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Feel free to contact ABA with any questions! Press, please note: ABA does not gather sales or other statistics regarding the industry as a whole. For other questions, contact Meg Smith.

Recent Press Announcements

IndieBound.org Debuts Book Wish Lists, Book Search
New Features Anticipate Holiday Traffic (November 6, 2008)

Indie Bookstores Emphasize the Value of the Book for Challenging Holiday Season
ABA Unveils Targeted IndieBound Holiday Marketing Effort (October 23, 2008)

Nationwide Independent Bookstore Movement Announced at BookExpo America
American Booksellers Association Launches IndieBound; Localism Emphasized (May 29, 2008)

ABA, Ingram Announce Strategic Partnership
Ingram Book Group and Ingram Publisher Services to Underwrite Bookseller Education (May 6, 2008)

115 New Independent Bookstores Open in 2007
The Positive Trend Continues, Further Evidence of the Lure of Independents (January 2008)

Bookseller Homepage Re-Designed and Re-launched (June 1, 2007)

eBooks Go Live at BookSense.com
Independent Bookstore Websites Acquire Innovative Technology (May 2007)

ABA Digital Media Pamphlet (May, 2007)

BookSense.com Offers Benefits of Digitization for Independent Bookstores’ Websites (March, 2007)

A Plethora of New Independent Bookstores Open in 2006 (January, 2007)

Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen: An Independent Booksellers Success Story (November, 2006)

Articles About ABA

The ABC's of ABA: To belong or not belong, that is the question
by Susan L. Weis
Article from the May 2007 New Age Retailer. Online in pdf format.