Showing posts with label New Mexico Library Association. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Mexico Library Association. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

New Mexico Book Association News

NMBA’s Impressive May 2009 Book Calendar Is Below, but first...
+ "Going Global" - Foreign Publication Rights Workshop
Three top experts on negotiating foreign rights contracts will tell you exactly how to move your book onto worldwide markets at our NMBA Professional Development Workshop all afternoon on Thursday, May 14. See details in the Calendar. Call or email Paula Lozar to save your seat! lozarpaula@cs.com
+ Southwest Book Design & Production Awards
This is new! Learn the criteria for entering your book in this exciting new NMBA awards competition at our Annual Gala and Membership Meeting June 12 at The Mission Cafe in Santa Fe. Several categories for your books and publications. Dorothy Massey of Collected Works is going to receive NMBA’s Book-in-Hand Honor, and you can expect other surprises as well. See below!
+ Networking Luncheon Friday, May 8
Same place (the Writers Room in Santa Fe). Same time (11:30am). But you’ll meet people in publishing and literature you may not have met before. If you had books at the New Mexico Library Association Conference, you’ll find your leftover stock on a shelf in the stairway. Please retrieve your titles when you come to the Networking Luncheon. Bring a friend and a brown bag. No charge!

MAY 2009 BOOK EVENTS IN NEW MEXICO
May 1: DEADLINE! New Mexico Book Awards "earlybird" entries ($30 each title), 37 categories. Call Paul Rhetts, (505) 344-9382, info@nmbookcoop.com.
May 2: IWWG & Friends Luncheon. Mission Cafe, Santa Fe, 11:30am. Call Paula Lozar for to RSVP: (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com
May 8: NMBA Monthly Networking Luncheon, The Writers Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am, free! Bring your lunch; cookies, juice and thoughtful writing and publishing advice provided! Contact Paula, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
May 8: NMBA Board Meeting at the Writers’ Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 1:30pm.
May 9: Spring Rare Book Sale at Garrett’s Desert Inn, Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, 9am to 4pm. Sponsored by the National New Deal Preservation Association, New Mexico chapter. Call Kathy, (505) 473-3985.
May 10: Wellness Journal Workshop with Becky Holtzman and Lisa Gill. Harwood Arts Center, Albuquerque, 1-4pm, $15. RSVP: becky@beckytomato.com
May 14: "Going Global: Negotiating Foreign Publication Rights" NMBA Professional Development Workshop, with Ellen Kleiner, Roger Rapoport and Richard Harris. The Writers Room, Santa Fe, 1-4pm, $15 NMBA members ($20 non-members). Contact Paula Lozar to secure your place: (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com
May 15: DEADLINE! NMBA Book Events Calendar for June. Send basic details (no attachments) to richard@oceantree.com or sunnielliott@msn.com.
May 23-25: Page One Books Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale. Fill a bag for only $20!
May 24-29 and May 30-June 4: Landscape of the Horse. Writing retreat in Wyoming. Page Lambert: page@pagelambert.com, (303) 842-7360.
May 26-28: IBPA Publishing University, Roosevelt Hotel, New York. Tuition for NMBA members as low as $545 if you register by May 10! Includes Ben Franklin Awards Banquet. IPBA-U immediately precedes BookExpo America. Bargain New York rooms available. See www.ibpa-online.org or call Teresa Fogarty, (310) 372-2732.
May 28-30: BookExpo America, Javits Center, New York. www.bookexpoamerica.com
May 29-30: Chama Book Fiesta. Jill Lane, (800) 532-8874.
May 30: Write and Illustrate Your Own Children’s Book. Page One Books, 2:30pm. RSVP: (505) 294-2026, randi@page1book.com

