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NAIBA Fall Conference October 15 - October 17, 2019 CHERRY HILL, NJ Contents Notes NAIBA Board of Directors Bill Reilly Hannah Oliver Depp STAFF: 1 NAIBA Board of Directors Registration Hours (President) Loyalty Bookstore Eileen Dengler Ballroom Foyer 2 Letter from NAIBA’s President the river’s end bookstore 827 Upshur Street Tuesday, Oct. 15, Noon – 7:00pm Executive Director 19 West Bridge Street Washington, DC 20011 4 Benefits of NAIBA Membership Wednesday, Oct. 16, 7:30am – 7:00pm Ph: 516-333-0681 Oswego, NY 13126 Ph: 201-763-6611 Thursday, Oct. 17, 7:30am – 1:00pm [email protected] 6 Schedule At A Glance Ph: 315-342-0077 [email protected] [email protected] Kit Little 8 Detailed Conference Schedule Rebecca Fitting Exhibit Hall Hours Executive Administrator P.K. Sindwani Greenlight Bookstores 22 Exhibition Hall Map Grand Ballroom [email protected] (Vice-President) 632 Flatbush Avenue Wednesday, Oct. 16 2:00pm to 7:00pm Brooklyn, NY 11225 23 Conference Exhibitors Towne Book Center Doreen Killard Ph: 718- 246-0200 220 Plaza Drive, Suite B-3 31 Thank You to All Our Sponsors On Being Photographed [email protected] Registrar Collegeville, PA 19426 33 Were You There? Participating in the NAIBA Fall Conference Ph: 610-454-0640 Rita Maggio and entering any of its events indicates your [email protected] BookTowne LLC agreement to be filmed or photographed for 171 Main Street Donna Fell NAIBA’s purposes. Manasquan, NJ 08736 (Secretary-Treasurer) 732-722-7255 No Carts Sparta Books [email protected] 29 Theatre Center During show hours, no hand carts or other Sparta, NJ 07871 Erin Matthews similar wheeled devices are allowed on the 973-729-6200 Books With a Past exhibit floor. [email protected] 2465 MD Route 97 Glenwood, MD 21738 Can We Talk? Todd Dickinson (410) 489 2705 The NAIBA Board Members are happy to (Past President) [email protected] Aaron’s Books stop and discuss retail and association Karen Torres 35 East Main Street business with you. Board members will Hachette Book Group Lititz, PA 17543 be wearing ribbons on their badges to 1290 6th Avenue Ph: 717-627-1990 help you spot them. Your input is vital to New York, NY 10104 [email protected] NAIBA’s continued growth and purpose. 212-364-1556 Trish Brown [email protected] One More Page Michael Triebwasser /naiba 2200 N. Westmoreland Street Politics & Prose Arlington, VA 22213 naibabooksellers 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW Ph: 703-861-8326 Washington, DC 20008 [email protected] @naibabook Ph: 202-364-1919 #naiba [email protected] 1 President’s Letter Tips for First-Timer Attendees What a year it has been! I can’t imagine a better time to be an indie bookseller. Here is a sampling of what Attend everything. Visit every exhibit booth. I learned over the past twelve months. As Pittsburgh The conference is set up to maximize the time we You never know what gems you’ll find, what tips was the host city for this year’s Children’s Institute, I have together. Attend the workshops, go to all the you’ll hear, or what authors might be available to discovered a city of 18 truly unique indie bookstores. meal functions, and walk the exhibit floor. you. There are new relationships to be made with every publisher in that room. At our new and prospective owner’s day hosted at Ask before you take. Split up from your colleagues at meal Hachette, I witnessed the incredible passion and savvy It can be confusing, all those piles of books for events and in the exhibit hall. of our next generation of booksellers. When Macmillan the taking. But not everything is a giveaway at the You’ll hear different discussions and meet more hosted an open house for our members, I saw the beginning (or end) of the exhibit hall, so ask before you take anything. new people that way. unique value of one-on-one communication with one of our publishing partners. And at our New York social, Stop a NAIBA board member. Questions? Come to registration and we’ll help you. sponsored by Penguin Random House, I learned that it’s Board members are wearing ribbons that denote easy to share a laugh with Elizabeth Strout! All of this their role in NAIBA, and you should stop them and introduce yourself. They want to help you navigate was possible through the extraordinary leadership of the conference and your bookselling career. our executive director, Eileen Dengler, her staff and the dedicated members of your board. Over the next two days I’m looking forward to learning with you and from you. If somehow we don’t connect while at the conference, please know that I will be looking forward to meeting with you at one of our many upcoming events planned for NAIBA members. YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE! Always feel free to contact me directly by email ([email protected]) or cell phone (315-532-2334) with any ideas or concerns that you WE’RE INDIEPENDENT may have. Sincerely, JUST