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Deadline for Bookseller/Publisher Networking Opportunities Extended
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The American Booksellers Association’s programming at this year’s BookExpo America includes two new events: Meet the Editor Meetings, designed to provide booksellers at all levels with insight into the publishing process, and One-on-One Publisher Meetings, an opportunity for owners and managers to discuss topics of mutual interest with publishers. Both sessions were developed in response to bookseller input on the need for more opportunities to establish and develop important business relationships with publishers and others in the industry.
The deadline to register for these events has been extended to Monday, May 12.
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Meet the Editor Meetings on Wednesday, May 28, from 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Open to all ABA member booksellers, these meetings will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the philosophy and process of book editing. Booksellers will meet in the lobby of Hotel ABA (the Grand Hyatt at 42nd Street), and representatives from the various publishing houses will escort groups of 10 to 12 booksellers to their offices, where they will meet for 75 to 90 minutes. Booksellers who are not staying at the Grand Hyatt can meet there or go directly to their assigned publisher’s office.
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One-on-One Publisher Meetings on Saturday, May 31, from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
Open to ABA member bookstore owners and managers only, these meetings will be in a “speed-dating” format. Booksellers will meet with top publishing executives for 10 minutes each. Each bookseller will meet with up to 11 publishers. These conversations are a chance for publishers and booksellers to meet one-on-one to discuss topics of mutual interest; they are not meant as a business review. These meetings will take place at the Javits Convention Center.
Booksellers must sign up for each event separately; registrants will be randomly assigned and will receive their publisher information by e-mail prior to BEA.
For more information and to register, visit the Bookseller/Publisher programming page on BookWeb.org.