For Immediate Release
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AAP Announces 10th Anniversary
Smaller and Independent Annual Meeting Program
“Stories of Success” Keynote To Feature Morgan Entrekin, George Gibson and Charlie Winton
Meet the Distributors Keynote To Feature Consortium, Ingram, IPG, Perseus, NBN & PGW
February 26, 2008, New York, NY: The Smaller and Independent Publishers (SIP) Committee of the Association of American Publishes today announced its 10th Anniversary Annual Meeting program. The event, which this year will be held to coincide with the BookExpo America book trade convention, will take place on Thursday, May 29, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The opening keynote session on “How To Successfully Navigate the Life-Cycles of an Independent Publishing House,” will feature three dynamic and successful independent publishers--Morgan Entrekin (President & Publisher, Grove Atlantic); George Gibson (Publisher, Walker & Co., A Division of Bloomsbury USA), and Charlie Winton (Chief Executive Officer and Publisher, Counterpoint Press) sharing insights and anecdotes on a range of topics, from handling a bestseller to finding capital and labor, dealing with mergers and acquisitions, distribution and more.
The Annual Miriam Bass Award for Creativity in Independent Publishing will also be presented during the morning by Jed Lyons, President & CEO, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. and National Book Network.
The morning will close with another strong keynote session: “Meet The Distributors” panel featuring Julie Schaper (President, Consortium); Neil Levin (Senior Vice President, National Book Network); Marc Suchomel (President, Independent Publishers Group), Janet McDonald (Vice President, Client Acquisitions, Ingram Book Group); and Susan Reich (President, PGW).
Throughout the day, there will be sessions addressing Successful Startups; Successful Growth (organically and through acquisition); Marketing When You Don’t have a Large Budget; Going Green; Print On Demand, Copyright, and Repurposing Content. Speakers include: Kent Caroll, Publisher, Europa Editions; David Poindexter, Publisher, MacAdam Cage; David Borgenicht, Publisher, Quirk Productions; Roger Rosen, President, Rosen Publishing Group; Sam Scinta, President & Publisher, Fulcrum Publishing; David Oskin, President, Big Earth Publishing; Johnny Temple Publisher, Akashic Books; Richard Nash, Editorial Director, Soft Skull Press/Executive Director, Counterpoint; Ann Sullivan, Publicity Director, The New Press; Martin Rowe, Publisher, Lantern Books; Ellen Loerke, Director of Business Development, Books International; Christopher Kenneally, Director, Author Relations, Copyright Clearance Center, Jan Johnson, Publisher, Red Wheel Weiser/Conari.
“We wanted to present independent publishers with a thoughtful and insightful forum, to share strategies and tactics that have worked and that are aligned with the economic and distribution realities that are shaping the 21st Century book publishing landscape” said Gene Gollogly, Chairman of AAP’s Smaller and Independent Publishers Committee. “There’s no better way to serve independent book publishers than by bringing like-minded independents together for education, networking, and celebration of our 10th anniversary meeting. We have a roster of powerful and experienced industry leaders as our speakers, and we are grateful to the industry for its support.”
As announced last year, and in an effort to reach out to West Coast based publishers, the committee chose to move their 10th Anniversary meeting to coincide with BookExpo America in Los Angeles. The Committee also hoped to serve the multitude of publishers who attend the convention each year.
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Organizers have also made an effort to take advantage of economies of scale in providing the highest quality educational experience. This includes a BEA convention and exhibits badge with registration for the SIP program. Registration is offered at a discounted rate for those who are AAP members. For AAP members the cost will be $195 per person, with one complimentary exhibitor badge for BEA exhibitors and access to all BEA conferences. Program rate, also inclusive of a complimentary conference and exhibits badge for non AAP members will be $250.
The program has also provided a long lunch break so that publishers attending the conference may have time to set up exhibits during exhibit set up hours on Thursday.
The full program to-date can be found at the AAP web site at www.publishers.org or the BEA web site at www.bookexpoamerica.com. Registration for the program will be available shortly at www.bookexpoamerica.com.
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