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News ItemsHello, MBPA members: I've received several news items from various organizations that I wanted to pass along to you: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Author Database NAIBA is reinventing the online author database. The new format will include regional authors interested in store visits, but will expand to include any authors interested in call-in events with bookstore reading groups. The database will be updated every month and posted as a pdf on the NAIBA website. To add an author to this database please email us: author's name; book title(s); publisher; whether they are interested in a store visit and/or call-in events; contact phone number and email. Email address: info at naiba dot com PMA Online Seminar: Profitable Books: How To Choose Winners The topic of this session is Profitable Books: How To Choose Winners - with Marion Gropen. Wednesday (May 21 , 2008) The seminar begins at 11:00 am PST/ 2:00 pm EST. Together we can all learn how to blend the quality of a book with the number-crunching, and how to make sure you're getting the biggest impact for your efforts. About the Seminar: Picking the right projects makes the difference between success and failure, especially for smaller publishers. How do you find the right ones? You can't rely on editorial intuition or marketing expertise alone. You need both, but then you also need to check each title and your list as a whole to see if it's the best available use of your scarce time and money. About the Speaker: Marion Gropen has been on the financial and management side of publishing for 17 years. For the last 4 of them, she has been consulting for smaller presses, as a CFO-by-the-question. She teaches at PMA-U and other conferences, writes articles for the PMA Independent and similar journals, and helps run 2 of the 4 largest publishing listservs. She received her MBA in Finance from NYU, but please don't hold that against her. She still thinks of herself more as a book-lover than a bean-counter. Her website, www.GropenAssoc.com, not only has more information about her and the services and tools she provides, but also has dozens of pages of resources and information for the small press. You can contact her at Marion.Gropen@GropenAssoc.com for further information. To register or for more details: The Washington Book Publishers’ 23rd Annual Book Design and Effectiveness Awards YOU ARE INVITED TO… Riffle through the Pages! at The Washington Book Publishers’ 23rd Annual Join Your Friends and Colleagues at a Celebration of Books Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 6:00-9:00 pm Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Reception and Book Display, including Winners: 6:00-7:00 pm Judges for the 2008 Competition Robert Anthony, Director, ADA (American Diabetes Association) Books Prizes will be awarded in fifteen categories, plus Best of Show. All entries including winners will be on display before the ceremony. The Best of Show winner will be announced at the end of the evening. To attend the gala event, please return the attached response card indicating the number of attendees expected and enclose payment. All book lovers are invited and welcome to attend! Tickets: Deadline: Questions about the Competition? Contact Betsy Kulamer at 703-295-6275 (bkulamer@asce.org) or Laura Lawson at 202-887-8420 ext 227 (llawson@cpp.com). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of advance tickets: ______@ $20 (MEMBERS) ______@ $25 (GUESTS & NONMENMBERS) $_____ Total enclosed for all tickets. (Please send a check only. WBP cannot accept credit cards.) __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ NAMES OF ATTENDEES (Tickets will be held at the door.) __________________________________________________________ By June 1, 2008, send request to: WBP Membership, c/o Publications Professionals, 3702 Oak Hill Way, Fairfax, VA 22030 ForumsTopics |
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