Trade Show

2008 Trade Show Videos

Introduction
Booksellers Talking Co-Op
Building a Great Graphic Novel Section for Kids and Teens
Print-on-Demand: An Opportunity
Gregory Xavier Robillard talks about his book Captain Freedom

Introduction

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Booksellers Talking Co-Op

I know, we presented a co-op session last year, but the thirst for knowledge in this area remains unslaked. So we’ve put together a panel of booksellers to discuss their expertise in three specific co-op areas—Events, In-Store Display, and Holiday Catalog. They will briefly address those co-op opportunities, and then we’ll throw the floor open for questions and bookseller interaction.

Presenters:
Kathleen Caldwell, A Great Good Place for Books
Heather Lyon, Lyon Books
Margie Tucker, Books Inc.

Building a Great Graphic Novel Section for Kids and Teens

“Graphic novel” seems to be the buzzword in bookselling these days, and it’s not hard to understand why. Total sales of graphic novels have quadrupled since 2001, and sales are still experiencing doubledigit growth each year. This workshop will give you all the nuts and bolts you need to create an exciting, up-to-date section, including core lists, a discussion of the various genres within the category, and tips on shelving and merchandising a kids’ Graphic Novel section. Bring your questions, large and small, and we will help you find the answers.

Presenter:
Kristen McLean, Executive Director, Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC)

Print-on-Demand: An Opportunity

To survive the never-ending assault of competition, technology, and shifting demographics, independent booksellers need to be on the lookout for new business models. Print-on-demand (POD) is a great place to start. In addition to changing the nature of book distribution, POD allows booksellers to become publishers with very little financial risk. Learn about ABA’s new partnership with Applewood Books that enables you to publish any title that is in the public domain or any book, such as a local interest title, whose rights have reverted to the author and to sell it at margins from 50 to 75 percent.

Presenters:
Dan Cullen, Senior Director, Editorial Content, ABA
Monica McClanahan, Willow Bridge Books

Gregory Xavier Robillard talks about his book Captain Freedom

Bestselling Titles from Northern California Independent Publishers

AUNT LUTE BOOKS

Borderlands/La Frontera
Gloria Anzaldua
9781879960749

Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers, Vol. 1 & 2
Lisa Hogeland
9781879960688 / 9781879960770

Miko Kings
LeAnne Howe
9781879960749

BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS

Eat That Frog
Brian Tracy
9781576754221

Leadership & Self-Deception
The Arbinger Institute
9781576751749

The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die
John Izzo
9781576754757

CLEIS PRESS

Best Women’s Erotica 2008
Edited by Violet Blue
9781573442992

Whole Lesbian Sex Book
Felice Newman
9781573441995

Best Lesbian Erotica 2008
Edited by Tristan Taormino
9781573443005

KOMENAR PUBLISHING

The Love We All Wait For
Lee Doyle
978981727103

Outside Child
Alice Wilson-Fried
978977208173

My Half of the Sky
Jana McBurney-Lin
978977208135

LAST GASP

Mitch O’Connell: Tattoos
Mitch O’Connell
0867196726

Best Erotic Comics 2008
Edited by Greta Christina
0867196866

Gangsta Rap Coloring Book
Aye Jay Morano
0867196041

MANIC D PRESS

Quakeland
Francesca Lia Block
9781933149233

Stencil Nation
Russell Howse
9781933149226

In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot
Graham Roumieu
9780916397845

PALACE PRESS
(Insight, Mandala, Earth Aware)

Antarctica
Sebastian Copeland
9781933784199

Altar Your Space
Jagatioti S. Khalsa
9781601090089

The Art & Making of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
W. Haden Blackman & Brett Rector
9781933784250

POLIPOINT PRESS

The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn’t
Cliff Schecter
9780979482298

The Blue Pages: A Directory of Companies Rated by Their Politics and Practices
PoliPointPress 9780976062110

Best Care Anywhere: Why VA Health Care Is Better Than Yours
Phillip Longman
9780977825301

QUICK AMERICAN

Dank: The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana
Subcool
9780932551894

Big Book of Buds Vol. 3
Ed Rosenthal
978093225179

Marijuana Garden Saver
Ed Rosenthal
978093225191

REGENT PRESS

The Black/White Divide In America Still
Marlin Foxworth & Ralph Gordon
9781587901423

