Join other bookstore managers and owners to discuss selected management books, share best practices in staff management, solicit advice on staff development, and grow your skills as leaders in your stores. The Management Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 3:00 pm ET.

The June selection is: The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias by Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, & Anne Chow (9781982144326)

ABA’s Annual Meeting and Community Forum will be Thursday, May 25, at 2:00 pm ET. This is an opportunity for members to be heard and for constructive discussions about our industry.

Members can log in on BookWeb to register for this event. If you would like to submit questions or topics in advance, please send them to [email protected]. 

Heads or Tails for the Binc Foundation will be returning to Children’s Institute 2023. Sponsored by Arcadia Publishing, all proceeds will help booksellers through an emergency. You can donate now and pick up your flashing pin at the Binc table in the Ci2023 Vendor Showcase. 

A $20 donation earns you one chance to win and a $35 donation gives you two chances to win a $500 prize! The Heads or Tails showdown takes place Wednesday, June 7 at 4:00 pm CT.

A recording of "Local Organizing to Combat Book Bans" is now available on BookWeb. The ABFE-hosted virtual panel featured Chris Finan, Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship; Samiya Bashir, Executive Director, Lambda Literary; Vera Eidelman, staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project; and Zoe Perzo, Content Coordinator, ABA. The panel discussion was moderated by Ray Daniels, Chief Communications Officer, and David Grogan, ABFE Director.