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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
That's A Wrap: 31 Stories in 31 Days for Small Press Month
We started on March 1 with a pledge to publish 31 stories in celebration of Small Press Month drawn from the lives and experiences of our members. It's been terrific fun to read about the many, many different types of publishing being down here in the Northwest by our members.
Novels, poetry, nonfiction, fragmentary writing, and so much more. We've learned about members who literally traveled in the footsteps of Marco Polo, who brought their childhood stories from Africa to the American radio via picture books, who started writing to escape farm chores, and who are persistently peppering the President of the United States with a call to expand health services for returning veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq.
You can still read all these stories at:
http://bpnw.blogspot.com/search/label/Small%20Press%20Month
And feel free to pass this link along or share with a friend.
And we still haven't told everyone's story! At Book Publishers Northwest, we're meeting new people at every gathering of the group, both veterans of publishing and newcomers. Starting April 1, this blog and website will be migrating a new location. We're keeping all the wonderful resources here and adding new features to help both experienced and new publishers.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our blog in March. You made this truly a celebration of the Small Press Month.
Novels, poetry, nonfiction, fragmentary writing, and so much more. We've learned about members who literally traveled in the footsteps of Marco Polo, who brought their childhood stories from Africa to the American radio via picture books, who started writing to escape farm chores, and who are persistently peppering the President of the United States with a call to expand health services for returning veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq.
You can still read all these stories at:
http://bpnw.blogspot.com/search/label/Small%20Press%20Month
And feel free to pass this link along or share with a friend.
And we still haven't told everyone's story! At Book Publishers Northwest, we're meeting new people at every gathering of the group, both veterans of publishing and newcomers. Starting April 1, this blog and website will be migrating a new location. We're keeping all the wonderful resources here and adding new features to help both experienced and new publishers.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our blog in March. You made this truly a celebration of the Small Press Month.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Small Press Story #1: BPNW Members Distribute BPNW's Own Small Press Poster
March is Small Press Month: every day we'll be telling a new story about what our members are doing, why they are publishing, what new events or books are coming, or just any of the other 31 other stories (or more) that come to us during Small Press Month.
For Story #1, we'd like to share our beautiful BPNW poster, created especially for us by Lionfish Creative. BPNW member Galyn Gardner got this project started and with help from her colleagues at Lionfish, including designer Michael Wildeman, created a lovely reminder that big things happen even at the smallest press.
The following BPNW members are distributing this poster to their local libraries and bookstores in Washington. If you picked up posters at the Feb. 19 meeting and are not listed below, be sure to send us your name and where you will be distributing your posters. Want to help? Posters still available for pick-up at Lionfish Creative, 11010 Northup Way, Bellevue, WA 98004, 425-285-1500. Galyn will have posters available at the front desk, along with the national Small Press Month poster featuring Sherman Alexie.
Tom Masters, Orion Wellspring
Queen Anne Bookstore, Seattle, WA
Queen Anne Library, Seattle, WA
Beth Whitman, Dispatch Travels
Wide World Books, Seattle, WA
Square One Books, Seattle, WA
Third Place Books, Seattle, WA
Galyn Gardner, Lionfish
Snohomish County libraries:
Arlington
Granite Falls
Lake Stevens
Marysville
Monroe
Stanwood
…and
Bellevue Regional
Crossroads – The Library Connection
Village Books, Bellingham, WA
Stonehouse Books, Kirkland, WA
Book Worm, Marysville, WA
East West Books – University District, Seattle, WA
Margaret Doyle, Port Gamble Publishing
Darvill’s Bookstore, Eastsound, WA
Griffin Bay Bookstore, Friday Harbor, WA
Pyramidion, Eastsound, WA
Serendipity, Friday Harbor, WA
Island Studios, Friday Harbor, WA
Artsmith, Eastsound, WA
Ellen Martorelli, Eye-Scapes
Half Price Books - University District
Twice Sold Tales, 45th St., Seattle, WA
Magus Books, Seattle, WA
Rebecca Brown, Big River Press
Odyssey Books, Port Angeles, WA
Port Book and News, Port Angeles, WA
Chris Salditt, Mother Love Publishing
Mukilteo
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Tell Us Your Story: We'll Feature Your Press In March, Let's Tell a New Story Every Day!
We'd like to post a new story about a Northwest publisher member each day during March, Small Press Month. Let's celebrate by telling our stories. Let us know what inspired you to begin your business, what keeps you publishing, what's new in your world!
Doing an event during March? Be sure to send a listing to Book Publishers Northwest. We will be featuring a "Small Press Month Events" calendar on the website.
For ideas on how to celebrate Small Press Month, check "31 Ways to Prepare for Small Press Month (March)" in our articles by BPNW members archive.