+ On the Horizon
June 1: DEADLINE! $10,000 Tony Hillerman Prize Competition for best first mystery set in the Southwest. Sponsored by St. Martin’s Press and WordHarvest. Go to www.wordharvest.com/novel_contest.php
June 12: New Mexico Book Association Annual Gala and Membership Meeting! Open to all members and their friends and families! The Mission Cafe, 239 E. DeVargas St. (across from the Oldest Church), Santa Fe. Book-in-Hand Honor, election, and Southwest Book Design Awards announcement. Lunch only $20! Contact Paula Lozar to RSVP: (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com
June 15: DEADLINE! National Book Awards entries. Awards in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature—and guarantee of a bestseller! You’ll send books directly to the judges by August 17. National Book Foundation, 95 Madison Ave, Suite 709, New York 10016, www.nationalbook.org
June 19: New Mexico Coalition for Literacy Annual Meeting, Nativo Lodge, Albuquerque, 8am-4pm. Nancy Pearl (Book Lust) keynote speaker! Contact Zara Raab, (505) 982-3997, (800) 233-7587.
June 30: DEADLINE! SouthWest Writers Quarterly Writing Competition. Cash prizes! See www.southwestwriters.com/swwcontest.php
Aug. 31 – Sept. 5: River Writing and Sculpting Adventure for Women with Roxanne Swetzell. Canyonlands National Park in Utah, $1550. Page Lambert, (303) 842-7360, page@pagelambert.com
September: "Writing in Our Uncertain Age: Will the Printed Page Survive?" Major for writers, publishers, Santa Fe. Contact Recursos/Southwest Literary Center, (505) 982-9301, or NMBA for updates!
Sept. 23-26: Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Trade Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Denver International Airport. Lisa Knudsen or Kyle Larson, (800) 752-0249, www.mountainsplains.org
Sept. 26: New Mexico Woman Authors Book Festival, Milner Plaza (Museum Hill), Santa Fe. John Stafford, Museum of New Mexico Foundation, john@museumfoundation.org.
October: Border Book Festival Book Show, Mesilla Plaza. www.borderbookfestival.org
Nov. 11-14: PubWest National Publishing Conference, Tucson. www.pubwest.org

+ Author Events and Readings
May 9: Deborah C. Slaney (Jewel of the Railroad Era: Albuquerque’s Alvarado Hotel), Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 3-4pm.
May 12: John O. Baxter (Cowboy Park), booklaunch at Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, www.garciastreetbooks.com.
May 13: An Evening of Lively Poetry with James McGrath, Joan Logghe, Rae Marie Taylor, at The Writers Room, Santa Fe, 7pm, free. (505) 982-9301.
May 14: Mario X. Martinez (Converso) and Isabelle Medina-Sandoval (Guardians of Hidden Tradition) a booklaunch concerning New Mexico’s Crypto-Jewish people. Sponsored by the Santa Fe Art Institute, Tipton Hall, College of Santa Fe, 6pm. See gaonbooks.blogspot.com.
May 16: Marta Weigle (Telling New Mexico: A New History), Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 3-4pm.
May 16: Antonio R. Garcez (New Mexico Ghost Stories), Page One Books, Albuquerque, 7pm.
May 17: Zelda Gatuskin (Time and Temperature), Acequia Booksellers, Albuquerque, 3pm. (505) 890-5365.
May 23: Ben Steinlage (Want to Go West Lady?), Page One Books, Albuquerque, 2pm.
May 26: Ellen Bass, poet (The Human Line), Bookworks, Albuquerque, 7pm. (505) 344-8139.
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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

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

NM Book CoOP news

Experts Neeper and Reichman Inform NMBA in April!

• N.M. Library Trade Show Deadline extended! You have until Friday, April 10 to participate with us at the NMLA Trade Show! Bring or send 3 to 5 copies of your book, $10 check, and 50 flyers to our Networking Luncheon April 10. Over 400 librarians will see what you have to offer their patrons at NMBA’s prominent display and sales table at the 2009 NMLA Conference in Albuquerque April 22-24. (See April 10 and April 22-24 below!) Contact Richard at (505) 231-1755, richard@oceantree.com
• First-hand Advice on POD, Digital printing, and e-book options! Yours for free on Friday, April 10. Don Neeper, CEO of BookMobile, a major producer of electronic books, will speak at our NMBA Networking Luncheon at the Writers Room in Santa Fe, 11:30pm. It’s free to NMBA members (see April 10 entry below!)
• Rick Reichman: Turn your novel into an award-winning screenplay! NMBA Professional Development Workshop: "Not Just for Screenwriters: 20 Things You Must Know to Write a Great Screenplay" (or shape that novel!) on Saturday, April 25 (see April 25 entry in the Book Events Calendar below!)

