Education

The guest speakers discussed Sqweee, Crowdcast, Facebook Live, and Streamyard. 

Here, ABA offers publisher feedback on a range of questions, from what authors think about participating in virtual events to how booksellers can encourage sales during them.

With readers staying home and bookstores in various states of closure due to COVID-19, staying connected with customers and the local community is vitally important.

Due to the success of the April 9 Marketing Meetup on hosting virtual events, ABA will revisit the topic with a new set of booksellers who have recently held sucessful events online.

A team of ABA staff has researched a variety of services that help with hosting online events. See the results in a new chart on BookWeb.

Booksellers should contact the Westin La Paloma to cancel their hotel reservation, and keep an eye out for a refund of their Children’s Institute registration fee.

As the volume of IndieCommerce orders fulfilled by Ingram’s consumer direct fulfillment grows, the team has put together a video to answer questions and published an informative webpage.

With readers staying home and bookstores in various states of closure due to COVID-19, virtual events are quickly becoming one of the main ways stores are keeping their connection with customers. 

As online shopping increases due to social distancing and readers staying at home, Ingram is joining ABA for a Technology Meetup to illustrate its Direct to Home service.

With readers staying home and bookstores in various states of closure due to COVID-19, virtual events are quickly becoming one of the main ways stores are keeping their connection with customers. 

The 8th annual Children’s Institute, scheduled for June 22–24, 2020, will now take place in June 2021 at the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona.