A BEA Review

From Thursday, June 2, through Saturday, June 4, at BookExpo America, Bookselling This Week provided daily coverage of the day's happenings, with an emphasis on ABA educational programming and special events. Today, and in the weeks to come, BTW will continue to report on BEA programming highlights. In the months to come, ABA will be making its BEA educational programming available on BookWeb -- watch for announcements in upcoming issues.

For those who were too busy walking the trade show floor, attending educational sessions, and partying at publisher receptions, here BTW provides another opportunity to read our daily coverage:

Day 1 -- ABA Educational Programming Packs 'Em In

• The Plenary Session -- George Soros in Conversation With Peter Osnos, His Publisher
• The Morning Sessions: "Increasing Margin: An Advanced Course in Growing Your Bottom Line," "It's in the Payroll," "Increasing Sales," "Renegotiating a Lease," "Cost of Goods Sold 101," and "The 2% Solution"
• An Afternoon of Children's Programming
• BEA Buzz Forum

Day 2 -- Celebrating the Spirit of Independent Booksellers and Taking Care of Business

• ABA's Ninth Annual Celebration of Bookselling
• The Book Sense Author Lunch
• ABA's Town Hall Meeting
• ABA's Annual Membership Meeting
• The Children's Book & Author Breakfast
• BookSense.com and Book Sense Gift Card Users Groups

Day 3 -- Free Expression Issues, Main Street Alliances, and Continuing Education

• Independent Retailing in the U.S. Today
• Is Someone Reading Over Your Shoulder?
• Education Sessions -- A Repeat Performance
• The Saturday Book & Author Breakfast
• From the Trade Show Floor