PNBA Fall Trade Show: October in Tacoma
April 17, 2012 at 1:48 pm | Posted in PNBA, Shows, Tradeshows | Leave a commentPacific Northwest Booksellers Association will hold their Fall Trade Show on Oct 13 to 15 (Saturday – Monday) in Tacoma, WA, at the Hotel Murano and Convention Center.
The publishers’ exhibits for the show will be set up in the Muranoʼs Conference Center, attached to the Hotel. The exhibit tables will be six feet long, and the booth size will be 8′ x 8′. Book Publishers Northwest plans to reserve a booth space to display one title from each paid 2012 member at show. *
Publishers who would like to have their exhibit on both Sunday and Monday, October 14 and 15, need to reserve exhibit space by Friday, June 22. Vendors may also reserve space for Sunday only at a later date.
PNBA plans to have no author signings on the show floor during the first day of exhibits. The emphasis on the show floor on Sunday will be exclusively on the exhibitors, according to their website. PNBA president Thom Chambliss will be the May meeting speaker at BPNW. We encourage members and interested others to bring their questions about the show to this meeting.
For further information on this trade show for Northwest booksellers and librarians (the show is not open to the public), please see PNBA’s website.
*Free display of one title at the PNBA show is a benefit of paid membership in BPNW. Members also have the opportunity to volunteer at the booth as space permits. More information about BPNW booth, staffing, and deadlines for submitting books for display will be emailed to paid members in August. For information on how to join BPNW, please click here.
Pick up books and checks from Montana book show
November 12, 2010 at 5:03 am | Posted in Tradeshows | Leave a commentBPNW member David Ash took books from local publishers to Montana’s Festival of the Book. He will be returning books as well as payments to members at the Nov. 18 meeting.
Ash reports that he managed to sell at least one copy for about a dozen of our authors. “This speaks very well for our members that such an eclectic mix of books could get this kind of response so far from home from one salesman wearing a jester hat,” he quipped.
If you didn’t sell a title, don’t despair, says David. “It may have been the wrong time, the wrong crowd, the wrong salesman, any number of factors. At least two of our titles that got picked up by potential customers more than any others didn’t get a sale. At the very least, somebody noticed you and might remember you down the road, and it didn’t cost you anything to try besides maybe some postage. This is good.”
And if you can’t come to the November meeting, David will mail unclaimed checks and books back to you.
Coming for 2011: More support for book displays
September 20, 2010 at 6:48 am | Posted in BPNW, Member News, Tradeshows | Leave a commentAs discussed at the September 16 meeting on displaying books at fairs and trade shows, Book Publishers Northwest would like to provide more financial support for members willing to organize a book show exhibit.
In 2011, the Board will provide a stipend of $250 to any member willing to organize and staff a display of all members’ books. Stipends will provided on a case by case basis upon submission of an application to the Board. Further information can be found on the “Display Stipend” page.
Seattle Bookfest changes dates and location
August 7, 2010 at 5:08 pm | Posted in Tradeshows | Leave a commentSeattle Bookfest coordinator Sheryn Hara announced at the beginning of August that the event now will be held November 20-21, from 10 am to 6 pm, at Magnuson Park, Hangar 30, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle. For more information, call her at 425-483-3040
Upcoming 2010 Northwest Book Shows
July 23, 2010 at 2:53 pm | Posted in Tradeshows | 2 CommentsAug 21 Northwest Author Fair, Lincoln City, OR
Oct 7-9 PNBA Tradeshow, Portland, OR [open to booksellers, librarians, publishers, and trade]
Oct 7-10 Wordstock Festival, Portland, OR
Oct 28-30 Montana Festival of the Book, Missoula, MT
Nov 20-21 Seattle Bookfest, Seattle, WA
BPNW will be exhibiting members’ books at the PNBA Tradeshow. We would also like to hear from members exhibiting at any of the above shows about their experiences. Send your road stories to bpnwnews at aol.com.
Sheryn Hara named festival coordinator for Bookfest
June 18, 2010 at 4:47 am | Posted in Display, Member News, Tradeshows | Leave a commentPaul Doyle, Executive Director of Seattle BookFest, has named Sheryn Hara, owner of Book Publishers Network of Bothell, the festival coordinator for Seattle BookFest 2010. The annual event, sponsored by Columbia City Cinema, Columbia City Business Association, and the Rainier Chamber of Commerce, will take place October 23 and 24. The event is free and open to the public.
Publishers, booksellers and dozens of authors will be on hand to promote their latest offerings, as well as poetry readings, a children’s area, and an exhibition of graphic artists.
“This is a wonderful event and I am excited to be more involved this year,” said Hara. “We plan to have more authors participating than ever before. They will do readings and have book signings throughout both days and, as in years past, there will be informative panel discussions as well,” she adds.