NEW MEXICO BOOK EVENTS IN APRIL

April 3-4: 18th Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair. UNM Conference Center, 1634 University Blvd (north of Indian School Road), Friday: 5-9pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm. Admission: $6 for both days, $2 Saturday only. Alan Shalette, (505) 291-9653, www.unm.edu/~alshal/aabf.html
April 4: IWWG & Friends Luncheon. Santa Fe, 11:30am. Call Paula Lozar for location: (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com
April 4: Poetry at Paul White’s. Call (505) 988-1082 for directions to the Chupadero Valley.
April 4: SOMOS Book Sale, Taos. All books and CDs from 25 cents to $1. (575) 758-0081.
April 4: Wildlife Education Program, Page One Bookstore, Albuquerque, www.page1book.com
April 4: Noreen Norris-Scofield (Caught Heart) and Michael Scofield (Making Crazy), Collected Works, Santa Fe, 4-5pm. www.collectedworksbookstore.com
April 10: "How Digital Printing and e-books Affect Our Future" with BookMobile President Don Leeper, at NMBA’s Monthly Networking Luncheon, The Writers Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 11:30am. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how new technologies can truly benefit you! Free for NMBA members; $5 guests. Contact Paula, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaual@cs.com
April 10: Frank Wisner (How the World Makes Love), Garcia Street Nooks, Santa Fe, booksigning 5-6pm. www.garciastreetbooks.com
April 15: DEADLINE: NMBA Book Events Calendar for May/June Libro. Include basic details (no attachments, please). Email to richard@oceantree.com or sunnielliott@msn.com or authorcare@aol.com or send to NMBA, PO Box 1285, Santa Fe 87504.
April 15: DEADLINE Green Book Festival Competition. 22 categories, $1500 top prize and transportation to L.A. on Earth Day (April 22). JM Norton Media LLC, www.greenbookfestival.com
April 17-18: Handsprings ’09 Conference, presented by New Mexico Chapter of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, UNM Continuing Education Conference Center, 1634 University N.E., Albuquerque. $130 for nonmembers of SCBWI ($120 for members) if received by April 11. Registration after April 11 is $150. The Friday party is $20. For more information email conference coordinator: handsprings@scbwi-nm
April 17: Fraser Goff (Valles Caldera: A Geologic History), booksigning at Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe, 5pm. www.garciastreetbooks.com
April 19: "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times," talk by Amy Goodman, national radio news broadcaster at the Border Book Festival, 11:30am, Mesilla Community Center, $7. www.borderbookfestival.org

April 22-24: New Mexico Library Association Annual Conference and Trade Show, Albuquerque Convention Center. www.nmla.org. NMBA will be there to present your books to the state’s librarians! Cost: $10 per title. Contact Richard Polese now: (505) 231-1755 richard@oceantree.com.
April 25: "Not Just for Screenwriters: 20 Things You Must Know to Write a Great Screenplay" (or shape that novel!). NMBA Professional Development Workshop by award-winning screenplay author Rick Reichman. "Learn to use film techniques to write your novel or short story." Reichman's three-hour workshop will cover the seven elements of each scene, the differences between literary and dramatic protagonist and antagonist, the hero's journey, and the three-act structure and its eight major turning points. Each of these elements provides a way to increase the tension in your story and keep the reader involved in the plot. The Writers Room, Santa Fe, 1-4pm, NMBA members $35 (non-members $45). Call Paula Lozar, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com
April 25: Book Fiesta at Clear Light Book Gallery, 851 W. San Mateo, Santa Fe, noon to 4pm. Environmental titles will be featured. Open to publishers and author at no cost and 75% return on sales. Future Fiesta Saturdays: June 20, Sept. 26, Oct. 24, Nov. 28, Dec. 12. Contact Paul at info@nmsantos.com
April 25: DEADLINE! San Francisco Book Festival entries. Call JM Northern Media for details on this and several other "festival" book awards programs (DIY Book Festival, Hollywood Book Festival, Green Festival, etc.): (323) 665-8080.
April 30: Wordspace Poetry Series with Larry Goodall, Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale, Albuquerque, $5. Contact: mail@outspace.org

