As we previewed in our BEA piece last month, the convention has been working with the American Booksellers Association (ABA) to help “ease the economic challenges facing booksellers who wish to attend the 2009 trade show” and get more bookseller engagement at the main convention facility. (As we’ve noted in a variety of annual commentaries, the ABA has been pulling away from the center of the action.) Today they announced that BEA will “offer limited free convention attendance to ABA bookstore members.” The ABA’s coo Oren Teicher explains that “member stores will be receiving free passes to the show based […]