Wi5's Consultation Station: Schedule Appointments Now
New this year is the opportunity for booksellers to schedule one-on-one conversations with a wide variety of service providers who will be on-hand at the Winter Institute. Currently scheduled to have representatives at the Consultation Station (from 3:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 4) are 14 book industry service providers, including POS vendors, trade associations, Ingram, LIBRIS insurance, W.G. Ellerkamp Paper Company, PartnerShip, and more. The complete list, with contact information, is below. ABA is encouraging booksellers to contact the participants now to schedule one-on-one conversations.
Consultation Station Participants (subject to change)
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American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA)
Kathleen McHugh, President
Matthew Burnett, Program Manager
[email protected]
(312) 222-0948
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Anthology
Jim Bean, Director of Sales
[email protected]
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Booklog
JJ Jaffe, Director of Technical Services
[email protected]
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Computac/[i]merchant
Mike Hartman, Vice President, Retail Division
[email protected]
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Edelweiss
John Rubin, Above the Treeline Founder and CEO
[email protected]
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IBID
Mike Feldman, Sales Manager and Senior Support Representative
[email protected], [email protected]
(415) 251-2238 (direct)
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Ingram
Ron Smithson, Director of Field Sales
[email protected]
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National Association of College Stores (NACS)
Wendy Holliday, Vice President, Marketing and Member Services
[email protected]
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PartnerShip
Keith Korhely, Program Manager
[email protected]
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Paz & Associates
Mark Kaufman, Trainer and Consultant
[email protected]
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W.G. Ellerkamp Paper Company
Jack Ellerkamp, Owner
[email protected]
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ABA Gift Cards (Only available from 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Jill Perlstein, ABA Gift Card Program Manager
[email protected]
Industry consultant Maurizio Divito will be available to discuss specific questions about reconciliation, breakage, and tax implications. Appointments are required, and all financial information will be kept confidential. Both Perlstein and Divito will moderate the "ABA Gift Card Users Group: Preparing for the Transition," which starts at 4:45 p.m. Reservations are also required for that session.
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ABA IndieCommerce
Scott Nafz, Senior Customer Service Representative
[email protected]
Aimed at current IndieCommerce users with specific questions about the new platform; ABA members who are not current users are encouraged to attend the IndieCommerce Demo on Friday, February 5.
There are also still openings for a few of the other Wi5 sessions requiring sign up, which were announced in mid-December.
Booksellers who are interested in participating in any of these four sessions are encouraged to sign up by e-mailing the appropriate ABA staff member as soon as possible:
- ABA's Gift Card Users Group: Preparing for the Transition -- contact Jill Perlstein at [email protected]
- Fundamentals of Security & Loss Control -- contact Lisa Winn at [email protected]
- IndieBound Design Workshop -- contact Paige Poe at [email protected]
- Large-Store Roundtable -- contact Sarah Rettger at [email protected]