Earlier this year, we joined Book Publishers Northwest. It seemed like a good pace to learn skills during their monthly meetings. What we did not realize is that it would also get us into the door for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association conference. For a new publisher, this has got to be the best $50 you could spend. (Membership information here).
What I liked about being at the PNBA conference was being totally overwhelmed, totally humbled, and finally to get a bit of clarity about how we might sell our books.
A funny thing that’s changed for me being a publisher rather than only a reader is that I no longer walk into a bookstore with a sense of anticipation and wonder, but rather dread and the wish that somehow there were no other books than the ones we’re putting out! How dare there be so many more interesting and gorgeous books taking attention away from our incredible books that everyone should read! Ha! Such is the life of the publisher as he walks to the counter with six books he intensely needed after he was done fondling his book on the shelf!
- The book I am most looking forward to reading
- Best story idea? Romance, Antarctica, astronomy.
- A book we will have at our residency apartment!
- The book we wanted that wasn’t there.
- The best cover *and we can say an adorable and charming read.
- Good looking recipes and a reminder we need to get back to the Okanogan.
- This seems like a great series. We passed on two of them into our challenged elementary schools.
- These play covers by Talon Books! Wow!