For more information on how you might get involved or to submit an application for booth space, call 425-483-3040 or send an email to sherynhara@earthlink.net.
Hara will lead BPNW’s September meeting on preparing for Bookfest in Seattle and PNBA’s fall trade show in Portland.
PNBA puts out call for authors for Fall Show
May 27, 2010 at 10:39 am | Posted in Marketing, PNBA, Tradeshows | Leave a commentPacific Northwest Bookseller Association executive director Thom Chambliss recently sent out his annual “Call for Authors” for the 2010 Fall show. Publicists and publishers have until the end of June to send PNBA their author proposals. The PNBA trade show is open to booksellers, librarians, and other members of the trade.
This year, this PNBA show will be held the same weekend as Portland’s public book show, Wordstock, which will be held downtown at the Oregon Convention Center. As per Chambliss, his staff will be working with Wordstock staff to “enhance both our shows” and there may be crossover opportunities for authors and publishers.
PNBA Launching Blog To Help Promote Northwest Authors
PNBA will start a new web blog, Northwest Book Lovers, this summer. “The blog will feature our member bookstores and libraries, and Northwest authors and books, and will invite the public to share our enthusiasm for new books and the authors who write them,” stated Chambliss. “It is our expectation that most of the authors featured at the fall show will also be featured on the blog before the show, thus encouraging booksellers to attend the show to learn more about them, and encouraging the public to consider those authors and their books for their reading pleasure.”
Check The Address Before You Mail Applications
As announced earlier, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association have moved their offices. Their new mailing address is:
338 West 11th Ave. #108
Eugene, OR 97401-3062
PNBA’S Fall Show will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 7 to 9, at the Portland Airport Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center. Click on this link for vendor registration materials and more on “Call for Authors.”
PNBA Fall Show registration materials are ready
April 18, 2010 at 2:48 am | Posted in PNBA, Tradeshows | Leave a commentPacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s Fall Show will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 7, 8 and 9,at the Portland Airport Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center. The link to vendor registration materials is provided below.
Exhibitors can chose to have display space for either one or two days. The second day of exhibits, Saturday, October 9, will also be used as PNBA’s Author Promotion Day.
Here is the link to PNBA’s web page with information about the fall show and the vendor registration forms.
Exhibitors wishing to display for two days must register by Friday, June 25. The link to the two-day registration forms will be removed on Friday, June 25.
Traditionally, Book Publishers Northwest reserves a table for two days and all fully paid 2010 BPNW members receive free display of one title.
Invitation to display at Florida Library Show
February 25, 2010 at 4:42 am | Posted in Libraries, Marketing, Tradeshows | Leave a commentThe Florida Publishers Association is offering display of books/catalogs/products in its well-attended booth (#216) at the Florida Library Association’s Annual Conference & Exhibition April 7-9 in Orlando. More than 600 public, academic, school and specialty librarians are expected to attend. To receive a brochure with display details, email Betsy Lampe at FPAbooks@aol.com.
Deadline for receipt of display materials is Wednesday, March 31. IBPA members, and members of its affiliate organizations, receive the FPA-member discount.
When registering, please identify yourself as an IBPA member or BPNW member.
IPNE offers discount for ALA exhibit
December 14, 2009 at 5:18 pm | Posted in Tradeshows | Leave a commentDear Book Publishers Northwest:
The Independent Publishers of New England (IPNE) will be exhibiting at the ALA Midwinter Conference Jan 15-18, 2010 in Boston, MA (American Library Association).
Won’t you join us? Your members will receive the member rate of $50 per book. We’ll exhibit their book for them and include it in our catalog. The catalog is distributed at the show and posted on our website.
Librarians are the perfect market for independent authors and publishers, because they look for uncommon books to meet their patrons’ needs. Consequently, they often favor small presses and independent publishers.
Your members can exhibit their books with IPNE at the conference and get our IPNE “member rate” of $50 per book (a $20 savings, the non-member rate is $70). For $50 they’ll display one book and get a listing in our IPNE catalog distributed at the show and on our website.
If they’re interested they must sign up by 12/18/09 to get into the catalog. (After that date they can still exhibit but won’t be in the catalog.)
To exhibit books with IPNE and get the IPNE member rate visit http://www.ipne.org/Events and click on the Register button, enter your email address, then select the “Friends of IPNE” option – entering code HX66SOC9 .
To exhibit more than one book, please choose the Manual Payment option and mail a check for $50 per book to IPNE, PO Box 303, Londonderry, NH 03053. ***Please write “Code HX66SOC9″ on the check ***
Please pass the word to your members!
For questions contact Lyn Toomey, executivedirector@ipne.org; 603-434-5595.
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