+ On the Horizon
May 1: DEADLINE! New Mexico Book Awards "earlybird" entries ($30 each title), 37 categories. Call Paul, (505) 344-9382, info@nmbookcoop.com
May 8: NMBA Networking Luncheon, Writers Room, Santa Fe, 11:30am.
May 14: "Foreign Rights" NMBA Professional Development Workshop with experts Roger Rapoport and Ellen Kleiner, The Writers Room, Santa Fe, 6:30-8:30pm Contact Paula Lozar, (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com.
May 15-17: Lifelines: A Weekend Writing Retreat with Lisa Dale Norton, Round Top (near Austin), TX. $395 includes lodging and meals. See www.storycircle.org/lifelines/
May 23: SWW Screenwriting Confidential: A Workshop, full day with Rick Reichman, New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank Ave. N.E., 9am - 4:30pm. $75 for SWW members, $95 for non-members, includes lunch. Call SWW at (505) 265-9485 or visit: www.southwestwriters.org.
May 24-29 and May 30-June 4: Literature and Landscape of the Horse Retreat. Vee Bar Guest Ranch, Laramie, WY. Details: page@pagelambert.com May 26-28: IBPA Publishing University, Roosevelt Hotel, New York. Tuition for NMBA members as low as $545, including Ben Franklin Awards Banquet! IPBA-U immediately precedes BookExpo America. See www.ibpa-online.org
May 28-30: BookExpo America, Jacob Javits Center, New York. www.bookexpoamerica.com
May 29-30: Chama Book Fiesta "Fiesta del Libro," with Ana Baca, Charlie Carillo, Nasario Garcia, Demetria Martinez, and Robert Torrez. $55 for additional participating authors, special lodging rates, Call Jill Lane (800) 532-8874 to reserve your space!
October: Border Book Festival Book Show, Mesilla Plaza. www.borderbookfestival.org
Nov. 11-14: PubWest National Publishing Conference, Tucson, AZ. www.pubwest.org
+ + +
Attention: Your items are listed free, but they must be submitted by email in our very simple format or they will not appear. We’re sorry, but it consumes far too much time to edit and reformat the many dozens of items we receive every month. Email notices (no attachments!) to NMBA in the following format. Send to Richard Polese richard@oceantree.com or SunFlower Elliott sunnielliott@msn.com
> Date, Title of the Event, Sponsor, Place, Time, Cost (if any). Contact number or email or website.
Visit www.nmbook. org for continuing news and events!

