Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located onsite.
The records include administrative documents, minutes, clippings, marketing materials, scrapbooks, posters, photographs, and audiovisual material that reflect the ABA's and its membership's many activities in the last 124 years, from annual conferences and training events, to specific marketing campaigns and intiatives such as Indie Next and the White House library.
The ABA produced many different publications over the past century. The records include runs of the Book Buyers Handbook, the Basic Book List, the ABA Newswire, and the American Bookseller, among others.
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located onsite.
Single reproductions may be made for research purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to secure permission for publication or use from the appropriate copyright holder.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); American Booksellers Association Records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Founded in 1900, the American Booksellers' Association is a trade association for independent booksellers, with a total membership of over 2500 bookstores. The ABA provides its members with "education, promotion, advocacy, and operational support," from the basics of running a book business to marketing for national campaigns. The ABA is politically active; their campaigns promote free speech, call out the bad practices of corporate booksellers, and encourage voter registration. They also track bills that threaten free expression and engage in lawsuits.
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