Following the early release of the American Booksellers Association’s annual membership numbers which showed their seventh annual increase — along with an indication of increased print unit sales at member stores that report to Nielsen Bookscan, the organization’s ceo Oren Teicher addressed the group’s annual meeting. He noted that “almost two third of the ABA members” in attendance at BEA this year are members “who have not been to this show in recent years,” due to the one-year relocation to Chicago. (BEA returns to Javits Center in New York in 2017.) Teicher celebrated “independent booksellers’ commitment to innovation and hard […]