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

New Mexico Book CoOp News

March 10, 2009
March Lunch Meeting
At the next lunch meeting of the NM Book Coop, Sabra Steinsiek, of Reading New Mexico, Erin Adair-Hodges, Alibi (tentative confirmation), and Barbe Awalt, of Tradicion Revista magazine will be our guests to talk about book reviews and sell sheets. Friday, March 27, 11:30 a.m. Golden Corral Buffet, 3401 NW Hwy 528 (just west of the intersection of Coors and Alameda) Cost is $7.49 plus tax and tip. Call 505/344-9382 or email info@nmbookcoop.com to reserve a seat.
Space Available for Book Market -- Sign Up Now!
There are still spaces available for the March 21 Book Market at Clear Light Book Gallery in Santa Fe. This is organized cooperatively between Clear Light Books and the NM Book Co-op. There is a great write up on the book market in the Santa Fe New Mexican today. Check it out HERE!
Below is the schedule for these events. If you are interested in participating in any of these please contact me so we can put you on the list.
March 21 -- Book Fiesta at Clear Light Book Gallery, Santa Fe (Literacy Volunteers and books)
April 25 -- Book Fiesta at Clear Light Book Gallery, Santa Fe (environmental books)
June 20 -- Book Fiesta at Clear Light Book Gallery, Santa Fe (2nd Street merchants)
September 26 -- Book Fiesta at Clear Light Book Gallery, Santa Fe (cookbooks)
October 24 -- Book Fiesta at Clear Light Book Gallery, Santa Fe (all books)
November 28 -- Book Fiesta at Clear Light Book Gallery, Santa Fe (all books)
December 12 -- Book Fiesta at Clear Light Book Gallery, Santa Fe (all books)
To sign up to participate email me at info@nmbookcoop.com. Make sure you include your name and which dates you are interested in.
If you have any suggestions for no-cost promotion and marketing of this great opportunity please let me know.
PrimeTime 50+ Expo
There are a few spaces left for the PrimeTime 50+ Expo -- but don't wait!
The NM Book Co-op will have a book booth at the PrimeTime 50+ Expo on March 21. We want books that would appeal to older audiences, self help, health, history. The cost to display books is $10 per title. To sign up CLICK HERE!
NM Library Association Book Booth
The New Mexico Library Association 2009 Convention will be held in Albuquerque (April 22-24) -- The Book Coop will have a book booth at the convention and you can display your books at the show. We are looking for new books that would appeal to libraries. The cost to display books is $10 per title. To sign up CLICK HERE!
In addition, we will be putting together information packets on books that may appeal to libraries. Sabra Brown Stienseck is coordinating this information -- these will include books that are in the booth for sale as well as others that are not on display. The cost to be included in the information packets is $3.00 plus you need to provide 200 copies of a flier on your book(s). You must deliver your fliers to Sabra at the March 27 meeting to be included.
Co-op Member on National TV
The Discovery Channel's new series-UNDERCOVER: Double Life will be featuring Tym Burkey and Dave Hall (authors of Into The Devil's Den, on March 24, 2009 Please check your local listings for the hour.
Dave Hall - Aryan Nation: After being arrested for his role in a drug deal, a former biker from Ohio decides to make a deal with the FBI, and learns there is a price to pay when you take on a role as an undercover informant.
Check the schedule HERE!
The Faces Of Co-opers In ABQ The Magazine
The March issue of Albuquerque The Magazine features 24 NM Book Co-op members who attended the NM Book Awards banquet. Included in the full page spread are: Anne Hillerman, David Morrell, Charles Wheeler, Daniel Zolinsky, Ruthe Francis, Richard Polese, Denise Chavez, Marla Diener, Faride Conway, Ann Beyke, Cindy Ortega, Melody Groves, Hal Simmons, Ina Simmons, Sherri Burr, Philip Gonzales, Goldie Garcia, Lisa Smith, Johnny Boggs, Marcie Shaw, Steve Shaw, Don Bullis, and Tym Burkey.
Special Workshop with Ruthe Francis
"Give Me a Book I Can Sell!" declares marketing and publicity expert Ruthie Francis. Ask her how at the NMBA Professional Development Workshop on March 19. The Writers Room, 826 Camino del Monte Rey, Santa Fe, 6:30-8:30pm, $15 members, $20 non-members. Contact Paula Lozar now: (505) 473-3479, lozarpaula@cs.com
Calling All Women Authors in NM
The second New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival will be held Saturday, September 26, 2009 beginning at 11:00AM and closing at 5:00PM at Milner Plaza on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During the event 50-60 New Mexican women authors will be speaking about their work or their craft in seven different presentation pavilions. These pavilions are listed below with the number authors that will be chosen in each category:
Poetry – 11 Poets (there will also be a “Poetry Out Loud” reading session for additional poets)
Fiction – 10 Authors
Creative Arts – 10 Authors
History and Biography – 10 Authors
Health, Home and Family – 10 Authors
Children – 9 Authors
To apply contact John Stafford at john@museumfoundation.org and request an application.
New Mexico Library Foundation Donations Sought
The non-profit New Mexico Library Foundation (NMLF) supports libraries in New Mexico by allocating funds to libraries of all types and to non-profit organizations that directly benefit libraries. The NMLF is holding a couple of fund-raising events in April. One will be a raffle at the New Mexico Library Association (NMLA) annual conference being held in Albuquerque April 22-24, and the other will be a silent auction at a reception at the LOEX International Conference being held at the Hyatt in Albuquerque April 30. (LOEX is a professional organization for individuals in the world of library instruction and information literacy). Kathy Barco (NM Book Co-op member and vice-chair of the NMLF Board of Trustees) is asking Co-op members to donate signed copies of their books for these fund-raising events. The books will be on display for conference attendees to look at prior to the raffle and silent auction. Books can be passed along to Kathy at the March Co-op meeting (Friday, March 27, Golden Corral). For more information, or alternate methods of getting the books to Kathy, e-mail her at barcok@newmexico.com If you make a donation, please include your mailing address and the value of the book, and don’t forget to sign your book! Your name will appear in the list of Donors in an upcoming NMLF newsletter and you will receive a thank-you note detailing your donation.
Musing With Ruthe Francis
Our friend and colleague Ruthe Francis will share some of her thoughts in a regular column here in NM Book Co-op News. Here are some new thoughts and observations about books:
Larry McMurtry recently published a memoir on books entitled Books. (I just had to write that sentence.) For those of us who are interested in where used books end up, this is a tale of McMurtry's joyous journey in the art of scouting, buying, and selling books for the past half-century. He now has over 300,000 volumes in his business in Archer City, Texas. He also documents the changes that publishing has gone through, especially the rapidity of change during these past few years.
Book TV covers non-fiction authors on the week-ends on cspan. If you have acesss to this channel I highly recommend it for recently publlished books, author information, book panels, and articles about the book business. This past week-end they high-lighted Wonder Book used books in Maryland. The warehouse has over one million books that are sold through their website (wonderbook.com), Amazon and e-bay. They even sell used books by color: a shelf of yellow books anyone? Booktv.org lists each week-end's lineup.
Other Book News
More Borders Cuts: 742 Store Managers and Supervisors Nationwide
Borders is cutting "less than 3 percent" of their in-store workforce across the country, eliminating 679 jobs at their superstores, mostly by "reducing the number of manager and supervisor positions." They note that "no changes were made at the general manager level--the top position in each store--but in the majority of Borders locations, one or two other leadership positions, such as sales managers, inventory managers, training supervisors and merchandise supervisors, were eliminated as the company resets its superstore management structure to correspond to sales volume on a store-by-store basis." Similar changes to manager and supervision positions at Waldenbooks are eliminating another 63 positions. CEO Ron Marshall calls it "a necessary step as we streamline and focus our payroll investment on the sales floor" and "making sure that payroll investments align with the reality of sales."
Barnes & Noble Acquires Fictionwise
Barnes & Noble has acquired Chatham, N.J.-based e-book retailer Fictionwise Inc., which owns and operates Fictionwise.com and eReader.com, for $15.7 million in cash. Barnes & Noble said it plans to use Fictionwise as part of its overall digital strategy.
Ten Speed Press Acquired By Random House
Ten Speed Press, a Berkeley, Calif.-based independent publisher of nonfiction books, has been acquired by Random House Inc. The purchase was completed late last month and the terms of the agreement between the two companies.


