New Mexico Book Op News

HOLIDAY BOOKSELLING OPPORTUNITY AT ZIA ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW
The NM Book Co-op with leadership from Jill Lane is hosting a Book Sale Emporium at the Zia Art & Crafts Show at the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque, November 21- 23. This is an opportunity to have your book at a large holiday show and we hope it is seen and bought for holiday gift giving. If you are interested in having your title there for three days the fee is $15 for the 1st title and $5 for each additional title if you sign up and reserve space before September 15. The price goes up on September 15. You are not expected to be there except to deliver and pick up your books. We will have a sales staff. To sign up email us your Name/Email/Phone/Address/Title and author for each book. To pay for your space for this event go to http://nmbookcoop.com/page18/page104/page104.html

NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS BANQUET TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
The finalists in the 2008 NM Book Awards will be announced in less than a month. The winners will be announced at the Banquet on November 21. Cost is $36 per person if reserved before Oct 15 (cost is $46 after that date). RSVP 505-344-9382. 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107 You can make and pay for your reservation online at http://nmbookcoop.com/page5/page105/page105.html. Don’t wait too long to make your reservation as the banquet was sold out last year by October 1.

ALIBI FEATURES LOCAL LEXICON
The Weekly Alibi newspaper in Albuquerque has started up again on its Local Lexicon column. Five New Mexico women authors were featured in the column on August 21. Take a look at the column at http://nmbookcoop.com/page52/page55/page55.html

BOOK STORE & GRAND OPENING OF FLYING STAR CAFÉ IN BERNALILLO
The new Flying Star Cafe in Bernalillo will have its Grand Opening Labor Day weekend in Bernalillo August 30, 31 and September 1, 2008. The New Mexico Book Co-op is having a Book Fair/Store to celebrate the New Mexico Wine Festival and the opening of Flying Star Cafe in Bernalillo. The new Flying Star Cafe is located directly across the street from the NM Wine Festival and they anticipate 30,000 people coming, many walking down from the Road Runner station which is a block behind the new Flying Star Cafe. Flying Star Café has given us a store front next to the café and we will feature loads of local books, especially children’s books and cookbooks/food books. There will also be 25 book signings over the three days. Check out the schedule of signings at http://nmbookcoop.com/page18/page103/page103.html

MOUNTAINS & PLAINS INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION MEETING
About 100 local authors will be participating in the New Mexico Author & Publisher Showcase at the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers annual meeting in Colorado Springs on September 19-20. The Showcase is sponsored by the New Mexico Book Association and the New Mexico Book Co-op. A special catalog will also be handed out to book buyers who come to the meeting. You can see more info on this at http://nmbookcoop.com/page18/page99/page99.html

SEPTEMBER 26 CO-OP MEETING — ANNE HILLERMAN
Our guest at the September 26 Co-op lunch meeting will be Anne Hillerman, author and organizer of the annual Hillerman Mystery Conference. The meeting begins at 11:30 and will be at the HomeTown Buffet at 9261 Coors Blvd in Albuquerque. Cost is $8.29 plus tax and tip. Email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat at the meeting.

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL FEATURES NM BOOK CATALOG
The recent New Mexico Book Coop catalog will be prominently featured at the upcoming National Book Festival in Washington, DC. The New Mexico State Library will be handing out the catalog to the 100,000 visitors who will be coming through the New Mexico State Pavilion tent at the book festival on the Mall on September 27. This is an added bonus distribution for the New Mexico Books catalog that 75 co-op members participated in this year. You can get your copy of the catalog at http://nmbookcoop.com/NMBC-Catalog.pdf

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New Mexico Book Coop
925 Salamanca NW
Los Ranchos, NM 87107
505.344-9382
info@nmbookcoop.com

http://www.nmbookcoop.com


Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

Always in Print ‘Cuz They’re Print on Demand!

Coming in 2009, Belle’s Star,’ a youth novel from Artemesia Press at http://www.apbooks.net