Thank you for attending Spring Forum 2019!
We had an incredible turn out for this year’s Spring Forum in Indianapolis. Including our publishing partners, authors and booksellers we had over 80 attendees! Thank you to the GLIBA board and the ABA for leading education focused on Abacus and Pre-Orders. ABA’s presentation can be found here. As well, a huge thank you to our participating authors Jennifer Weiner, Melanie Benjamin, Andrew Shaffer, Kalisha Buckhanon, S.L. Huang, Emmy Kastner, Iliana Regan, Terry Border and Annie Sullivan. This year’s author presentations were amazing, diverse and entertained from start to finish. Thank you to Elysia Smith and Irvington Vinly & Books for hosting the after party. Most importantly thank you to all the booksellers that attended. The opportunity to meet and talk to each other is one of the most vital things we can do to move our industry forward. Thank you!
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association 2019 Spring Forum
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 | The Irvington Lodge | 5515 E Washington, Indianapolis, IN
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 | The Irvington Lodge | 5515 E Washington, Indianapolis, IN
Schedule
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SPRING FORUM
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM The Irvington Lodge 5515 East Washington Indianapolis, IN 46219 |
BOOKSTORE RECEPTION
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Irvington Vinyl & Books (located in the same building directly below Spring Forum location) 9 Johnson Ave Indianapolis, IN 46219 |
Are you an author or publisher attending Spring Forum? Please check out the information above.
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The GLIBA Spring Forum is an event to connect with booksellers, authors and publishers to promote new and upcoming book releases. Every year we look forward to bringing, authors, education and bookselling camaraderie to a different city in the Great Lakes Region. Home of some of the best and most iconic independent bookstores in the country this year we are excited to be hosting our Spring Forum in Indianapolis! All GLIBA members are welcome to attend, as well as non-members interested in joining GLIBA.
GLIBA in partnership with American Booksellers Association will present this year’s Spring Forum.
We hope you will join us this spring for a discussion on improving store profitability. Est. 60-70 booksellers in attendance. Are you an author or publisher attending this year's Spring Forum? Check out the information here. SCHEDULE
60-70 booksellers in attendance Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 The Irvington Lodge 5515 East Washington, Indianapolis, IN 46219 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Introduction from GLIBA Opening remarks and the day's schedule from GLIBA. 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ABA Education This Spring ABA will present an update on two initiatives critical to the success of any independent bookstore -- an active pre-orders campaign and participation in the annual ABACUS financial survey. This new educational session will focus on best practices for increasing pre-orders -- including the latest on accurately reporting and tracking -- based on in-store experiences and feedback from the Pre-Order Booksellers Task Force. The session will also provide an overview of ABACUS data, including data specific to each region, earlier ABACUS delivery schedule, and ways submitting stores can successfully use their ABACUS reports to make sound financial decisions. 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & ABA Open Forum Use the open forum to ask questions of other booksellers, as well as the ABA and GLIBA trade organizations. Please bring any topics or questions you would like to discuss! 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Remarks from BINC and Roundtables 2:00 PM Featured Author Jennifer Weiner 2:15 - 4:00PM Author Reception We have some of the season's most anticipated authors to join us for an afternoon of book talks and signings. 4:30 PM Wine & Appetizer Reception Irvington Vinyl & Books 9 Johnson Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46219 (Located in the same building as Spring Forum. Directly below.) We could not be more thrilled to end the day with some wine and bookselling camaraderie at the super hip Irvington Books & Vinyl! All attendees, and authors, are invited.. BOOKSELLER REGISTRATION HERE Suggested hotel: Indianapolis Marriott East 7202 E 21st St, Indianapolis, IN 46219 |
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