The deadline for reservations at the special ABA member rate at the Grand Hyatt New York, this year’s Hotel ABA at BookExpo America [5], is May 1. Accommodations at the hotel, located at 42nd Street and Grand Central Station, are $275 plus tax per night (single or double occupancy). Don’t miss out on this exclusive rate: Make a reservation now [6].

Booksellers who are looking to share accommodations at Hotel ABA should check out and consider posting to the Bookweb Bookseller-to-Bookseller forum’s BEA Room Sharing thread [7].

Hotel ABA will be the site of the American Booksellers for Free Expression’s Annual Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception on Tuesday, May 26, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which are on sale now, are free for bookseller members of the ABC Group at ABA; $10 for other ABA member booksellers; $25 for students; and $105 for everyone else. Purchase tickets now [8].

Penguin Random House is inviting all ABA member booksellers to enjoy nightcaps at the hotel later that evening. The informal gathering will be held from 9:30 p.m. to midnight in the Grand Hyatt’s Manhattan Ballroom.

BEA 2015 runs from Wednesday, May 27, through Friday, May 29, at the Javits Convention Center. All ABA member booksellers can register here [9] to receive free admission to the trade show and BEA conference sessions. Questions about registration should be addressed to VIP Concierge Diana Press at (203) 840-5533 or [email protected] [10].

Details about ABA and select BEA programming can be found here [11].