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We need your input! If you would like to submit a proposal for a
session aimed at library staff at the Pacific NW Booksellers trade
show, please read Thom's email. Feel free to email me with any
questions but please submit your proposal directly to Thom
Chambliss. So far we have a few ideas for sessions (read-a-like
presentation, NW authors for kids and teens, and perhaps something
on technology such as a technology petting zoo) but would like more
ideas. Thanks!<br>
<br>
Robin Beerbower<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:rbnbrbwr@comcast.net">rbnbrbwr@comcast.net</a><br>
<br>
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association<br>
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Call for Education Proposals<br>
PNBA's 2011 Trade Show<br>
<br>
PNBA produces a trade show each year in the fall. We always have a
full day of educational<br>
programming on the day before the exhibits open. Our Education
Committee reviews<br>
proposals for educational presentations aimed at retail booksellers,
authors, small<br>
publishers and/or librarians and instructs PNBA staff as to which
sessions they <br>
would like to see offered at our upcoming show.<br>
<br>
If you would like to facilitate a panel or workshop for our next
show, please send<br>
a one-page proposal, with a suggested title, brief outline,
suggested list of presenters,<br>
a list of potential hand-outs, a list of A/V needs, and a preferred
length for the<br>
presentation. (Most of our sessions are between sixty and ninety
minutes long.) <br>
All proposals for the 2011 show, which will be held in Portland, OR,
Thursday through<br>
Saturday, October 13-15, must be received in the PNBA office by
FRIDAY, JUNE 24th.<br>
All educational sessions will be presented on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13.<br>
<br>
In general, the Committee prefers presentations which offer
booksellers direct instruction<br>
about issues that can immediately and directly help them in the
operations of their<br>
businesses. They are usually looking for at least one Marketing
session at each <br>
show. Sessions that highlight the changing face of the book industry
will be given<br>
priority. Panels that include a wide-range of participants are
especially attractive.<br>
Usually, presentations that might be perceived as promoting one
business, or one<br>
company's business with booksellers, are not as well received as
those that speak<br>
to the industry as a whole.<br>
<br>
PNBA is also soliciting proposals for sessions aimed at LIBRARIANS,
small press <br>
PUBLISHERS and AUTHORS. We are most interested in sessions that
encourage booksellers,<br>
publishers, librarians and authors to work together. PNBA can help
provide booksellers<br>
and authors who may be willing to participate as panelists in these
sessions.<br>
<br>
Applicants will be notified by mid-August as to whether or not we
will be able to<br>
accommodate their proposed sessions.<br>
<br>
Proposals to offer educational sessions for Librarians and
Booksellers during PNBA's<br>
fall show should be sent via email to Thom Chambliss [<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:thom@pnba.org">mailto:thom@pnba.org</a>],
PNBA's<br>
Executive Director. Proposals to offer education for small press
Publishers and <br>
for Authors should be sent via email to Ali McCart [<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:amccart@indigoediting.com">mailto:amccart@indigoediting.com</a>],<br>
who will be coordinating the schedules for both authors and
publishers, which will<br>
be given in two different rooms. Ms. McCart has worked at the PNBA
shows for seven<br>
years, most recently as coordinator of the author meal events. She
is co-owner of<br>
Indigo Editing & Publications in Portland, and is Indigo's
Executive Editor and <br>
Director of Business Development.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Thom<br>
<br>
Thom Chambliss, Executive Director<br>
<br>
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association<br>
<br>
338 West 11th Avenue, Suite 108<br>
<br>
Eugene, OR 97401-3062<br>
<br>
T: 541-683-4363<br>
<br>
F: 541-683-3910<br>
<br>
E: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:thom@pnba.org">thom@pnba.org</a><br>
<br>
W: <a class="weblink" href="http://www.pnba.org"
target="browserView">www.pnba.org</a><br>
<br>
B: <a class="weblink" href="http://www.northwestbooklovers.org"
target="browserView">www.northwestbooklovers.org</a><br>
<br>
Fall 2011 Show: Thursday - Saturday, OCTOBER 13 - 15,<br>
<br>
at the Holiday Inn at the Portland Airport<br>
<br>
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