Here’s a roundup of the American Booksellers Association’s programming highlights, BEA breakfast and lunch events, and resources for booksellers at BookExpo America [7]. ABA’s Day of Education [8], sponsored by the Ingram Content Group, kicks off on Monday, June 4, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.

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Sunday, June 3

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.: How to Succeed at Retail Bookselling: Introduction to the Bookstore Business [9](St. Giles Hotel, 130 East 39th Street at the corner of Lexington Avenue)
Sponsored by ABA and facilitated by The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates. Registration is now closed.

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Monday, June 4

Take the BEA shuttle bus from your hotel to the Javits Convention Center, where you can pick up your show badge at the BEA registration desk marked “ABA Members.”

9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: ABA Booksellers Lounge Open (Room 1E07/08)

9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: ABC Children’s Institute Welcome Desk and Check-In (Room 1E07/08)

11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: ABA’s Day of Education, sponsored by the Ingram Content Group
Sessions are open to all BEA badged attendees.

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Why Indies Matter [10] (Room 1E14/15/16)
Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo and noted broadcaster and author Lynn Sherr will discuss the evolving role of the author amid the significant, ongoing changes that are fundamentally altering the industry, and the important part that indies play in this process.

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Indies International: Bookselling in Other Countries [11] (Room 1E14/15/16)
ABA CEO Oren Teicher will be joined by Simon Skinner, sales director of Nielsen BookData U.K.; Fabrice Piault, vice editor-in-chief of France’s Livres Hebdo; and Franziska Bickel, owner of the Vogel bookstore in Schweinfurt, Germany, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Retail Booksellers Committee of the German booksellers association, Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, for a discussion of bookselling trends, models, and innovations from an international perspective.

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Putting the “Sell” in Bookseller [12] (Room 1E13)
Panelists, who will focus on bringing “salesmanship” to the next level, are Arlene Lynes, owner of Read Between the Lynes [13]; Calvin Crosby, general manager at Book Passage [14]; and Christopher Zane, founder and president of Zane’s Cycles [15] and author of Reinventing The Wheel: The Science of Creating Lifetime Customers.

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Roundtables
Participate in a conversation with your colleagues on one of the following topics:

Creating and Managing Your Community Connections (Room 1E09)

Increasing Online Sales (Room 1E09)

Buying and Selling Non-Book Inventory (Room 1E09)

Buyers (Room 1E06)

11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.: CIROBE Remainders Pavilion and BEA Gift Pavilion [16]
Get a jump on remainder and non-book buying at these pavilions, which are the only part of the Exhibit Hall open on Monday. The rest of the Exhibit Hall opens at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday.

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: BEA Editors Buzz [17] (Room 1E14/15/16)

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 Tuesday, June 5

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.: ABA Booksellers Lounge Open (Room 1E07/08)

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: BEA Book & Author Breakfast [18](Special Events Hall)
Tickets are required; visit BookExpoAmerica.com. [7]

9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: ABC Children’s Institute Welcome Desk and Check-In (Room 1E07/08)

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open
Stop by the ABFFE Booth (#3884) on the trade show floor to find out how you can sell great products, including reading glasses and jewelry. ABFFE receives a portion of all affiliate sales to independent bookstores.

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: IndieCommerce Users Group (Room 1C03)

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Author Autographing (Room 1E07/08) Maryann McFadden will be signing The Book Lover (Three Women Press), a May 2012 Indie Next List Great Read, in the ABA Booksellers Lounge.

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.: ABA Celebration of Bookselling & Author Awards Luncheon [19] (Special Events Hall)
Forty authors, including most of this year’s winners and honor recipients of the E.B. White Read-Aloud and Indies Choice Book Awards, will take part in this joyful celebration. Reservations are required; booksellers should bring their confirmation e-mail from ABA Development Officer Mark Nichols.

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Author Reception: Saluting the 2012 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Book Award Winners and Honorees [20] (Room 1E07/08)

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: ABA Town Hall Meeting [21] [21](Room 1E12/13)
Members are encouraged to bring industry concerns to the attention of the ABA Board and staff and participate in member-wide discussions. A sign-up sheet to speak at the Town Hall will be available in the ABA Booksellers Lounge (Room 1E07/08) starting on Monday morning.

