For Booksellers - August 5, 2015

In This Issue



 
Laura Ayrey
Executive Director
MPIBA

435.649.6079 office

435.649.6105 fax     

 

 


Association Information

Send publisher catalogs,
author information,
ARCs, and publicity
to Laura:   

     

3278 Big Spruce Way

Park City, UT 84098    

 

 




Kathy Keel
Project Manager
MPIBA
970.484.3939
970.484.0037 fax

 


Administration/Projects
Send project-related  
questions (Fall Discovery Show, Winter Catalog, Reading the
West Book 
Awards, Website) 
plus bills, invoices,
and payments to:


MPIBA Administration
c/o Kathy Keel
208 E. Lincoln Avenue

Fort Collins, CO 80524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Mark Your Calendar!


Fall Discovery Show 2015
October 8-10, 2015
The Renaissance
Denver Hotel








Fall Discovery Show
and Winter Catalog  
To-Do List! 


Fall Discovery Show 2014:
The Renaissance Hotel's gorgeous Exhibit Hall.
Pictured above: Jill Bailey from Penguin Random House
and booksellers Brittany Daniel and Lynda Speck
from Storybrooke, Ink in Holyoke, Colorado. 

Photos by Volunteer Extraordinaire  
Victoria Henson

If you didn't have a chance to review these photos last year ... there are some crisp, wonderful author headshots and bookseller photos that could be used for your own marketing purposes ... so download away!
1.
 
The deadline for completion is August 17, 2015.

MPIBA will invoice you for Fall Discovery Show charges, Winter Catalog shipping charges, if any, and Membership Dues for 2016.

You can then pay by credit card or you can send a check to the address that is listed on your invoice. 


Fall Discovery Show 2014:
Pictured from left: Larry Yoder, The Bookies; Author Christopher Scotton; Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Bookshop;
Karin Barker, The Bookworm of Edwards.
2.

 


Deadlines and Dates

August 17, 2015

Winter Catalog 2015 Bookseller Online-only Order Form completed.

 

August 17, 2015

Imprint art, changes and/or revisions due to MPIBA.

 

August 24, 2015

Deadline for imprint approvals and final shipping instructions. No changes can be made after this date.

 

August through November 2015

MPIBA will invoice you for Winter Catalog shipping charges, if any, Fall Discovery Show charges, and Membership Dues for 2016. You can then pay by credit card or you can send a check to the address listed on your invoice.

 

November 2015

Imprint orders greater than 6,000 catalogs placed on trucks for delivery to newspapers and bookstores; allow at least two weeks for delivery.

 

Imprint orders less than 6,000 catalogs - and catalogs delivered to store addresses and for EDDM - are shipped out via ground service in boxes of 500 with packets of Shelf Talkers included.

 

November 10, 2015

Earliest arrival date at newspapers.

 

November 15, 2015

Earliest date for a newspaper insertion.

 

 

Payment for Shipping Charges

 

ALL Winter Catalogs are imprinted with your store's logo, branding, and message. MPIBA no longer offers "regular, non-imprinted" catalogs.

 

Catalog Orders under 6,000 Quantity

Shipped via Ground Service

Shipping is FREE for your first box of 500 imprinted Winter Catalogs; MPIBA will invoice you for shipping on the balance of your order at $15 per box of 500 catalogs.

 

Catalog Orders over 6,000

Shipped via Truck

Your shipment is sent by truck to the store, newspaper, other locations -- destinations you specify -- and you will receive an estimate of trucked freight charges.

 

After your approval of the estimated charges, MPIBA will invoice you and you can pay by credit card or by sending a check. This will happen after the Fall Discovery Show in October 2015.

 

Information

 

Laura Ayrey, Executive Director

Kathy Keel, Project Manager

info@mountainsplains.org

(800) 752-0249

(970) 484-3939

fax (970) 484-0037

 
3.

 

The online schedule includes key target dates for events by month, authors confirmed to date, and a preliminary schedule for each Show day.   


Children's Author & Illustrator Breakfast:
Author Jon Scieszka from Abrams/Amulet Books

Authors of Buzz Books Breakfast:
Author Julie Checkoway from Hachette Book Group/Grand Central
4.

 

The Renaissance Denver Hotel

(888) 228-9290

3801 Quebec Street

Denver, CO 80207

 

In order to get the special MPIBA group rate of $129.00 per night for a deluxe room, your reservation must be made by September 22, 2015.

 

If booking online, use the link below and input your own arrival and departure dates. 

 

MPIBA Room Reservation at The Renaissance Hotel 

 

Group Code FWRFWRA for a King room.

Group Code FWRFWRB for a Queen/Queen room.

 

If calling The Renaissance (888) 228-9290 to make your room reservation, make sure you mention you are with Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association.

 

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