksellers save on medications;
• affordable alternatives to group health plans;
• and tips on how to mentally prepare for in-person events.

Here's what's on tap for the rest of  this month:

• September 21 at 3:00 pm ET: ShopTalk: Bookstores with Cafes/Restaurants
• September 28 at 3:00 pm ET: ShopTalk: Mixed & Used Inventory Bookstores
• September 30 at 8:00 pm ET: ShopTalk: Open Conversation

ABA presented a webinar together with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) that focused on what the recent changes to the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program mean for bookstores. 

The changes include: 

• an increase in the maximum loan amount to $2 million;
• the implementation of a deferred payment period;
• and an expansion of the eligible use of funds.

Take advantage of these changes immediately before EIDL funding runs out.

With the Delta variant on the rise, bookstore owners and managers should remember that small businesses can receive refundable tax credits for providing paid time off for employees to get vaccinated.

The federal government recently expanded the tax credits to cover wages paid to employees who take a family or household member to get vaccinated. The tax credits are available through September 30, 2021.

Invoice management can be time-consuming. ABA's last Technology Meetup covered how Batch for Books streamlines the process.

The ABC Best Books for Young Readers title list is now available as an Edelweiss collection.