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Publisher Spotlight: Gingerbread House | ||
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Publisher Association Profiles: SPAN | ||
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| Combined Book Exhibit, 277 White Street, Buchanan, NY 10511 Telephone: 914-739-7500 Toll Free: 800-462-7687 Fax: 914-739-7575 |
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| contact people Seth Dellon Peter Birch Jon Malinowski |
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Dear Publisher!
April has been a busy month for us at CBE, with five state shows and the London Book Fair all taking place within a few weeks of each other. Below, in the show schedule, you’ll be able to access the reports from all of the shows (except London, because let’s face it: a show that big needs more than just a few days of reflection).
However, even through the hard work and travel, we’ve found time to give you all some great updates, so look below for the return of the Publisher Spotlight and the Publisher Association Profiles with Gingerbread House and SPAN respectively. Also, you’ll find some information about the summit our friends at the Association of Educational Publishers are hosting.
After your response about Toy Fair in last month’s issue, we’ve decided to open up the floor to your opinions about three other shows as well. Follow this link to read about the four new show possibilities (including Toy Fair) and send an email to seth@combinedbook.com with your pick(s)!
As always, be sure to keep checking our website for updates (including the soon to be released London Book Fair report), the database for constantly added books, and of course the blog for some first hand publishing commentary from yours truly.
As always, happy reading!
Seth
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Publisher Spotlight: Gingerbread House: |
 The year 2000 was both historic, and anticlimactic: Historic in its significance to the world as the beginning of a new millennium, the punch line of many a “Seinfeld” or “Friends” episode, and the night teenagers were sure to get the big new years kiss. After all, we were all going to perish because of the Y2K computer issue, so there was no time like the present. Which leads me to its anticlimactic features: while the ball dropped in Times Square and confetti littered the streets, life continued into the new millennium as it did the years prior, and subsequently the years since. In retrospect, “Happy Millennium” turned out no more significant than “Happy New Year,” or even “Happy Saturday.” But I digress: while New Year’s Eve may have lacked the glamour and excitement (and thankfully, the projected dangers), the year itself brought exciting happenings to almost every industry, from the great media merge of America Online and Time Warner, to the sporting world’s once-in-a-blue-moon Subway Series, the TV nation’s loss of Kathy Lee, and of course that presidential election. Publishing would not be left out of the excitement, with adult publishers creating Internet traffic by those downloading the ebook of Stephen Kings “Riding the Bullet,” and one small family on Long Island preparing to make some major noise in the world of children’s literature, as Gingerbread House planted the seeds for its humble roots. Visualizing her house’s spare bedroom as more than just a storage space, author Josephine Nobisso saw it as the opportunity to take three of her then out of print books, and re-release them for a new set of readers. Partnering with her then-14-year-old daughter, Maria, as the art director and operations manager, the spare bedroom made the transition to office, and Gingerbread House was born. Click here to read the Spotlight in its entirety. |
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Publisher Association Profiles: SPAN | |
| There exists in this world an entire culture of do-it-yourselfers, and each category has its resource: chefs have the food network, designers have HGTV, musicians have Myspace, and artists have, well, had Bob Ross. But what about publishers? Where are the new presses, or the small presses, even the big presses in need of a new perspective supposed to turn? Ten years into the game, the Small Publishers Association of North America, has got helping publishers down to a science. Founded in 1996, SPAN is less of a shy pre-teen, and more of a child prodigy. With over one thousand members representing “one-book self-publishers to firms with more than 800 books in print,” suppliers and vendors, SPAN has laid the groundwork for being a very successful and useful publisher association. Serving its members as an important resource, SPAN understands the needs of small publishers and, through its professional relationships, delivers what they need. SPAN’s website shows that the association is veritable melting pot in a world of homogenous resources. They categorize their benefits into the following four categories: Information & Networking Benefits, Production, Shipping, & Distribution Benefits, Marketing Benefits and Lifestyle & Business Benefits. Each type of benefit is available to any member. Information and networking benefits include on-line discussion groups, a quarterly e-zine, a monthly newsletter, and more. Production, shipping and distribution benefits are more self-explanatory. They offer discounts on services such as shipping, printing and wholesaling. Marketing benefits run the gamut from discounts on advertising, to opportunities to sell in various marketplaces (and a discounted membership for Combined Book Exhibit). Lifestyle and business benefits go beyond the book and help members with their banking, financing and health and life insurance by offering discounts and information. With all of their benefits, they cover all of the needs of anyone hoping to dedicate their lives to making books. Where other associations might feel as though a list of benefits that long is enough for its members, SPAN continues to offer more. They have an array of educational services including self-publishing FAQs, glossary of terms, and a collection of helpful articles. They also have an annual marketing conference and trade show. One look at the testimonials page on their website proves what a valuable resource SPAN is to its members. To find out more about SPAN, visit their website at www.spannet.org, call 719-475-1726, or email span@spannet.org. | ||
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AEP To Host Summit: |
 The Association of Educational Publishers will once again be hosting its annual summit from July 10-13 in Washington at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel. This year’s summit, kicking off with a general session by Kathryn Cramer and Hank Wasiak (co-authors of Change the Way You See Everything), will be tailored to professionals in the educational publishing industry. The summit’s theme is Publishing at the Speed of Change, and will stress the need to expand beyond traditional print materials, and the need to keep up with “the speed of change” in educational technology. The four days will feature an array of educational offerings, networking events, exhibits, and of course the annual AEP Awards Gala. More information about the event can be found at www.aepweb.org/summit or you can contact Doug Ferguson at 856-241-7772 or by email at dferguson@aepweb.org. |
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