e-Newsletter September 16, 2016

In This Issue
Fall Discovery Show Updates Online!
1. Author Slideshow
2. Exhibitors' Show Specials
Welcome New Exhibitors!
3. Exhibit Hall Diagram
4. Show Schedule At a Glance
5. Advice for First-Time Booksellers
"Are You a First-Timer?"
Welcome New Bookstores!
Pick of the Lists Schedule
Backlist Blind Book Swap
Bring a Favorite Backlist Title to the Show!
Ben Gillies Obituary




Laura Ayrey Burnett
Executive Director
MPIBA

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435.649.6105 fax  

 


Association Information
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ARCs, and publicity  
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Kathy Keel
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MPIBA
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Mark Your Calendar!

Fall Discovery Show (Trade Show) 2016
October 6-8, 2016
The Renaissance
Denver Hotel
Fall Discovery Show 2016:
Updates Online!   
It's only a couple of weeks until the exciting Fall Discovery Show 2016! Check out MPIBA's website updates below, make plans to attend some of the "extra" events, and prepare to have a wonderful time in Denver this fall!






Welcome New Exhibitors!

Bargain Books Wholesale
Book Expo America
Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media
Colophon Center
Elements
Galaxy Press
Hummingbird Digital Media
The JAMIT Company
Notable Kids Publishing
Salem Author Services
SHOUT
Sillan Pace Brown Publishing
Storymatic Studios
Texas Bookman
Please note that some of the Bookseller Educational Sessions on Saturday, October 8, 2016 have changed.

Plan to Attend
"Are You a First-Timer?"  

For Booksellers

Hosted by Bobbi Smith from Between the Covers Bookstore
and Vicki Burger from Wind City Books.

  

For Exhibitors

Hosted by Phoebe Gaston from Book Travelers West and
Eric Boss, former Penguin Sales Representative and current Mountains & Plains Special Projects.

 
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 7:15-8:00pm 
in the Colorado Ballroom Lounge Area
Welcome New Bookstores!
Many of these FIFTEEN new MPIBA bookseller members will be attending the Fall Discovery Show for the first time, so make sure to give them a warm welcome!

Absolutely Fiction
Another Chapter Bookstore
Book Lover's Emporium
Booked on 25th
Burrowing Owl Books
Canned Ham-Lit
Coyote Ridge Books
Downtown Books
Guidon Books
Hooked on Books II
The Last Word Bookstore
My Book Box LLC
The Paper Trail
The Printed Garden
This House of Books
 
 

Pick of the Lists Schedule  
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Pick of the Lists #1
Children's-only Morning Session
 
9:30Nicole DufortPenguin Random House
9:42Jill BaileyPenguin Random House
9:54David QuinnImprint Group
10:06Joe NovosadGlobe Pequot
10:18Christine FoyeSimon & Schuster
10:30Roz HildenScholastic
10:42Andrea PappenheimerHarperCollins Publishers

Pick of the Lists #2
Morning Session
 
10:54Kate McCuneHarperCollins Publishers
11:06Randy Hickernell
and Ken Graham		Hachette Book Group
11:18Michele SulkaPenguin Random House
11:30Valerie WalleyPenguin Random House
11:42Meg ShermanW.W. Norton & Company
11:54Charles RobertsHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
12:06Rob PinePGW/Perseus
12:18Christine FoyeSimon & Schuster

Pick of the Lists #3
Afternoon Session

1:54Randy Hickernell
and Ken Graham		Hachette Book Group
2:06Elizabeth FrewIngram Content Group
2:18Sara BercholzShambhala
2:30Phoebe GastonBook Travelers West
2:42Coy BatsonBarron's Educational Series
2:54Tom BentonPenguin Random House
3:06 Name TBA Penguin Random House
3:18Jeff CopeMacmillan
3:30Gillian RedfearnMacmillan
 
 

Backlist Blind Book Swap  
BOOKSELLERS:
Bring a favorite backlist book . . . 
or three or four . . . to the Show! 

  • Wrap your backlist book in a brown paper bag.
  • Write some intriguing language on the front:
    "Nonfiction Genre"
    "Cold, Wet, and Doomed"
    "Kept Me Up All Night"
     
  • Close the bag with scotch tape or a rubber band.
  • Pack it in the EXTRA suitcase you're bringing for all the Fall Discovery Show books and goodies you'll receive.
     
  • Grab a drink from the lobby bar.
  • Bring your wrapped books and meet us in the Colorado Ballroom Lounge Area (at the bottom of the escalators). 
  • Prepare to have a blast!
 
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 8:00pm 
Colorado Ballroom Lounge Area
 

 

News from Our Bookstores  
Ben Gillies Obituary 
It is with great sadness that MPIBA announces the passing of Ben Gillies of City Stack Books
& Coffee in Denver, Colorado

Benjamin Gerard Gillies
Son, brother, book-lover, bookseller, enthusiastic cyclist and gentle soul, died peacefully at The Denver Hospice in Denver, Colorado August 25, 2016, following a long illness. 

Ben was a partner and co-founder of City Stacks Books & Coffee in Denver 
and was previously a long-time employee of both the Hungry Mind and Subtext bookstores in St. Paul, Minnesota. 

Ben's love of books and reading knew few boundaries. 
 He read widely and deeply, and his favorite book was Milton's Paradise Lost. He was proud of his work as a bookseller and felt privileged to provide books for others. 

Those who knew him will miss his brilliance, humor, charm, and creativity. 

Ben graduated from high school in Idaho Falls, Idaho and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ben is survived by his partner of many years, Emily Scholl; his mother, Linda Moore Williams (Rodger); his father, Kevin Osborn Gillies (Nancy Banks); and brothers Sean (Ruth Hufbauer) and Aaron (Russell Jones).

Join MPIBA in making a Memorial Donation in Ben's name to Colorado Reading Partners.