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: ABA Annual Membership Meeting [21] [21](Room 1E12/13)
For ABA members only, the Annual Meeting includes reports by ABA’s president and CEO on the year’s activities, voting on new initiatives, and a discussion of future plans.

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Wednesday, June 6

7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: ABC Children’s Institute Welcome Desk and Check-In (Outside the Special Events Hall)

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.: ABA Booksellers Lounge Open (Room 1E07/08)

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: BEA Children’s Book & Author Breakfast (Special Events Hall)
Tickets are required; this event is sold out.

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Children’s Art Auction Preview [22](Javits South Concourse, Level 2)

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Exhibit Hall Open

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.: Children’s Institute Opening Plenary: Understanding the Children’s Book Consumer in the Digital Age [23](Room 1E12/13)
Presented by Kelly Gallagher, Vice President, Publishing Workflow Solutions, R.R. Bowker. Open to all ABA member booksellers.

11:00 a.m. - Noon: BEA Middle Grade Buzz (Room 1E12/13)

Noon: BEA’s A Conversation With Neil Young and Patti Smith (Special Events Hall)
This event is free and open to all BEA badged attendees, who are welcome to bring their lunch.

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.: Speed Dating Lunch With Children’s Authors (Room 1E14/15)
Reservations are required; this event is sold out.

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.: Reaching the “Middle Grade” Reader [24](Room 1E09)
Panelists are R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder (Knopf); Karen Lotz, president and publisher of Candlewick Press; Jason Wells, executive director of children’s publicity and marketing at Abrams; Lisa Von Drasek, director of the Center for Children’s Literature at the Bank Street College of Education; Margaret Brennan Neville of The King’s English Bookshop [25]; and Trish Brown of Hooray for Books! [26]. Moderated by Jennifer Brown, children’s editor of Shelf Awareness and creator of the site Twenty by Jenny [27]. Open to all ABA member booksellers.

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.: Meeting the Literacy Needs in Your Community [28] (Room 1E10)
A panel discussion moderated by Dara LaPorte, co-founder of An Open Book Foundation [29], and featuring Meghan Goel of BookPeople [30]; Ellen Richmond of Children’s Book Cellar [31]; Carol Rasco of Reading Is Fundamental [32]; Jennifer Frances of Bess the Book Bus [33]; and Hillary Roselund of Jumpstart [34]. Open to all ABA member booksellers.

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.: ABA/CBC Tea With Children’s Authors and Illustrators (Room 1E12/13)
Reservations are required; this event is sold out.

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Some of Our Favorite Things: Booksellers Share Best Practices [35] (Room 1E06)
Visit this informal, knowledge-sharing fair to discover the secrets behind your colleagues’ successful programs and initiatives for children. A select group of booksellers will share best practices through creative displays. Consult with them one-on-one during this session to learn more. Preview from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Open to all ABA member booksellers.

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Focused Roundtables [35](Room 1E09/10)
Join your colleagues for a focused discussion on your choice of six topics, ranging from “Building Relationships With Teen Bloggers” to “How to Sell a Wordless Picture Book.” Open to all ABA member booksellers.

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Children’s Auction and Reception to Benefit ABFFE [36] (Javits South Concourse, Level 2)
Tickets for the auction and reception are $95 ($75 for bookseller members of the ABC Children’s Group) if purchased in advance here [36]; tickets purchased at the event or during the preview of auction artwork at the Javits Center will be $105 ($85 for ABC Children’s Group members). Preview the artwork online now. [22]

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Thursday, June 7

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.: ABA Booksellers Lounge Open (Room 1E07/08)

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: BEA Book & Author Breakfast (Special Events Hall)
Tickets are required; visit BookExpoAmerica.com. [7]

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.: Exhibit Hall Open

For complete details on the trade show and BEA programming, visit BookExpoAmerica.com [7].

For more on the Day of Education, visit BookWeb.org [37]; for the ABA Children’s Institute, visit kids.bookweb.org [38].