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

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

New Mexico Book Association News

NMBA FlashNews: Non-Traditional Publishing Thursday!

• Feb. 19: "Non-Traditional Publishing," NMBA Professional Development Workshop.
• Feb. 26: NMBA Round Table Happy Hour, Santa Fe.
• March 19: "Give Me a Book I Can Sell" (Ruth Francis Shares All about Book Marketing and Publicity), NMBA Professional Development Workshop.
• April 10: "How Digital Printing and ebooks Affect Our Future," Professional Development Luncheon, Santa Fe.
• April 25: "Not Just for Screenwriters" with Rick Reichman, Professional Development Workshop.
• April 22-24: New Mexico Library Association Trade Show, Albuquerque.

How to attend NMBA’s Professional Development Workshops: All take place at the Writer’s Room, upstairs at 826 Camino del Monte Rey in Santa Fe. This Thursday’s great session all about "Non-Traditional Publishing" features Richard Harris, Paul Rhetts and Jim Mafchir, a trio of the best-informed experts in the state. Space is filling fast, but you still might get in. Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Cost is just $25 for NMBA members, $35 non-members. Call Paula Lozar to tell her you will be there, please. Pay at the door. Reach Paula at (505) 473-3479, or email lozarpaula@cs.com for information and reservations for all our Professional Development programs.

Here’s more details!

1. "Give Me a Book I Can Sell" NMBA Professional Development Workshop with Ruthie Francis will take place Thursday evening, March 19 (6:30-8:30 pm, $25 and $35). Again, it’s at the congenial Writers Room in Santa Fe. Again please call Paula Lozar for reservations.

2. BookMobile President Don Leeper speaks on "How Digital Printing and ebooks Affect Our Future" at our NMBA Networking Luncheon on Friday, April 10. It’s free to NMBA members, $5 for guests. 11:30am to 1pm at The Writers Room, Santa Fe. (BookMobile is one of the most highly-regarded digital printers in the U.S. Don will share all the ins and outs during this much lauded 40-minute presentation.

3. "Writing a Great Screenplay (or Novel)" with award winning scriptwriter Rick Reichman (NMBA Professional Development Workshop) takes place Thursday, April 25 at the Writers Room (6:30-8:30pm). Again, please call or email Paula Lozar to reserve your place!

4. New Mexico Library Association Convention and Book Show. NMBA’s table will feature your books at NMLA in Albuquerque April 22-24. If you took part in our IBPA or earlier shows in 2008, the cost to display and sell your book is only $10. If you did not, you get in for just $15. We can use 40 copies of a flyer about a new or unlisted book to insert as a supplement in our 2008-2009 New Mexico Publishers & Authors Showcase Catalog, if it’s not in there already. Additional titles: $10. For details, contact Richard Polese, (505) 231-1755 or richard@oceantree.com.

Lynn Thompson Baca, co-publisher at SAR Press is our new NMBA At Large Board member. She will serve with us for the next six months.

Congratulations to Victor di Suvero and Pennywhistle Press for March 2 being designated "We Came to Santa Fe Day" by Proclamation of Mayor David Coss. We understand this is the first time a book alone has been honored with a City of Santa Fe proclamation. The booklaunch takes place the same day at Museo Cultural in Santa Fe.

Border Book Festival will not hold its customary outdoor book sale this spring, according to Denise Chavez. However, we can look forward to a BBF book trade show on Mesilla Plaza come October, marking the fifteenth anniversary of the popular festival. Stay tuned!
Visit www.nmbook.org for more news of book events in New Mexico!

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