American Booksellers Association

The national trade association of independent bookstores, helping indie shops thrive through education, technology and collective advocacy since 1900, and defending readers' access to books.

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Read from public sources, Jul 2026

48named by ABA

179named by peers

Peer societies

Five societies American Booksellers Association is read alongside.

NEIBA

New England Independent Booksellers Association

A trade community of independent bookstores across New England and New York, fostering a vital and supportive…

2 companies named

MPIBA

Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association

A regional nonprofit association that supports, educates, and promotes independent bookstores across fourteen…

112 companies named

MIB

Midwest Independent Booksellers

A regional nonprofit that binds independent bookstores across the upper Midwest into a community, celebrating…

96 companies named

CIBA

California Independent Booksellers Alliance

A statewide alliance of independent bookstores that sustains the craft and community of bookselling through…

49 companies named

ABAA

Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

A selective guild of rare and antiquarian book dealers, founded in 1949, that vets its members, binds them to…

2 companies named

Who backs ABA

Every company American Booksellers Association names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.

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Company	Support as published	Also named by
Gallagher (formerly LIG)	Corporate partner	AAI ASLRR ACFA ASBOI CCC +3
Batch for Books	Corporate partner	CIBA MIB MPIBA PNBA
Constant Contact Email Newsletters	Corporate partner	ANA NAEA NSA RREC
Libro.fm	Corporate partner	APA CIBA MPIBA PNBA
Shelf Awareness	Corporate partner	CIBA MIB MPIBA PNBA
Square	Corporate partner	A BA CRA ETA
Above the Treeline/Edelweiss	Corporate partner	MIB MPIBA
PartnerShip-FedEx	Corporate partner	NAMM NTMA
Creative Kind	Corporate partner	MPIBA
DeleteMe	Corporate partner	NASS
Eventbrite	Corporate partner	HF
Ghostbuyers	Corporate partner	MPIBA
Indigo Maiden	Corporate partner	MIB
Kobo	Corporate partner	NAEC
Morgan Swank Studio	Corporate partner	MIB
NetGalley	Corporate partner	APA
Publishers Weekly	Corporate partner	PNBA
Withfriends	Corporate partner	MPIBA
2020 Vision USA	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
AbstractbyRabrams	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Apply Stickers	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Biblio	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Bonfire	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Booksellers Insurance Program by Coverhound	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Bookshop	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
ChicoBag Company	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Crowdcast	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
CyberHoot	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Fine Moments	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Gravity Payments	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
GTM Payroll Services	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Indie Beacon Book Light	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
MVB US (Pubeasy/Pubnet)	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Page Anchor	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
PayUSA	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Pixel + Ink Creative	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Punchkins	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
QuickBooks	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
R.I.S.E Cards	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
RISEWITHUS	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Satisfactory Printing	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Scattered Slime	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
The Librarian's Candle Co.	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Tropetails	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
W.G. Ellerkamp	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
Wolf & Wren Press	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far
ZingTrain	Corporate partner	Only American Booksellers Association, so far

Sources: 2 published lists, read September 2026

Partner Programs & Discounts. Read September 27, 2026. Vendor partner programs offering discounts to ABA member bookstores; nonprofits and credit unions on the list omitted.

Winter Institute 2026 sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. Sponsor page redirects to attendee sign-in.

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Who backs American Booksellers Association's peers, but not American Booksellers Association

Companies named publicly by at least one of American Booksellers Association's five peer societies, and not found in American Booksellers Association's reviewed public records.

