If three is a trend is four a pattern? As the industry prepares for BEA — which includes the American Booksellers Association’s annual meeting — the organization announced to the AP that ABA member stores have increased for the fourth straight year. CEO Oren Teicher says the ABA now has 1,632 members, a gain of 65 from a year ago. Total member locations rose by 71, to 1971 in all. The previous year the organization added 55 members, and the year before that they picked up 102 members — though that gain was driven by the merger with the Association of Booksellers […]