Send your news and event listings to bpnwnews at aol.com.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Join BPNW and Save $30 From IBPA!
A 2009 membership in Book Publishers Northwest costs $50. But upon receipt of your payment, we will send you a $30 coupon for the Independent Book Publishers Association. This coupon can be used for an IBPA membership or selected services.
BPNW members can attend regular meetings at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle for free. They can also bring members of their company for free. They receive listings in directory. Special offers for publishers as available. And a network of like-minded people to ask about the business!
To join Book Publishers Northwest for 2009, mail $50 to:
Book Publishers Northwest
Attn: 2009 Membership
PO Box 9535
Seattle WA 98109
Please include the following information with payment:
Business Name
Type of business: Publisher or Service for Publishers
Contact Name
Mailing address
Website
Contact e-mail
Please indicate if this information can be published in the membership directory and include a one-paragraph description of the business.
Checks should be made out to Book Publishers Northwest.
BPNW members can attend regular meetings at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle for free. They can also bring members of their company for free. They receive listings in directory. Special offers for publishers as available. And a network of like-minded people to ask about the business!
To join Book Publishers Northwest for 2009, mail $50 to:
Book Publishers Northwest
Attn: 2009 Membership
PO Box 9535
Seattle WA 98109
Please include the following information with payment:
Business Name
Type of business: Publisher or Service for Publishers
Contact Name
Mailing address
Website
Contact e-mail
Please indicate if this information can be published in the membership directory and include a one-paragraph description of the business.
Checks should be made out to Book Publishers Northwest.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
New section of articles by BPNW members
Recognizing that Book Publishers Northwest's members have wealth of knowledge to share, we've started a new section of informational articles by our members. Click on the link in the right-hand column to see the latest offering from our members.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
BPNW Display at Fall Trade Show
On Sept 16, Book Publishers Northwest joined with Northwest Association of Book Publishers and IBPA to display members books at the PNBA Fall Trade Show for booksellers and librarians.
Celeste Bennett sent us the following photos of the display and trade show floor.
Members at the show reported that traffic appeared to be up from the 2007 show.
BPNW's display included books and sales literature demonstrating the wide range of material published in the Northwest.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Publishing Round Table on Sept 18
Join Gail Sexton, our 2008 Pub U Scholar, for a publishers' roundtable for good advice on starting, growing, or just having fun with your publishing business. Start off the fall season with new ideas!
This meeting is free for members.
Meeting takes place at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside N., Room 221, Seattle, Washington, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 18. See you there!
This meeting is free for members.
Meeting takes place at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside N., Room 221, Seattle, Washington, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 18. See you there!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
PNBA Display Books Donated to Rural Library
The Darby Community Library in Darby, Montana, were picked to benefit from the PNBA Rural Library Drive. At the end of the PNBA Fall Trade Show, exhibitors like Book Publishers Northwest left their display books with volunteers from the library.
The community recently acquired a new building that will now be stocked with a wide range of wonderful titles donated by BPNW members and others at the PNBA Fall Trade Show.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A plea from your editor at BPNW News
* Keep Your E-mail Up-to-Date
* Check Your Spam Folder
* Use the Blog!
Why is all of the above in bold type? Because your slightly stressed-out BPNW blog lady is moving, remodeling, and finishing up a novel for publication in 2009 (City of the Dead, coming next year from Wizards of the Coast).
This means that I probably won't have time to track down why certain newsletter subscriptions and other e-mails bounce. So if your server goes down and you switch to gmail, use the subscribe tool on this page to get your newsletter. Or e-mail me at bpnwnews at aol.com.
If you don't see the newsletter arriving in your in-box every month, check your spam folder. It might be lurking there.
Dates for meetings are always posted here first. Use this blog for quick information. Use the RSS and you won't miss anything!
Have a great Fall. I'm hoping to see you at the Sept 18 meeting. But bear with me as I make few transitions this season.
Sincerely,
Rosemary Jones
Book Publishers Northwest
* Check Your Spam Folder
* Use the Blog!
Why is all of the above in bold type? Because your slightly stressed-out BPNW blog lady is moving, remodeling, and finishing up a novel for publication in 2009 (City of the Dead, coming next year from Wizards of the Coast).
This means that I probably won't have time to track down why certain newsletter subscriptions and other e-mails bounce. So if your server goes down and you switch to gmail, use the subscribe tool on this page to get your newsletter. Or e-mail me at bpnwnews at aol.com.
If you don't see the newsletter arriving in your in-box every month, check your spam folder. It might be lurking there.
Dates for meetings are always posted here first. Use this blog for quick information. Use the RSS and you won't miss anything!
Have a great Fall. I'm hoping to see you at the Sept 18 meeting. But bear with me as I make few transitions this season.
