Sign Up Now for Bookseller/Publisher Networking Opportunities at BEA

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ABA education at this year’s BookExpo America, which takes place over all four days of the convention, May 28 – 31, 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. Space is limited, and registration for these programs will close on May 5, so interested booksellers are urged to sign up as soon as possible via ABA’s BEA mini-site on BookWeb.org.

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 go behind the scenes of the book editing process through in-person visits with editors in their offices. 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.

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, to give booksellers and publishers a chance to meet one-on-one to discuss topics of mutual interest. Booksellers will meet with top publishing executives for 10 minutes each. Each bookseller will meet with up to 11 publishers. These meetings will take place at the Javits Convention Center.

Booksellers must sign up for each event separately. Booksellers will be randomly assigned and will receive their publisher information by e-mail prior to BEA.

Register for the Bookseller/Publisher Meetings now.