![]() ![]() ![]() The ABA will use the app also for late-breaking news and schedule changes. ![]() The app contains a full schedule, a list of attending authors, maps of the hotel and Minneapolis and more. The group plans to hold its own events as well events as part of other industry meetings."įor more information on Indies Forward, write to Winter Institute's app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. The group will focus on "development, networking, and mentorship" and "provide educational programming specifically tailored to new and emerging booksellers, on such topics as personal finance, management, and the economics of bookstores and publishing. Several booksellers are in the process of forming Indies Forward, an organization "dedicated to cultivating, supporting, and sustaining the emerging generation of innovators and leaders in the bookselling industry," Bookselling This Week wrote. and aims to provide a place for young professionals in bookselling and publishing to meet and network. Tonight, the inaugural Young Professionals Afterparty takes place from 10-11 p.m. And in another sign of indie health, during last year, 15 ABA member store were bought by new owners. That was a 42.6% increase over the number of store openings in 2015. ![]() Winter Institute 2017 opens officially tonight, and once again there's good news about indie stores to greet booksellers: last year, some 87 independent bookstores opened, including 21 branches or satellites of existing businesses, according to Bookselling This Week. ![]()
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