Advocacy

23 Oct
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Open Enrollment and Health and Wellness Resources for Booksellers

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner, LIG Solutions, shares resources that are meant to help expand your knowledge of health and wellness, as well as Open Enrollment reminders.

 

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23 Oct

Training Staff to Handle Curation Challenges

Staff may be caught off guard if they don’t have training about how to handle customer pressure in response to curation. It is in the best interests of the store owners, the staff, and the principle of free expression to have staff trained to anticipate and counter certain traps.

 

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23 Oct

6 Steps to Help Deal with Curation Protests

An increasing number of stores have been dealing with abuse or harassment because they do or do not carry certain books. We’ve collected some steps you can take if (or before!) your store faces curation challenges.

 

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25 Sep

ABA Booksellers Gather in DC to Support the Credit Card Competition Act

Last night, about 50 American Booksellers Association (ABA) bookseller members from across the country traveled to DC to support the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), a bill that would require credit cards to be routed over at least two unaffiliated networks to allow small businesses a choice in taking credit card payments.

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11 Sep
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: “Trouble in Censorville” with Rebekah Modrak and Willie Carver, Jr.

Rebekah Modrak is one of the editors of Trouble in Censorville: The Far Right's Assault on Public Education and the Teachers Who are Fighting Back; Willie Carver, Jr. is a former Kentucky Teacher of the Year and one of the voices in the book.

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28 Aug

Top 5 Ways Bookstores Can Prepare for the Election

Check out these five ways bookstores can prepare for the election!

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21 Aug
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Summer 2024 Health and Wellness Resources for Booksellers

The American Booksellers Association’s health coverage partner LIG Solutions wants booksellers to stay healthy in 2024. Read on for resources that are meant to help expand your health and wellness awareness and increase your knowledge about new health insurance solutions/legislation.

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16 Aug
ABFE
07 Aug

Employee Retention Credits (ERC) and Other Potential Tax Credit Opportunities

Several members have successfully claimed Employee Retention Credits (ERC) or additional ERC — even when they thought they had claimed everything available or were told they weren't eligible. 
 

 

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24 Jul
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the weeks of July 17 and July 24, 2024.

 

 

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24 Jul
If we set books free, books can set us free

ABFE Launches Banned Books Week 2024 Campaign

Banned Books Week 2024 is right around the corner, and ABFE has released a suite of new assets, merchandise, and themes to mark the occasion.

 

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11 Jul
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of July 11, 2024.

 

 

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05 Jul
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: The Bottom (Annastasia Williams)

Annastasia Williams is the Bookstore Director for The Bookshop at the Bottom in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

 

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26 Jun

ABA Welcomes Order Rejecting Proposed Visa/Mastercard Swipe Fee Settlement

The American Booksellers Association (ABA) praised an order issued today by a federal judge that rejected a proposed class-action settlement over Visa and Mastercard credit card “swipe” fees.

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26 Jun

ABA Voices Opposition to Bill That Would Delay Debit Swipe Fee Reduction

In June 24, as a member of the Merchants Payments Coalition, the American Booksellers Association joined more than 200 state and national organizations representing consumers and merchants in calling on the Senate to reject S. 4570 — a bill that would delay the Federal Reserve’s proposal to reduce how much big banks are allowed to charge to process debit card transactions.

 

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