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The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is the not for profit peak body for Australian booksellers. We represent the shared aims of a diverse membership of chain, franchise, independent, campus and second hand bookshops. Our members proudly display the ABA logo on their shopfronts and websites.
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As a service organisation, the ABA executive and staff embrace the principles of member focus, quality projects and relevance to member and community needs.
Enjoy browsing through our site and please contact us if you are thinking about opening a bookshop, or to discover the benefits of Association membership.
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85th
ABA Annual Conference 2009-
Selling the Future of the Book
Conference
registrations now open
More information
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Bookshop jobs online
Click on the Bulletin Board to view job vacancies, post a vacancy, find shop fittings or an event.
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Indigenous Literacy Project
The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP) is a partnership between the Australian Book Industry and The Fred Hollows Foundation that raises funds to purchase and supply books and other culturally appropriate material to remote communities where The Foundation works.
We started in 2004 with a simple question: What could we do to help address the current literacy crisis in remote Indigenous communities. We were deeply concerned that illiteracy in many of these communities was a common and critical barrier to the kind of full, healthy and happy life many of us take for granted. Low literacy is consistently linked to poor health, social and economic outcomes.
More simply we couldn’t imagine a world without books and reading.
Find out more about the ILP at: www.worldwithoutbooks.org
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ABA's annual reading guide for kids
Take the hard work out of selling children's books this summer
Use the Kids' Reading Guide to make your children's section more profitable
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- Fresh new look
- Includes reviews by children
- Make your staff more effective in your children’s section this Christmas
- Fiction divided into four age-appropriate sections
- Chosen and reviewed by children’s specialist booksellers
Publication date: 1 November 2008
Orders due to ABA: 10 October 2008
$125.00 per 500 copies
Click here to download an order form |
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Would you like to become a bookseller?
Learn first hand from an experienced bookseller about the joys and challenges of running a bookshop. Chris Harrington, ABA Past President provides a candid introduction to working in the book industry.
The course is run by the Council of Adult Education (CAE) in Melbourne, and runs over two three-hour sessions.
Further information can be found on the CAE website: CAE Short Courses Melbourne
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Member details
ABA members with queries about a member ID number, website log in, password, or other membership issues, please call (03) 9859 7322 or email the ABA office: mail@aba.org.au
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