Visions of Frisco
Satty, edited by Walter Medeiros
9781587901409

The Winged and Garlanded Nike
Stan Scott
9781587901430

STONE BRIDGE PRESS

Japanese the Manga Way
Wayne P. Lammers
9781880656907

The Berkeley Book of College Essays
Janet Huseby
9781933330600

Travels in the East
Donald Richie
9781933330617

TACHYON PUBLICATIONS

Steampunk
Edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
9781892391759

Content
Cory Doctorow
9781892391810

The Word of God
Thomas Disch
9781892391773

2008 Rep Picks

Favorite First Fiction Title

Between Here & April Deborah Copaken Kogan (Algonquin)
Graceling Kristin Cashore (Harcourt Children)
Little Giant of Aberdeen County Tiffany Baker (Grand Central)
The Little Book Selden Edwards (Dutton)
Where the Line Bleeds Jesmyn Ward (Agate Bolden)
Creepers Joanne Dahme (Running Press)
The Journey H.G. Adler (Random House)
Downtown Owl Chuck Klosterman (Scribner)
In the Land of No Right Angles Daphne Beal (Anchor)
Not Yet Drown’d Peg Kingman (Norton)
Broken Daniel Clay (Perennial)
Being Written William Conescu (Perennial)

Title Well Suited for Book Groups

An Arsonist’s Guide To Writers’ Homes in New England Brock Clarke (Algonquin)
My Enemy’s Cradle Sara Young (Harvest)
The Almost Moon Alice Sebold (Back Bay)
Five Skies Ron Carlson (Penguin)
Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier (Grove)
Wife in the North Judith O’Reilly (PublicAffairs)
The Witch’s Trinity Erika Mailman (Three Rivers)
White Tiger Aravind Adiga (Free Press)
Trespass Valerie Martin (Vintage)
The Zookeeper’s Wife Diane Ackerman (Norton)
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men Michael Kimmel (Harper)
Steer Toward Rock Fae Myenne Ng (Hyperion)

Commercial Title That’s Also Well-Written

Heart in the Right Place Carolyn Jourdan (Algonquin)
Runner Thomas Perry (Houghton Mifflin)
The Outliers Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
The Help Kathryn Stockett (Putnam)
The Flying Troutmans Miriam Toews (Counterpoint)
Mona Lisa in Camelot Margaret Leslie Davis (Da Capo)
The Various Flavors of Coffee Anthony Capella (Bantam)
Just After Sunset Stephen King (Scribner)
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
The Glass of Time Michael Cox (Norton)
John Lennon: The Life Philip Norman (Ecco)
Sweetsmoke David Fuller (Hyperion)

Quirkiest Book on the List

Sleeveface John Rostron (Artisan)
Best American Non-Required Reading 2008 edited by Dave Eggers (Houghton Mifflin)
Drood Dan Simmons (Little, Brown)
More Information Than You Require John Hodgman (Dutton)
The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum (Counterpoint)
The Sun and the Moon Matthew Goodman (Basic)
And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl Roger Bennett (Crown)
Heroin Diaries Nikki Sixx (Vh1)
Eat Me Kenny Shopsin (Knopf)
Superorganism E.O. Wilson (Norton)
Click Bill Tancer (Hyperion)
State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America Matt Weiland & Sean Wilsey (Ecco)

A Great Book Coming in 2009

Bottega Favorita Frank Stitt (Artisan)
My Abandonment Peter Rock (Houghton Mifflin)
Amigoland Oscar Casares (Little, Brown)
Locke 1928 Shawna Yang Ryan (Penguin Press)
Book of Clouds Chloe Aridjis (Grove/Black Cat)
The Bloody White Baron James Palmer (Basic)
The Book of the Unknown Jonathan Keats (Random House)
Going to See the Elephant Rodes Fishburne (Delacorte)
It Sucked & Then I Cried Heather Armstrong (Simon Spotlight)
Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese (Knopf)
The Increment David Ignatius (Norton)
The Ballad of West Tenth Street Marjorie Kernan (Perennial)
The Writing on My Forehead Nafisa Haji (Morrow)

One Book I Wish Everyone Would Read

Homeowner’s Guide to Landscaping with Fruit Lee Reich (Storey)
The Eleventh Man Ivan Doig (Harcourt)
Beat the Reaper Josh Bazell (Little, Brown)
City of Thieves David Benioff (Viking)
The English Major Jim Harrison (Grove)
The Vertigo Years Philipp Blom (Basic)
The Man Who Invented Christmas Les Standiford (Crown)
Born Standing Up Steve Martin (Scribner)
A Mercy Toni Morrison (Knopf)
August Gerard Woodward (Norton)
The Tyranny of Oil Antonia Juhasz (Morrow)
Goldengrove Francine Prose (Harper)