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“As my grandfather says, ‘You only go around once,’” said Sydney Jarrard. “After winning a writing fellowship in 2017 and now having a reading coming up in September, it’s time to go all in. 

ABA is unhappy to announce that the day has finally come. After 35 years at ABA, Senior Strategy Officer Dan Cullen is retiring at the end of the year.

“We’re so thrilled to have Courtney join ABA,” said ABA CEO Allison Hill. "Her background in marketing, her education in design and media studies, and her experience in social media made her the perfect person to help support ABA’s marketing efforts."

The Annual Meeting opened with reports from outgoing ABA President Jamie Fiocco; outgoing ABA Vice President and Secretary/incoming ABA President Bradley Graham; and ABA CEO Allison Hill.

The results of the balloting by the bookstore members of the American Booksellers Association to elect five directors, a president, and a vice president to serve on the ABA Board are now official.

Booksellers appointed to the BAC will serve a two-year term that begins and ends on a rolling basis throughout the year. 

Despite the slight drop in the e-commerce conversion rate last week, the 8.74 percent increase in the number of online shoppers resulted in a 4.13 percent increase in online sales over the past 7 days

The e-commerce conversion rate over the past week is 182.63 percent higher than the same week in 2019.

The ABACUS reports for this cycle will cover 2019 and 2020 financial results, providing participating stores with a user-friendly overview of the economy with regards to the impact of COVID-19, informative graphs, and interpretive information.

Stores should visit the Matchbook Marketing Indie Next List page now to upload their subscriber list and logo to join the free newsletter program for bookstore customers.