LIKE YOU CHOOSE BOOKAZINE Inquire@bookazine | 800.221.8112 2 3 WHAT DOES MEMBERSHIP GIVE YOU? Publisher Promotions Program appearances. NAIBA provides ideas, doling out advice, and Every Monday morning NAIBA advance prep so the bookstores can benefiting from personal sends out a Word document fine-tune their presentation. Open discussions. Most Gatherings are The Benefits of NAIBA Membership of active publisher specials so only to NAIBA members. FREE for NAIBA members. booksellers can order smartly with an eye on the budget. If you haven’t Advocacy Book Buddies and Fall Conference signed up for this benefit, email NAIBA’s board of directors actively NAIBAhood Network You are attending one of the [email protected]. communicates with partners in A group of seasoned booksellers most important events of your publishing to voice any concerns have volunteered their time to THE RIGHT FIT professional year – NAIBA’s Annual Press Kit Boot Camps and to applaud any programs that share their expertise in various Fall Conference. Experience three When you participate in NAIBA’s affect the independent bookselling store operations and offer advice full days of bookseller education, Publicity Speed Dating, you get to marketplace and literacy. NAIBA and assistance to NAIBA members. A Core Members networking, author events, and an join our online Press Kit Boot Camp, works closely with ABA on the Contact NAIBA headquarters for Any independent business in this region principally engaged in the awards ceremony. The publisher hosted by marketing guru Maribeth efairness legislative issue, keeping those introductions or to invite the sale of books, with a brick and mortar presence shall be eligible display tables are a highlight with Pelly. Stores submit their current you informed on your state’s Book Buddies to your store. for voting membership and for the full services of the Association. their fall and winter picks of the press kits for review by Pelly, and legislative agenda and providing the Dues: $100 lists. Reps are there to help you participate in an online review of materials and templates to send to NAIBAhood News sell books using winning marketing the key elements and construction your elected officials. NAIBA also and Online Communications tips, author appearances, and of a good press kit. NAIBA even is your voice with publishers on On the NAIBA website, weekly B Professional Bookseller promotional products. The Fall houses these kits on the NAIBA business practices. postings and online conversations An individual who is employed at a brick-and-mortar bookstore in Conference is FREE to NAIBA website for access by publishers. are available to members. Are you the NAIBA region, but is not an owner, is eligible for Professional bookseller members. Retreats and Gatherings getting our weekly bestseller list Publicity Speed Dating (voting) membership; membership for the individual includes voting Refresh your mind and restore and industry updates? If not, email Holiday Catalog For one full day, booksellers can privileges and full services of the Association. Dues: $50 your energy! In the springtime, [email protected] to be We have a 12-page, visit with the heads of all the major booksellers around the region added to our distribution list. full-color catalog houses’ publicity departments congregate with peers, sharing C Associate Members that NAIBA members and pitch their store for author can order FREE of All publishers, wholesalers and their representatives having regular charge. Exceptional business dealings with independent retail booksellers are eligible regional and national Scholarships and Rebates for NAIBA Bookstores & Booksellers for Associate (non-voting) membership. Any bookstore without a titles are showcased permanent physical location, but with a roaming physical presence with appealing descriptions and REBATE FOR FIRST-TIMERS AT FALL CONFERENCE whose physical events can be documented is eligible for Associate full-color jacket covers. Have them Bookstores who have never attended get a free ticket package, and a $100 hotel rebate. Purchase your full conference (non-voting) membership. Upon payment of requisite dues, available for your customers in your package then check in with NAIBA staff at the conference registration desk. Following the conference, submit your hotel bill Associate Members are entitled to attend the annual meeting and store and distribute them widely in to [email protected]. Rebates will be processed after the conference. any meeting of membership as well as functions of the Association. your community. These catalogs are They are entitled to receive publications and services. The first HOLIDAY CATALOG: REBATE FOR IMPRINTING shown to generate sales, many from Bookstores purchasing a full ticket packet for the Fall Conference before September 1 will receive a $50 rebate on their holiday corporate membership for Associate Members is $100.