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09 Oct

New Monthly Box Mailing Schedule Underway

Beginning in 2025, the American Booksellers Association’s Bi-Monthly Box mailing schedule will proceed quarterly, with the first box (winter) of the year arriving in January 2025.

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09 Oct

Indies Introduce Q&A with Nico Lang

“Nico Lang provides needed insight into the lives of trans teens. Following eight trans and nonbinary teenagers, American Teenager shows us that there is no one way to look or be trans — or a teen,” said Kristin Saner of Fables Books in Goshen, Indiana.

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09 Oct

November/December 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List Preview

Here is a preview of the titles on the November/December 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Kids’ Box mailing.

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09 Oct

Partner Spotlight: Withfriends

Withfriends helps indie bookstores get community support by making it easy to start and manage a membership program. Withfriends makes it incredibly easy to offer things like curated book-of-the-month clubs, exclusive member events, in-store discounts, online discounts, welcome swag kits, monthly book deliveries, and membership drives.

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02 Oct

Now Accepting Nominations for ABA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee (DEIC)

Nominations are now open to fill three spots on ABA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee (DEIC), which serves as a sounding board and advisory council on issues related to antiracism, equity, access, and representation facing the bookselling community and ABA.

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About ABA

American Booksellers Association is a national trade association that supports and advocates for the success of independent bookstores. We provide members with education, networking opportunities, advocacy, resources, and technology. In turn our members support local schools through book fairs, donations and author visits; promote literacy; provide inclusive community centers; connect readers and books; add character to neighborhoods; champion and center diverse and new voices; and contribute to the local economy. We feel honored to support them in their work.

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