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Company	NEIBA	MPIBA	MIB	CIBA	ABAA	Peers
Andrews McMeel Publishing		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Arcadia Publishing		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Bookshop.org		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Chronicle Books		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
CirclePOS		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Europa Editions		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Fly Paper Products		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Hachette Book Group		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
HarperCollins Publishers		Named	Named	Show Sponsor		3 of 5
Ingram Content Group		Named	Named	Show Sponsor		3 of 5
Other Press		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Penguin Random House		Named	Named	Show Sponsor		3 of 5
Red Wheel Weiser		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Scholastic, Inc.		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Simon & Schuster		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
Sourcebooks		Named	Named	Show Sponsor		3 of 5
The Collective Book Studio		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
W.W. Norton & Company		Named	Named	Named		3 of 5
ABRAMS Books		Named		Named		2 of 5
AdventureKEEN			Named	Named		2 of 5
Barefoot Books		Named	Named			2 of 5
Basil Bookseller Software		Named	Named			2 of 5
Bridge Publications		Named	Named			2 of 5
Candlewick		Named	Named			2 of 5
Chickman Associates		Named		Named		2 of 5
Cottage Door Press		Named	Named			2 of 5
Covered		Named		Show Sponsor		2 of 5
Edelweiss/OmniBus		Named		Show Sponsor		2 of 5
Faherty & Associates		Named		Named		2 of 5
Galaxy Press		Named	Named			2 of 5
HarperCollins Focus		Named	Named			2 of 5
Holiday House		Named	Named			2 of 5
IF USA		Named	Named			2 of 5
Imprint Group		Named		Named		2 of 5
Independent Publishers Group (IPG)		Named	Named			2 of 5
Kensington Publishing		Named	Named			2 of 5
Lakeside Book Company		Named	Named			2 of 5
Lit Circle		Named	Named			2 of 5
Macmillan Publishers			Named	Named		2 of 5
MerryMakers		Named	Named			2 of 5
Moleskine		Named	Named			2 of 5
Paperblanks		Named	Named			2 of 5
Peachtree		Named	Named			2 of 5
Phaidon & Monacelli			Named	Named		2 of 5
Pushkin Press			Named	Named		2 of 5
Sibylline Press			Named	Named		2 of 5
Sleeping Bear Press		Named	Named			2 of 5
Walker Books Group		Named	Named			2 of 5
Wiley		Named	Named			2 of 5
AbeBooks_30Y_HzC-1					Named	1 of 5
Abraham Associates			Named			1 of 5
Abrams			Named			1 of 5
Actar Publishers			Named			1 of 5
Artgame		Named				1 of 5
Artscope-Magazine-new-logo-small					Named	1 of 5
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
Baker Publishing Group			Named			1 of 5
Bar Charts		Named				1 of 5
Basil Software				Named		1 of 5
Beaming & Broadleaf Books, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
Belt Publishing			Named			1 of 5
Bibliotrak		Named				1 of 5
Blackstone Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Bloomsbury Academic			Named			1 of 5
Booksnarx			Named			1 of 5
Brenda Olson Art / Blueberry Road Cards			Named			1 of 5
Capstone		Named				1 of 5
Celerant		Named				1 of 5
Chelsea Green Publishing			Named			1 of 5
Chesapeake Press				Named		1 of 5
Cider Mill Press		Named				1 of 5
Coach House Books			Named			1 of 5
Collier Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution			Named			1 of 5
Consortium, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
Courtney Beyer Design				Named		1 of 5
Craig Gilbert Sales		Named				1 of 5
Crane Creek		Named				1 of 5
Cursor			Named			1 of 5
Designs with Jamie		Named				1 of 5
Earthbound Journal		Named				1 of 5
EDC Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Eerdmans			Named			1 of 5
Exaclair		Named				1 of 5
Faber & Faber			Named			1 of 5
Familius		Named				1 of 5
Firefly Books		Named				1 of 5
Fox Chapel Publishing			Named			1 of 5
Franklin Fixtures			Named			1 of 5
Fresco Eyewear			Named			1 of 5
Fujii Associates			Named			1 of 5
Gibbs Smith				Named		1 of 5
Gibbs Smith Publisher		Named				1 of 5