Sincerely,
Rosemary Jones
Book Publishers Northwest
Saturday, August 30, 2008
No Meeting in August, Preparing for PNBA
Book Publishers Northwest's next meeting will be September 18 at Good Shepherd Center, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Join Gail Sexton, our 2008 Pub U Scholar, for a publisher's roundtable for good advice on starting, growing, or just having fun with your publishing business.
PNBA Fall Trade Show: Free Display for BPNW Members
Book Publishers Northwest will have a joint display with NWABP and IBPA. Every 2008 BPNW member can display one title for free at this regional trade show.
Join Today To Display Your Book At PNBA
Free display of one book at the PNBA Fall Trade Show is restricted to 2008 members who joined before July 30 or 2008/09 members who join by Sept. 1.
Join BPNW today for this and other benefits!
PNBA Fall Trade Show: Free Display for BPNW Members
Book Publishers Northwest will have a joint display with NWABP and IBPA. Every 2008 BPNW member can display one title for free at this regional trade show.
Join Today To Display Your Book At PNBA
Free display of one book at the PNBA Fall Trade Show is restricted to 2008 members who joined before July 30 or 2008/09 members who join by Sept. 1.
Join BPNW today for this and other benefits!
Friday, August 15, 2008
New Look, New Features
The BPNW News Blog decided to update its look -- it was something to do during NBC Olympic broadcast's commercials!
New features include RSS subscription button (see right) and a new Kaboodle list of members' books. Click on Kaboodle link to find a sampling of books published by BPNW members, including links to order forms on the publishers' websites or other online booksellers.
Enjoy the new features and let us know what we can do to make this an even better blog!
New features include RSS subscription button (see right) and a new Kaboodle list of members' books. Click on Kaboodle link to find a sampling of books published by BPNW members, including links to order forms on the publishers' websites or other online booksellers.
Enjoy the new features and let us know what we can do to make this an even better blog!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Display Your Books at Florida Show
FAME (Florida Association for Media in Education, www.FloridaMedia.org) is set for September 24–26, at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando. Attendees are school librarians.
The Florida Publishers Association is once again offering to display the books of affiliate members, such as BPNW members, at their booth.
Display of each product in the Florida Publishers Association booth costs $60 for publishers that are not members of FPA. (A booth of your own costs $800.) To learn more about how to display with FPA at FAME, visit http://www.flbookpub.org/fame.html.
The Florida Publishers Association is once again offering to display the books of affiliate members, such as BPNW members, at their booth.
Display of each product in the Florida Publishers Association booth costs $60 for publishers that are not members of FPA. (A booth of your own costs $800.) To learn more about how to display with FPA at FAME, visit http://www.flbookpub.org/fame.html.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Author's Den Recommended
I'd like to inform my fellow members of another opportunity to get their names and titles known in the writers/publishers community. It's called AuthorsDen (www.authorsden.com) and, along with an extensive amount of information about you as an author and samples from your books, cover, and other pertinent info, the writing of articles to be published on the site is encouraged.
I urge BPNW members to check it out. With the help of my internet-savvy husband, I am now listed on the site, and you can check my listing out as an example of how you and your works will be displayed. More good news: there was no charge to do this.
Regards,
Chris Salditt
Mother Love Publishing
I urge BPNW members to check it out. With the help of my internet-savvy husband, I am now listed on the site, and you can check my listing out as an example of how you and your works will be displayed. More good news: there was no charge to do this.
Regards,
Chris Salditt
Mother Love Publishing
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
2008-09 Catalog Closed
Once again, Book Publishers Northwest and the Northwest Association of Book Publishers new catalog of members’ books will be distributed at the PNBA Fall Trade Show and Wordstock.
Registration for this catalog closed on July 30, 2008.
Those who registered for the catalog through BPNW will be sent receipts on August 2-4. Please DO NOT SEND new registrations after July 30.
Registration for this catalog closed on July 30, 2008.
Those who registered for the catalog through BPNW will be sent receipts on August 2-4. Please DO NOT SEND new registrations after July 30.
Monday, July 14, 2008
No BPNW meetings in July or August
Although Book Publishers Northwest takes a break from regular meetings in July and August, check out these events for publishers and writers happening in the NW.
Editor's Guild on Self-Publishing
July 14, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA. Free for BPNW members.
PNWA Summer Conference
Northwest's largest writer's conference, July 17 to 20, 2008, Seattle, WA
NWABP Seminar on Web Marketing
All Day session, July 19, Portland, OR
Our next regularly scheduled meeting will take place on Sept. 18 at Good Shepherd Center.
Editor's Guild on Self-Publishing
July 14, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA. Free for BPNW members.
