![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dozens of other booksellers took to the field to try their hand at a rousing game of quidditch, and the IndieCommerce team began meeting one-on-one with booksellers looking to grow their business with e-commerce options.Īt the Welcome Desk, booksellers dropped off more than 125 books to be donated to Pittsburgh’s OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring Program, which pairs high-need children in first through fourth grades with readers over the age of 50 in order to help them learn to read at grade level. ![]() The City of Pittsburgh welcomed 330 children’s booksellers from 230 indie bookstores, 70 authors, and numerous publishers and bookselling friends this week for the seventh annual ABC Children’s Institute (Ci7), hosted by the American Booksellers Association and supported by 63 industry sponsors.įrom Wednesday, June 26, to Friday, June 28, the DoubleTree by Hilton-Green Tree was bustling with activity as booksellers networked, attended education sessions, and celebrated some of the best and brightest authors in the children’s book arena.Īhead of the Wednesday evening opening reception, booksellers hopped on buses to take full-day and half-day tours of indie bookstores in the greater Pittsburgh area, stopping at Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Spark Books, City of Asylum, White Whale Bookstore, Classic Lines Bookstore, Riverstone Books, The Tiny Bookstore, and Penguin Bookshop.įor those not on the tours, the Events University offered a daylong look at in-store and offsite events hosting as well as book festivals. ![]()
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