This showcase will feature vendors, business partners, and other book industry members that offer benefits to booksellers.
Make time to stop by and chat with representatives from these companies or click on their name below to make an appointment in advance.
2020 Vision USA
2020 Vision USA has supplied eco-friendly, high-quality sustainable readers to indie bookstores for over 20 years. We are a brand with innovative products, keeping our prices extremely affordable.
For each sale, 2020 Vision USA gives back to ABFE (American Booksellers for Free Expression) on behalf of your store's name.
Please come SEE us and help promote positive change in the world!
FREE displays & discounts with special Wi2025 packages
For each sale, 2020 Vision USA gives back to ABFE (American Booksellers for Free Expression) on behalf of your store's name.
Please come SEE us and help promote positive change in the world!
FREE displays & discounts with special Wi2025 packages
Anthology Point-of-Sale
Point-of-Sale and Inventory Control solution for booksellers. Features include sales, credit card and gift card integration, mail orders, e-commerce integration, purchasing, electronic ordering, receiving, returns, sales reporting, offsite sales, multi-store functions, POS hardware, and Dell computers.
Free credit card integration and device with purchase of Anthology.
Free credit card integration and device with purchase of Anthology.
Artgame
Artgame, Ltd., in business for over 40 years, produces a range of high-definition, state-of-the-art wildlife and themed 3D gift products, including puzzles, bookmarks, small notebooks, magnets, pencil tins, postcards, playing cards, and more.
10% Discount From Normal Pricing For Orders Written At The Show
10% Discount From Normal Pricing For Orders Written At The Show
Booklog
We are a POS and inventory control software provider that has served the independent book industry since 1983. Still going strong in our 42nd year, we’re proud to offer software designed to help stores realize their potential by delivering comprehensive analytics, connections to multiple vendors and software, a versatile interface, ease of use, and decades of industry experience.
Receive a 20% discount on any software purchase at Wi2025!
Receive a 20% discount on any software purchase at Wi2025!
Drag Story Hour
Drag Story Hour is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that celebrates reading through the glamorous art of drag. Our affiliate network creates diverse, accessible, and culturally inclusive family programming where kids can express their authentic selves and become bright lights of change in their communities. We want to connect booksellers with existing affiliates or help them become affiliates themselves, so kids can learn from LGBTQ+ stories and experiences, love themselves, celebrate the fabulous diversity in their communities, and stand up for what they believe in—and for each other.
Every Child a Reader /Children's Book Council
Every Child a Reader is a 501(c)(3) literacy charity whose popular national campaigns include: Children’s Book Week, the longest-running literacy initiative in the country at 105 years; the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature in partnership with the Library of Congress; and Get Caught Reading, a free poster program featuring role models reading new and classic books. Every Child a Reader is funded by outside donations and staffed by the Children’s Book Council.
NetGalley
Helping booksellers and bookstore staff access digital review copies and audiobooks (for free!), which can be read easily and securely on reading devices and apps. Plus, you can nominate books for the Indie Next List on NetGalley!
Join NetGalley (it's free!) to receive the exclusive ABA Digital Box Newsletter.
Join NetGalley (it's free!) to receive the exclusive ABA Digital Box Newsletter.
Professional Booksellers School
Professional Booksellers School provides education for every level of bookselling experience, along with certification in key functions of bookstore operations. PBS offers a standardized baseline knowledge across all aspects of independent bookselling, along with master classes in specific topics such as finance and marketing. PBS is the place for mentorship, guidance, and validation for the intense skills of independent bookselling.
The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates
For over 30 years, Paz & Associates, founders of the Retail Training Center at Story & Song, have offered training resources in print, online, and in-person to those interested in opening, buying, or selling an independent bookstore.
$200 credit available to ABA members
$200 credit available to ABA members
The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary
The Word is a nonprofit whose mission is storytelling for collective abundance. We explore expanded pathways for a sustainable and equitable literary ecosystem.
Sign up for our #MarginsBookselling program at info@thewordfordiversity.org to gain access to free educational resources and exclusive events.
Sign up for our #MarginsBookselling program at info@thewordfordiversity.org to gain access to free educational resources and exclusive events.
Withfriends
Withfriends helps indie bookstores gain community support by making it easy to start and manage a membership program. We can automate even the smallest tasks, so you can delight your members without adding extra work for your staff. This includes curated book-of-the-month clubs, exclusive member events, in-store and online discounts, welcome swag kits, monthly book deliveries, and membership drives.
Get a 1:1 demo before March 31 and we'll waive your platform fee for the first month!
Get a 1:1 demo before March 31 and we'll waive your platform fee for the first month!