New Mexico Book CoOp News

NM BOOK CO-OP NEWS -- May 11, 2008

ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO SIGN UP FOR CHAMA BOOK FAIR
This is a great opportunity to sell your books (and keep all the money) to a growing community of readers. Plus, it is an absolutely fantastic chance to network with some of the best in the business. The Chama Book Fair will be Saturday, June 7th at Cookin' Books from 10 AM to 3 PM. The keynote author this year is John Nichols, author of Milagro Bean Field War among other books. His sidekick author will be Taylor Streit, fly fishing guide and author of several fishing books. The author's seminar will take place from Friday, June 6th to Sunday June 8th. It will continue to be available to all authors at a cost of $75; reservations after April 15 are $99 each. That cost includes: Registration and Welcome Gift, Welcome Reception Tea, a special Friday evening event, a shared table (with one other author) at the Book Fair, 100% retention of all sales at the Book Fair, ticket to the Author's Seminar, which will be presented by John Nichols, and one ticket to the EHL Chuckwagon Suppershow. Guests are welcome to the Chuckwagon for an additional fee. There will be various lodging options available in Chama as well, with discounted author rates. Taylor Streit will also be offering at a cost a fly fishing class on the Rio Chama on Sunday morning, which is an optional event. Of course there are many other optional activities available as well, like the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, horseback riding etc. -- all available in the area either pre or post the Seminar. Application forms are available at http://nmbookcoop.com/page18/page22/page22.html

ENTRY DEADLINE FOR THE NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS FAST APPROACHING
The Early Deadline for entries in the 2008 New Mexico Book Awards is fast approaching. The early deadline is May 31, 2008 for entries; the entry fee for early submissions is $30 per title per category. There are some 35 categories for the book awards. The complete list of categories and the application information can be found at http://nmbookaward.com. After May 31, the entry fee will increase to $40. In addition to the regular entry categories, Borders stores in New Mexico are sponsoring The People’s Choice Awards. Interested readers can place ballots in designated boxes in any of the Borders New Mexico stores for their favorite books ever written about New Mexico or by a New Mexico author or publisher. For a complete list of this year’s underwriters and sponsors go to http://nmbookcoop.com/page5/page11/page11.html

MAY CO-OP LUNCH TO FEATURE PUBLISHING ON DEMAND
Publishing on Demand has finally come to New Mexico. There are a couple of printer right here in New Mexico who now offer publishing on demand. Come hear from one of them on Friday, May 23, 2008 -- 11:30 am. -- Digital Publishing on Demand with Waleed Ashoo of LithExcel. Waleed Ashoo of LithExcel in Albuquerque will provide us with information about new capabilities in digital publishing on demand at his company. The meeting will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Call 505/344-9382 or email to info@nmsantos.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.

NM BOOK COOP BOOK CATALOG SOLD OUT!
The response to the Co-op Book Catalog was so strong that it has sold out. The catalog will be finished over the next several weeks and when completed it will be mailed to ever book seller and library in the region.

ONLY A FEW SLOTS LEFT FOR LAVENDER IN THE VILLAGE BOOK EVENT
Last year, Lavender in the Village brought thousands of people to the Village of Los Ranchos. It was a two day event and because it was such a great opportunity last year for book and authors, the New Mexico Book Co-op is opening the event up to authors from the village. This year’s Lavender festival is set for July 11- 13. LPD Press and the New Mexico Book Co-op, both located in Los Ranchos, are organizing a couple of booths that will cater to local authors who want to have their books displayed for the public. The best part is you don’t have to even be there for your books to sell. All you do is sign up and you will be given info on when and where to drop off your books and then you pick up whatever has not sold on Sunday afternoon at the festival just before it closes. Join in the fun and be a part of the largest activity in the Village. We want books that appeal to kids, adults, cookbooks, histories, novels, and of course lavender books! But keep the books family friendly. If you have any questions call 344-9382. To sign up http://nmbookcoop.com/page18/page89/page89.html

NEED YOUR HELP — NEED COVER DESIGNER TO SPEAK AT CO-OP MEETING
The speaker for one of our upcoming meetings was to be a professional book cover designer. Unfortunately schedules conflicted and we now are looking for another designed who could come and talk about what works and what doesn’t in cover design. If you have any contacts or suggestion please email me.

MADE IN NEW MEXICO
John Salazar of KOAT (TV 7 in Albuquerque) is doing a series of stories on things that are made in New Mexico. This might a great opportunity to flood him with info on your books. If you are a NM author send him info about your book. Maybe he will pick it up and do a story on it in his series. The address for KOAT-TV is 3801 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107.

NM MUSEUM FOUNDATION SELECTS AUTHORS FOR NM WOMEN"S AUTHOR FAIR.
The New Mexico Museum Foundation has selected 76 women from New Mexico to participate in the upcoming New Mexico Women Authors' Book Festival which will be held in Santa Fe on September 27, 2008. The complete list of authors participating is available at http://nmbookcoop.com/NMWABW.pdf.

AMAZON TO REQUIRE POD PUBLISHERS TO PRINT WITH BOOKSURGE
Amazon has notified some print-on-demand publishers that if they wish to continue selling books directly through their site, they must use the Amazon-owned BookSurge to print their books. Amazon currently places orders through the POD publishers' distributors. But soon, publishers will be required to convert their files to a format compatible with BookSurge, which will then print the books in-house, so they can be "married" with other products for faster and less expensive shipping for the customer. So far, one site reports, no books have been taken off Amazon's "shelves." Amazon released an open letter, explaining the move: "Simply put, we can provide a better, more timely customer experience if the POD titles are printed inside our own fulfillment centers. In addition, printing these titles in our own fulfillment centers saves transportation costs and transportation fuel." We aren’t sure yet how this might effect books produced through Lula, Lightning Source or other POD printers. We will keep you posted as this develops to see how it may impact us at the local level.

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Paul Rhetts
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
505/344-9382
FAX 505/345-5129
LPD_Press@msn.com
http://nmsantos.com


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