Events

While the chat function in event platform Hopin will be open during each session for additional interaction, this form will help Wi16 panelists focus session content by collecting some bookseller questions in advance.

The three-day event will consist of keynote presentations, rep picks sessions, educational programming, social events with fellow booksellers and authors, poetry interludes, IndieCommerce one-on-ones, a fundraiser for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, and more. 

Publishers Weekly has announced the launch of the U.S. Book Show, set for May 26–28, while Edelweiss by Above the Treeline announced the launch of Edelweiss BookFest, to be held June 8–9.

A companion session to the January 13 event on building school partnerships will look at the basics for in-school, in-store, and online book fairs.

Four more virtual Coffee Breaks will be held between now and the end of the month. Join for an opportunity to talk with booksellers from across the country.

Booksellers are invited to join editors for a virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel on Wednesday, January 27, sponsored by the American Booksellers Association and Publishers Lunch.

The event will take place on Wednesday, January 27, and will be co-hosted by Roz Chast and Patricia Marx, with Jake Cumsky-Whitlock of Solid State Books as moderator.

A January 13 education session will look at building school partnerships, while the January 27 session will focus on planning book fairs.