BPNW looking for bookstore hosts for March 2011
October 21, 2010 at 3:23 am | Posted in Marketing, Small Press Month | Leave a commentWhen it is worthwhile to host an author event with a first-time or self-published author? When you do it in bulk!
Last March, two PNBA-member bookstores bravely participated in a last-minute experiment sponsored by Book Publishers Northwest (BPNW). With very little notice, Third Place Books and the Edmonds Bookshop agreed to host a group author event with writers from small local publishers and self-publishers to celebrate Small Press Month.
David Ash of Basho Press, the BPNW organizer, was hoping that at least four authors would step forward for the events. Fourteen signed up for both days! They got cozy, shared three to a table, and had a marvelous time selling their books. Several said it was the best book signing they had ever done, and many said it was the most fun.
The fun seemed to have spread to the cash register too. With that many authors spreading the word of their signings, customer traffic was up for a March Saturday at both stores. Authors were even buying each other’s books, because building a relationship is the foundation of bookselling.
BPNW is starting to plan similar events for Small Press Month in March 2011. They’re looking for venues within and beyond the Puget Sound region; authors can carpool and room share. They can’t promise 14 authors, or you may not want that many. But if you are interested in hosting an event, write to bpnwnews@aol.com or contact David Ash with questions at BashoPress@aol.com.
BPNW would prefer to produce these books at PNBA member stores. After all, being small and independent is something we have in common. We’re all in this together!
Great Book Publishers Northwest events coming up!
March 14, 2010 at 6:27 pm | Posted in meeting, NW bookstores, Small Press Month | Leave a commentMeet the authors and publishers in Edmonds on March 27
Missed our celebration of Small Press Month at Lake Forest Park? No worries! The party continues at Edmonds Bookshop. There will be treats, there will be authors, there will be publishers, and (most importantly) there will be fantastic books!!
March 27
Small Press Month
Edmonds Bookshop
Edmonds, WA
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
BPNW members with questions should contact event coordinator: David Ash, bashopress@aol.com.
April 15 Meeting
Thinking about print-on-demand this year? Be sure to mark your calendar for BPNW’s April 15 meeting at Third Place Books for a demonstration of the Espresso Book Machine. This will take place between 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Third Place Press room in the Lake Forest Park Town Center.
Can’t wait until April? Call Third Place 206-366-3306 or email press@thirdplacebooks.com for an appointment. Be sure to say that you heard about them from Book Publishers Northwest!
Thank you to Sheryn Hara for arranging this meeting.
Fourteen fabulous authors at Third Place Books March 13
March 9, 2010 at 2:39 am | Posted in Small Press Month | Leave a commentFourteen fabulous authors from the Pacific Northwest will be celebrating Small Press Month at Third Place Books on March 13, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Join Janey Bennett (The Pale Surface of Things), Marcia Breece (Finding This Place), Shirley Enebrad (Over the Rainbow Bridge), Bette Filley (365 Heavenly Ways to Market Your Christian Book: Specific People, Places, Possibilities, Discovering the Wonders of the Wonderland Trail encircling Mount Rainier, How to Dispose of Your Stuff: Heavenly Uses for Earthly Goods), Frederick W. Johns (Whistler in the Rough), Peter V.T. Kahle (Naked at the Podium: The Writer’s Guide to Successful Readings, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Prose Narrative, Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Prose Narrative), Frank King (Travels with Doris: Without Reservations), Frank Parchman (Echoes of Fury) , Jacquie Ream (Bully Dogs), Nancy Rekow (Far As I Can Remember: Minnie Rose Lovgreen’s Life Story, Minnie Rose Lovgreen’s Recipe for Raising Chickens), Chris Salditt (50 Ways to Leave Your Mother), Veronica Tabares (Behold the Eye: Braumaru, Behold the Eye: Cerulea, Behold the Eye: Viridia), and Patricia Weenolsen (The Cave of Storms).
BPNW web editor Rosemary Jones (City of the Dead) will be introducing the authors. She has also offered to use her time to point out any other members of Book Publishers Northwest in the audience. Be sure to wave if you are in attendance.
Nothing small about Small Press Month
February 27, 2010 at 9:07 pm | Posted in BPNW, Small Press Month | 1 CommentThird Place Books in Lake Forest Park and Edmonds Bookshop in Edmonds will have an amazing fourteen Northwest authors representing BPNW publishers at each of their respective March 13 and March 27 events to celebrate Small Press Month!
“There are so many authors that stepped forward that there really is no place to be put any more,” said David Ash, who arranged these events. “But we can help each other spread the word!”
Ash suggests that members invite people to the event on their websites, Facebook pages, or newsletters. For further info, contact David at BashoPress@aol.com or (206) 200-9525.
Two March bookstore events scheduled for BPNW members
February 22, 2010 at 4:55 am | Posted in NW bookstores, Small Press Month | Leave a commentBook Publishers Northwest will be celebrating Small Press Month with two bookstore events in March. On March 13, members will have a chance to display their titles and talk about what they are doing at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. Then, two weeks later, on March 27, we will gather at the Edmonds Bookshop.
Let’s party at these great independent bookstores and show off the wonderful work being done by our members, small presses and independent publishers located in Washington State and other parts of the Northwest.
For more information on how to participate, contact our Small Press Month coordinator David Ash. Please e-mail him at BashoPress@aol.com.
