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Southern California just had its turn to host two
May-June events.
First, Publishers Marketing
Association (PMA),
which is becoming
The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA),
held its annual Publishing University May
27-29, 2008
at the Los Angeles Wilshire Grand Hotel.
After three days of sitting and mingling,
we left with an overload of information,
some bit of which we hope
actually to put into practice.
For the next three days, May 30-June 1,
2008,
the Los Angeles Convention Center was the
site
for
Book Expo America (BEA)
which pulled together thousands of book people:
publishers, buyers, distributors, wholesalers,
providers
of related services, authors, and others,
who worked hundreds of booths or
walked miles to look at exhibitors' booths
and collected bags full of promotional materials.
We displayed some books in the IBPA booth,
walked the miles, met interesting people,
gathered information about the state
of the book business,
and left with weary legs and
new dedication to publishing.
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From June 12 through June 19 will be a time of
diversion.
Someone will
monitor book orders and other email,
but we may be slightly slower getting book orders on
their way.
June 20, things at Stone and Scott will return
to the customary.
Projects in progress and new ones will then take
our attention.
We thank you for your business and for your
referrals. |
It
was written by Brad Newsom, who captured the
essence of that highly successful method of
voice training and published by New Wind
Press. 
