Book Publicists Speed Dating Event

Shelf Awareness - ABA to Host 'Publicists Speed Dating' Event at BEA

In addition to its popular "Meet the Editor" program, the American Booksellers Association has added a second event to provide booksellers with an opportunity to network with publishers, Bookselling This Week reported: new this year is "Publicists Speed Dating," which is modeled after the popular "Reps Picks" format.

Participating booksellers will be able to "meet with publicists from a number of publishers for approximately 12 minutes each. These conversations are a chance for booksellers to promote their stores, as well as to discover what publicists look for when they plan author tours," BTW wrote. The event is open to owners, general managers and event managers from ABA member bookstores, with a limit of three booksellers per store location. Space is limited and will be capped at 50 store locations.