This week, the American Booksellers Association launched a new, seven-week webinar series to help booksellers as they enter the final quarter of the year, beginning with a webinar on the “Top 10 Things to Know About: Buying Monthly,” which took place on Tuesday, September 1 (see a recap in this week’s BTW [5]).

On Thursday, September 10, at 3:00 p.m. ET, ABA will present the next in the series, “The Top 10 Things to Know About: Managing Cash Flow,” which will feature ABA CFO PK Sindwani. Sign up for the webinar here [6].

Each week for the remaining five weeks, ABA will present a “Top 10 Things to Know About…” webinar, with each event covering a different topic, including:

• Top 10 Things to Know About: Improving Operational Workflow (September 17 at 3:00 p.m. ET)
• Top 10 Things to Know About: Leveraging Customer and Sales Data (October 1 at 3:00 p.m. ET)
• Top 10 Things to Know About: Leveraging ABA’s Fall Marketing Campaign (October 8 at 3:00 p.m. ET)
• Top 10 Things to Know About: Creating Safe and Profitable Virtual Events (October 15 at 3:00 p.m. ET)
• Top 10 Things to Know About: Keeping Calm and Carrying On (in a World of Face Masks, Hand Sanitizer, Race Relations, and Election Tensions) (October 22 at 3:00 p.m. ET)

Watch BTW for the signup links for each event.

Following each webinar, booksellers will find a recap of the discussion in Bookselling This Week as well as on the dedicated “Top 10 Things to Know About…” page on BookWeb [7]. All webinars will be recorded and added to the Education Resources page [8].

In addition, Bookselling This Week will cover four more “Top 10” topics in the coming weeks:

• Top 10 Morale Boosters and Self-Care Tips
• Top 10 Tips for Curbside and Delivery Service
• Top 10 Things to Know About Hiring, Training, and Managing Remote Workers
• Top 10 Tips for Ordering Calendars and Nonreturnables

Email [email protected] [9] if your store has implemented successful measures on any of these topics, and your tips may be shared for other booksellers to take advantage of.