Thursday, January 19 -  10:30 AM - 6:00 PM - Astor and Grand Galleries

At Wi7's Consultation Station, bookseller attendees will be able to meet with representatives of ABA's affiliated business solution partners, POS vendors, and others. Below is a list of participants in the Consultation Station, including contact information to make appointments. Please note, if you granted permission for Consultation Station participating companies to contact you directly when you registered for Wi7, they will reach out to you via email before the event.  Participating companies are listed below in alphabetical order. Check back often for last minute additions.

Above the Treeline offers two web-based tools for booksellers -- Treeline Analytics and Edelweiss.
Contact: Ruth Bradstreet, Director Client Services
Phone: 734-996-2730

American Booksellers Association ABA is the national trade association for independent booksellers. ABA offers education, services and products, advocacy, and relevant business information. Visit the Ask ABA desk during the Consultation Station hours and meet with ABA staff members:
ABC Children's Group, Shannon O'Connor, ABC Group Manager
IndieCommerce Customer Service, Valerie Federici and Scott Nafz
Nathan Halter, Member Relationship Manager for the GLIBA, MIBA, MPIBA, PNBA, & SIBA regions
Kaitlin Pitcher, Member Relationship Manager for the NAIBA, NCIBA, NEIBA, & SCIBA regions
Phone: 800-637-0037

**Members of the Google eBooks Customer Service team will also be present at the Ask ABA desk to offer e-book demonstrations on a selection of e-reading devices and to answer booksellers' questions. A sign-up sheet will be available at the Ask ABA Desk beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, or booksellers can take their chances and just swing by at any time during the day.

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) is the bookseller's voice in the fight against censorship.
Contact: Chris Finan, President
Phone: 212-587-4025, ext. 4

Anthology offers POS (point-of-sale) / inventory control solutions for booksellers.
Contact: Jim Bean, Director of Sales
Phone: 800-819-0095, ext. 103

Asset MarketPlace offers health and life insurance, long term care and disability insurance.
Contact: Claire Weiss, Marketing Director
Phone: 845-358-1220

Bank of America Merchant Services and credit card processing.
Contact: Valerie Ferguson, Business Development Manager
Phone: 502-315-3117

Basil Bookstore Software is the complete bookstore solution. Flexible and powerful. Manage inventory -- send purchase orders electronically. Easy to use.
Contact: Mike McKnight, VP of Operations 
Phone: 678-267-2974

Booklog is the leading point-of-sale and inventory control solution for independent bookstores. For over 25 years we have provided state-of-the-art software and exceptional technical support to more than 2400 satisfied customers worldwide.
Contact: JJ Jaffe, Director of Technical Sales 
Phone: 800-320-5834

The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates offers training materials, workshops, store design, newsletter marketing, business valuations, and individual guidance for new and existing booksellers.
Contact:  Donna Paz Kaufman
Phone: 904-277-2664

Franklin Fixtures has been partnering with Independent Booksellers since 1974. We provide display fixtures, shelving, tables and counters designed specifically for bookstores and built to order. We also provide store planning and project coordination.
Contact: Ted Baylis
Phone: 508-291-1475

IBID - POS/Inventory Control Software
Contact: Dave Walton
Phone: 412-369-5990

Ingram is the world's largest and most trusted distributor of physical and digital content. Our customers have access to the best-of-class digital, audio, print-on-demand, inventory management, wholesale and full-service distribution programs.
Contact Robb Soriano to make an appointment to meet with Ingram or with your Ingram rep.
Phone: 800-937-8000

LIBRIS offers business insurance for booksellers.
Contact: Clint Long
Phone: 888-694-8585
 
The National Association of College Stores (NACS) is a not-for-profit trade association representing the campus retailing industry.
Contact: Wendy Holliday, VP, Marketing and Member Services   
Phone: 440-775-7777

On Demand Books and the Espresso Book Machine -- books printed in minutes on site for in-store pickup, same day delivery or overnight.
Contact: Jason Beatty, Vice President of Sales
Phone: 212-966-2222

PartnerShip® - ABA's shipping program offers significant savings on every shipment you send and receive.
Contact: Keith Korhely, Program Manager
Phone: 800-599-2902

Meet with Regional Executive Directors to learn how to prepare a profile to promote your bookstore to publisher sales and marketing departments.
Contact: Wanda Jewell, Executive Director
Phone: 803-994-9530

Shelf Awareness is launching a customized version of their e-newsletter for booksellers to send to their customers.
Contact: Jenn Risko, Publisher
Phone: 206-274-8144

Trofie & ViaTrofie Networks - Magazine category management and magazine promotions for booksellers.
Contact:  Christine Crowley
Phone: 415-518-5411

Zester Daily is a free module for individual store websites featuring professional reviews of food and drink books including cookbooks by the online publication's well-known writers.
Contact: Corie Brown, Founder
Phone: 323-965-0523