Last Call for Bookseller/Publisher Networking Opportunities

The deadline to register for the American Booksellers Association’s Meet the Editor and One-on-One Publisher meetings is Monday, May 12. The Meet the Editor Meetings are open to all staff at ABA member stores who are interested in learning more about the publishing process; the One-on-One Publisher Meetings are open exclusively to owners and managers who would like to discuss topics of mutual interest with publishers.

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. All ABC Children’s Group members who wish to take part in both the Meet the Editors Meeting and the Illustrator Studio Tours, which begin at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28, will be able to do so. Children’s editorial meetings will be 60 minutes.

• 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. *Children’s editorial meetings will be 60 minutes to allow enough time for ABC Group members to take part in Wednesday’s Illustrator Studio Tours. Booksellers who are not staying at the Grand Hyatt can meet there or go directly to their assigned publisher’s office.
   
• 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.

For more information and to register, visit the Bookseller/Publisher programming page on BookWeb.org.