ABA Regional Affiliates Announce Boston Training Sessions

ABA Regional Affiliates Announce Boston Training Sessions The New England Independent Booksellers Association, New Atlantic Independent Bo oksellers Association and Southern Independent Book sellers Alliance will hold t raining sessions for independent bookstores in Boston on Aug. 19-20. Boston, MA, July 26, 2010 -- Three organizations representing independent bookse llers throughout the Northeast and Southeast have announced training sessions fo r members to be held in conjunction with the Great American Bargain Book Show at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston on Aug. 19-20. The organizations, all affiliates of the American Booksellers Association, are t he New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA), the New Atlantic Ind ependent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) and the Southern Independent Bookseller s Alliance (SIBA). The session on Thursday (Aug. 19) is titled “Remainder Buying – Plain, Simple an d Profitable.” Industry insiders will discuss how booksellers can sell more book s and earn more money by adding remainders to their inventory. Retailers can gen erally buy remainders for much less than conventional books and sell them at hig her markups. Training on Friday (Aug. 20) is titled “EESY CHIT – Easy, Effective Strategies Y ou Can Happily Implement Today.” The session is being anchored by Karin Wilson, owner of the Page & Palette, an independent bookstore with a long and successful history of serving book lovers in Fairhope, Ala. Additional information: http://www.gabbs.net/Seminars.aspx. About GABBS: The Great American Bargain Book Show, one of the three largest rema inder and bargain book shows in the nation, is coordinated by L.B. May & Associa tes of Knoxville, Tenn. Information is available at www.GABBS.net Contact : Noel Griese Anvil Publishers, Inc. 3852 Allsborough Drive Tucker GA 30084 Boston, MA 770-938-0289 [email protected] http://www.anvilpub.com