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Educational Programming
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ABA Education Program and Special Events Preview
Booksellers must pre-register here or through BEA.
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ABA's 2007 Prospective Booksellers School
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| Workshop descriptions, dates, location, registration info, and more. |
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ABA's Annual Winter Institute
ABA Winter Institute will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 25 - 26, 2008.
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ABA Education Program Overview
Learn what is available for ABA members.
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Other Resources
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The Education Forum on the Idea Exchange
An online forum where ABA bookstore members can discuss, and ask questions about, ABA's educational programming, as well as share forms and other business documents with other booksellers. Intended for bookseller-to-bookseller interaction; ABA staff will respond when appropriate.
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ABACUS
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| Learn how the ABACUS study can help you improve your store's finances and increase your bottom-line. |
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About ISBN-13
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| Resources to help your store prepare for the new 13-digit ISBN |
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Locally Owned Businesses vs. Retail Chains
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| Recent studies showing the impact of locally owned businesses compared to retails chains and links to related organizations. |
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ABA's BEA 2005 Educational Sessions
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These five Powerpoint presentations
were part of ABA's Day of Education at BookExpo America 2005. Plans to
present these sessions online with sound and video are underway.
(Watch for future announcements.)
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To download a FREE Powerpoint Viewer,
click
here.)
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2007 Winter Institute Education Session Handouts
How to Be the Story: Developing and Implementing a Public Relations Plan (pdf format)
Getting the Most Out of Your Staff (pdf format)
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Creating Killer Events
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| Handouts from the session at BEA 2006 |
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E-mail Newsletters
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| Communicate with customers proactively through e-mail newsletters. |
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Identifying
the Competition
Here is the slide show presentation from the ABA education session "Identify
Competition & Self-Evaluation: A Method to Conduct the Analysis," at
the 2004 fall regional trade shows.
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Directory of Inventory Control Systems
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Here's a look at POS systems to help you make the right choice. |
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Serving the Hispanic/Latino Book Market
How Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore in Salt Lake created a marketing and business
strategy to profit from the city's burgeoning Hispanic/Latino market and how other
booksellers can do the same in their communities.
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To Catch a Thief: What Some Booksellers Are Doing
In this May 18, 2005 article from Bookselling This Week, five booksellers share their experiences and the measures they have taken to thwart would-be thieves.
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Succession Planning II
Here's the PowerPoint presentation (in PDF format) made by Ivan Barkhorn, a consultant to ABA on strategic matters and a partner in Meridian Strategy Group, at Succession Planning II at BEA 2003 in Los Angeles.
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Succession Planning I
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| Here's a summary of the PowerPoint presentation made at the Succession Planning session at BEA 2002 in New York City.
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Financial Seminar Resources
Online resources and file downloads for participants in the ABA financial seminars.
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Sample Business Plan (PDF format)
One from among many examples of good business plans that exist in print and on
the Web.
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Tough Times Demand Smart Action
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| A series of articles to help booksellers weather the current economic slowdown. |
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Are You Experienced? -- Music Licensing for the Uninitiated
Rewound
If you play music in your store, you need to understand what your legal responsibilities -- and rights -- are.
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Bookstore Caf�s, #1 -- Six Degrees of Percolation
A series examining the pros and cons of bookstore caf�s. Part #2 Part #3
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Open Learning Study Module
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| The bookstore becomes your classroom in this education module. Exercises and checklists help you monitor your progress. Owners and staff are urged to work together to maximize the value of this learning tool. |
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Marketing Tools
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| Tools and articles to help market your business. |
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Educational Resources
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| Valuable information on fine-tuning your bookselling skills. |
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The Fundamentals (PDF format)
Understanding publishers' obligations to book retailers under federal antitrust
legislation.
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