April 20 Bookseller Registration Deadline for Publicists Speed Dating

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ABA member stores interested in promoting themselves to publicists at publishing houses big and small have just a week left to register for Publicists Speed Dating at BookExpo America 2016.

Next Wednesday, April 20, is the deadline to sign up for the program, which will feature conversations of approximately 12-minutes duration between one bookstore and one publisher at a time. During the “dates,” the bookstore’s staff — owners, managers, and/or event coordinators — will meet together with a publicist to not only promote their store but also discover what publicists look for when planning author tours.

Publishers participating in Publicists Speed Dating include:

  • Catapult
  • Scholastic
  • F&W
  • Coffee House Press
  • ECW Press
  • W.W. Norton
  • Charlesbridge Publishing
  • New Press
  • Candlewick Press
  • Sourcebooks
  • Akashic Books
  • Grove Atlantic
  • Consortium Books (various publishers)
  • Agate Publishing
  • Bloomsbury
  • Midpoint Trade Books
  • Capstone
  • HarperColllins Adult
  • Hachette Book Group
  • Perseus
  • Soho Press
  • Macmillan Publishing
  • Quirk Books
  • New York Review Books
  • Graywolf Press
  • Milkweed Press
  • Penguin Young Readers
  • Diversion
  • Harlequin
  • Shambhala
  • Workman Publishing

Space for Publicists Speed Dating at BEA is now limited; register your store now.

Questions about this event should be sent to ABA Senior Program Officer Joy Dallanegra-Sanger.