March is Small Press Month: Celebrate!
February 21, 2010 at 1:51 am | Posted in BPNW, NW bookstores, Small Press Month | Leave a commentMarch is Small Press Month, a time to celebrate the contribution made by independent publishers and small presses to literary life, the spread of knowledge, and general reading fun. It’s also a great time to visit a bookstore and buy a few books by your local publisher (because we all want to keep celebrating into 2011).
Book Publishers Northwest is delighted to be partying at TWO independent bookstores in March.
The events are:
Saturday, March 13, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park
Saturday, March 27, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Edmonds Bookshop, 111 Fifth Avenue South, Edmonds
If you are a Book Publishers Northwest 2010 member and interested in participating in these events, please contact BPNW events coordinator David Ash, bashopress@aol.com. To facilitate ordering books from wholesalers in time for the events, Ash wants to give the host stores the particpant information by Tuesday, February 23. (An e-mail was sent to all paid members on Friday about these events – check your spam folder if you do not see it in your in-box).
Do not send this information to the stores or to BPNWNews@aol.com. Send to David at the address above.
Small Press Month event to feature BPNW members
January 1, 2010 at 12:54 am | Posted in BPNW, Small Press Month | Leave a commentBook Publishers Northwest member David Ash, Basho Press, is interested in organizing a Small Press Month bookstore event featuring BPNW members.
If you would be interested in helping organize this March event, please contact Ash at BashoPress@aol.com.
That’s A Wrap: 31 Stories in 31 Days for Small Press Month
April 1, 2009 at 2:07 am | Posted in BPNW, Small Press Month | Leave a commentWe started on March 1 with a pledge to publish 31 stories in celebration of Small Press Month drawn from the lives and experiences of our members. It’s been terrific fun to read about the many, many different types of publishing being down here in the Northwest by our members.
Novels, poetry, nonfiction, fragmentary writing, and so much more. We’ve learned about members who literally traveled in the footsteps of Marco Polo, who brought their childhood stories from Africa to the American radio via picture books, who started writing to escape farm chores, and who are persistently peppering the President of the United States with a call to expand health services for returning veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq.
You can still read all these stories at:
http://bpnw.blogspot.com/search/label/Small%20Press%20Month
And feel free to pass this link along or share with a friend.
And we still haven’t told everyone’s story! At Book Publishers Northwest, we’re meeting new people at every gathering of the group, both veterans of publishing and newcomers. Starting April 1, this blog and website will be migrating a new location. We’re keeping all the wonderful resources here and adding new features to help both experienced and new publishers.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our blog in March. You made this truly a celebration of the Small Press Month.
Small Press Story #31: Publish or Farm
March 31, 2009 at 2:53 pm | Posted in Members, Publishing, Small Press Month | 1 CommentLocated near Walla Walla, Washington, Detour Farm is devoted to wildlife and habitat conservation as well as Rocky Mountain horses and alpacas. It’s also the name of owner and author Sam Macleod’s publishing venture, a business move that got him out of day-to-day farming chores assigned by his wife Annie.
“I love living on the farm, but leave the farming to Annie. When we first moved to Walla Walla, the concept of getting back to nature, appealed to me. I’d read about it in books. Seemed inviting, free-range, maybe even heart-healthy,” writes Sam on his website. “But the concept took on new meaning when Annie asked me to turn the manure pile with a big shovel, help her move six tons of hay from one place to another, and climb up on the barn roof.”
So Sam has moved onto the porch with his laptop, turning out books and a blog about life in eastern Washington while Annie runs the farm. If you buy a book from Sam, Annie will plant another tree or two. Or you can just drop into his blog and check out what he’s cooking for dinner. He even shares his recipes, like how to make Aunt Wiese’s Strawberry Pie.
Small Press Story #30: Rose Alley Named For Dryden’s Mugging
March 30, 2009 at 1:26 pm | Posted in Members, readings, Small Press Month | Leave a commentRose Alley Press was founded by David D. Horowitz in November 1995. It was named for the London street where, on December 18th, 1679, poet and playwright John Dryden was brutally beaten by three thugs. Evidence suggests that an aristocrat who mistakenly attributed a satire’s authorship to Dryden hired the assailants. Undaunted, Dryden continued writing, even more boldly than before the assault. Inspired by such perseverance, David established Rose Alley Press, which publishes rhymed and metered poetry, cultural commentary, and an annually updated booklet about writing and publication.
Rose Alley’s authors appear at a variety of public events including the following for April:
Parkplace Books
Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 7 p.m.
Take a Poem From Your Heart
Joannie Kervran Stangeland, Nancy Dahlberg, Murray Gordon, & open mic
348 Parkplace Center, Kirkland
Green Lake Branch Library
Saturday, April 11, 2009, 4 p.m.
Donald Kentop, Lyn Coffin, Priscilla Long, & open mic
7364 East Green Lake Drive North, Seattle
Edmonds Bookshop
Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
David Ash, Amanda Laughtland, Jack McCarthy, & David D. Horowitz
111 Fifth Avenue South, Edmonds, WA
Green Lake Branch Library
Saturday, April 18, 2009, 4 p.m.
David D. Horowitz, Larry Coffin, one other TBA, & open mic
7364 East Green Lake Drive North, Seattle
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