Globe Pequot Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Graywolf Press (sharing with Grove Atlantic)			Named			1 of 5
Greg Daniels Fine Art		Named				1 of 5
Grey Street Paper			Named			1 of 5
Happy Camper LLC			Named			1 of 5
HarperCollins Christian		Named				1 of 5
HarperCollins Christian Publishing			Named			1 of 5
HarperCollins Focus & HarperCollins Christian	Named					1 of 5
HarperCollins Muse		Named				1 of 5
Ice Cube Press		Named				1 of 5
imrchnt		Named				1 of 5
Ingram	Named					1 of 5
Ingram Academic		Named				1 of 5
Inner Traditions, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
Insight Editions			Named			1 of 5
IPS			Named			1 of 5
JPT America, Inc.				Named		1 of 5
Karel/Dutton Group				Named		1 of 5
Karel/Dutton Group, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
Kumon		Named				1 of 5
LAVELY Socks		Named				1 of 5
Left Field Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Lerner Publishing Group			Named			1 of 5
Lerner Publishing, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
Levine Querido			Named			1 of 5
Library Cat Designs				Named		1 of 5
Little Creek Press			Named			1 of 5
Llewellyn Worldwide			Named			1 of 5
Llewellyn, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
Lost Kite Editions			Named			1 of 5
Lynn-oleum				Named		1 of 5
Macmillan		Named				1 of 5
Magnetic Poetry		Named				1 of 5
Master Wings Publishing			Named			1 of 5
Merriam-Webster			Named			1 of 5
Michael Roger		Named				1 of 5
Mighty Bright		Named				1 of 5
Monacelli			Named			1 of 5
Morgan Tyler Botanicals		Named				1 of 5
Mountaineers Books, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
New Harbinger			Named			1 of 5
New World Library			Named			1 of 5
Noble Paperie				Named		1 of 5
Orca Book Publishers		Named				1 of 5
Paper Moth Studio				Named		1 of 5
Phaidon Press		Named				1 of 5
Pluto Press			Named			1 of 5
Point of Light Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Pomegranate		Named				1 of 5
Professional Booksellers School				Named		1 of 5
Project Genius		Named				1 of 5
Pubeasy		Named				1 of 5
Pubnet		Named				1 of 5
Pushkin		Named				1 of 5
Quarto Group			Named			1 of 5
Quarto Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Reycraft Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Rock Scissor Paper				Named		1 of 5
Sacred Bee		Named				1 of 5
SCB Distributors			Named			1 of 5
SCB Distributors, 85-87		Named				1 of 5
Schiffer			Named			1 of 5
Schiffer Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Shambhala Publications		Named				1 of 5
Shelter Harbor Press			Named			1 of 5
Socksmith		Named				1 of 5
Socksmith Design				Named		1 of 5
Springer Nature			Named			1 of 5
Stable Book Group			Named			1 of 5
Taco Cat Books			Named			1 of 5
That's So Andrew		Named				1 of 5
The Lab Press				Named		1 of 5
The Stable Group		Named				1 of 5
Third State Books				Named		1 of 5
TOKYOPOP				Named		1 of 5
two hermanas				Named		1 of 5
Two Rivers		Named				1 of 5
Tyndale House Publishers			Named			1 of 5
Unemployed Philosophers Guild			Named			1 of 5
Venture Imports			Named			1 of 5
Watkins Publishing			Named			1 of 5
White Mountain Puzzle		Named				1 of 5
Willow Creek Press		Named				1 of 5
WithIT		Named				1 of 5
Wooden Books			Named			1 of 5
Wybel Marketing Group			Named			1 of 5

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The outside view

The national trade association of independent bookstores, helping indie shops thrive through education, technology and collective advocacy since 1900, and defending readers' access to books.

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The League

Far-flung, and stronger for it.

The League is a federation of many, where the value lives in the connections between its members and chapters. Its gift is reach and resilience, its challenge is holding a shared identity across all its parts.

Also reads toward The Movement and The Village.

Strengths

→Coordinated scale that punches above its weight.

→Ambition matched by professional execution.

→A credible, unified voice for many.

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