PNWA Summer Conference
Northwest's largest writer's conference, July 17 to 20, 2008, Seattle, WA
NWABP Seminar on Web Marketing
All Day session, July 19, Portland, OR
Our next regularly scheduled meeting will take place on Sept. 18 at Good Shepherd Center.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
June 19 Meeting: Working with a Sales Rep
How does a sales rep actually represent a publisher? If you're trying to expand the distribution of your books, come to the June 19 meeting of Book Publishers Northwest. Our speaker will be Kathleen Tuura.
A sales representative for 30 years and, for the past 15 years, concentrating on the gift and card market, Tuura mostly sells to independent gift and book stores. "The product lines are in the Northwest theme," she said, "but I do stray and take on things that speak out to me. I tend to go to the arty things, as my college degree was Music and Art for Elementary Education."
The June 19 meeting takes place 4 pm to 6 pm at the Good Shepherd Center, 649 Sunnyside N., Room 221, in Seattle. This meeting is free for members of Book Publishers Northwest.
A sales representative for 30 years and, for the past 15 years, concentrating on the gift and card market, Tuura mostly sells to independent gift and book stores. "The product lines are in the Northwest theme," she said, "but I do stray and take on things that speak out to me. I tend to go to the arty things, as my college degree was Music and Art for Elementary Education."
The June 19 meeting takes place 4 pm to 6 pm at the Good Shepherd Center, 649 Sunnyside N., Room 221, in Seattle. This meeting is free for members of Book Publishers Northwest.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
BPNW Directory Live on Issuu
Book Publishers Northwest's newest Members Directory can be seen as a flash document on Issuu.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Debt Up for Award
Debt is Slavery: and 9 Other Things I Wish My Dad Had Taught Me About Money has been chosen as a finalist in the Business category of the 2008 National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA).
“It’s an honor the NIEA has picked Debt is Slavery as one of the top business books produced by independent publishers,” remarked BPNW member Michael Mihalik. “A lot of effort was put into the production of this book by a strong team of industry professionals. Debt is Slavery wouldn’t have become a reality without the excellent book cover and interior design by Peri Poloni-Gabriel and Monica Thomas of Knockout Design, the insightful editing of Heidi Thomas from SunCatcher Publications, and the quality printing of Color House Graphics.”
The popular personal finance website TheSimpleDollar.com recently selected Debt is Slavery as one of only eight books (out of 200 reviewed) to be included in its "Essential Bookshelf."
Mihalik authored the book, which he published under the imprint October Mist.
“It’s an honor the NIEA has picked Debt is Slavery as one of the top business books produced by independent publishers,” remarked BPNW member Michael Mihalik. “A lot of effort was put into the production of this book by a strong team of industry professionals. Debt is Slavery wouldn’t have become a reality without the excellent book cover and interior design by Peri Poloni-Gabriel and Monica Thomas of Knockout Design, the insightful editing of Heidi Thomas from SunCatcher Publications, and the quality printing of Color House Graphics.”
The popular personal finance website TheSimpleDollar.com recently selected Debt is Slavery as one of only eight books (out of 200 reviewed) to be included in its "Essential Bookshelf."
Mihalik authored the book, which he published under the imprint October Mist.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Educational Seminars Needed for PNBA
PNBA is planning to emphasize "Booksellers Working with Librarians" at the organization's fall show this year, which will be held at the Portland Airport Holiday Inn and Conference Center, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 -17.
PNBA booked the entire hotel, including all of the break-out rooms for all three days.
BPNW has been invited to create educational sessions for authors and/or small press publishers at the show that focus on working with libraries.
If you are a member of BPNW and would be interested in creating such an educational session, please e-mail bpnwnews at aol.com.
"I am interested in hearing from BPNW whether you find this program interesting and potentially attractive to your members, and whether you and your colleagues would like to propose any specific educational sessions that you will produce," wrote PNBA director Thom Chambliss in a recent e-mail.
"PNBA is non-profit and cannot pay you for your sessions, and we will not charge attendees any additional fees to attend your sessions. As usual, anyone with a show badge will be free to attend any sessions of their choice," he added.
PNBA booked the entire hotel, including all of the break-out rooms for all three days.
BPNW has been invited to create educational sessions for authors and/or small press publishers at the show that focus on working with libraries.
If you are a member of BPNW and would be interested in creating such an educational session, please e-mail bpnwnews at aol.com.
"I am interested in hearing from BPNW whether you find this program interesting and potentially attractive to your members, and whether you and your colleagues would like to propose any specific educational sessions that you will produce," wrote PNBA director Thom Chambliss in a recent e-mail.
"PNBA is non-profit and cannot pay you for your sessions, and we will not charge attendees any additional fees to attend your sessions. As usual, anyone with a show badge will be free to attend any sessions of their choice," he added.
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