Fifth Period: Relate, Create, Innovate!
General Information
This is a new event at PNBA, designed to bring the day’s education sessions to a close.
This signing/social will provide booksellers and librarians an opportunity to unpack and recap the day’s lessons, plot practical application back at the store or library, and trade new ideas for possible future PNBA education. 2017 Education Committee members will be on hand to make a few brief remarks and then to receive thanks and feedback.
Following brief opening comments and introductions, attendees and all of their ideas will meet and mix, in a reception setting, with up to 10 authors, chosen for pursuing their individual crafts with particular personality and panache.
Authors should plan to be at the room where the event takes place at 3:45 p.m. to claim their table and set up. If your books were shipped we will have them in the room, along with friendly and experienced staff who will be available to help get your books to your table and, if you need it, help you get set up. Book signing and mingling are expected to last about 45 minutes.
One of the goals of this event is the opportunity to showcase your personality so booksellers can see what kind of event you could produce at their store. It is a relaxed and informal event, giving booksellers a chance to interact with you in a casual setting.
Your publisher will have agreed to provide at least 75 copies of your book for you to sign and give to booksellers during the event. Feel free to bring any appropriate props (keeping in mind that you will have one table for props, books, and a space to sign books). You may bring an assistant, or we can assign staff to help you during the event. Please let us know if you might want assistance when you sign up so we can have enough staff available.
PNBA will give you and one pre-registered guest free badges good for attendance to the entire show. Please fill out the online form with your guest’s name. Your badges will provide you with entry to all of the educational events that day, the Nightcapper party that evening, the exhibits Saturday and Sunday, and all other PNBA parties, except those that require meal tickets. If you (and your guest) would like to attend any of the other meal events at the show, please fill out an Attendee Registration Form, indicating which meals you would like to purchase and for whom they should be held, indicate how you will pay for those tickets, and send the form to PNBA. Your badges and meal tickets will be held under your last name and may be picked up at the PNBA registration desk any time before lunch.
PNBA considers the authors featured at our shows to be our celebrities. Our booksellers need to meet you, hear about your books, and decide which of you to invite to do author events at their stores. Those events are one of the few ways that our member stores can distinguish themselves from online and big-box booksellers—providing their customers with a chance to meet and interact with the actual author in an event that will work well for you. We pledge to treat you as the celebrity you are and to make sure that you have a fun and productive show.
At a Glance
Date: Sunday, October 8, 2017
Registration open: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Time to meet: 3:45 p.m.
Event time: 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Bring: Badge, any props you want to use
This signing/social will provide booksellers and librarians an opportunity to unpack and recap the day’s lessons, plot practical application back at the store or library, and trade new ideas for possible future PNBA education. 2017 Education Committee members will be on hand to make a few brief remarks and then to receive thanks and feedback.
Following brief opening comments and introductions, attendees and all of their ideas will meet and mix, in a reception setting, with up to 10 authors, chosen for pursuing their individual crafts with particular personality and panache.
Authors should plan to be at the room where the event takes place at 3:45 p.m. to claim their table and set up. If your books were shipped we will have them in the room, along with friendly and experienced staff who will be available to help get your books to your table and, if you need it, help you get set up. Book signing and mingling are expected to last about 45 minutes.
One of the goals of this event is the opportunity to showcase your personality so booksellers can see what kind of event you could produce at their store. It is a relaxed and informal event, giving booksellers a chance to interact with you in a casual setting.
Your publisher will have agreed to provide at least 75 copies of your book for you to sign and give to booksellers during the event. Feel free to bring any appropriate props (keeping in mind that you will have one table for props, books, and a space to sign books). You may bring an assistant, or we can assign staff to help you during the event. Please let us know if you might want assistance when you sign up so we can have enough staff available.
PNBA will give you and one pre-registered guest free badges good for attendance to the entire show. Please fill out the online form with your guest’s name. Your badges will provide you with entry to all of the educational events that day, the Nightcapper party that evening, the exhibits Saturday and Sunday, and all other PNBA parties, except those that require meal tickets. If you (and your guest) would like to attend any of the other meal events at the show, please fill out an Attendee Registration Form, indicating which meals you would like to purchase and for whom they should be held, indicate how you will pay for those tickets, and send the form to PNBA. Your badges and meal tickets will be held under your last name and may be picked up at the PNBA registration desk any time before lunch.
PNBA considers the authors featured at our shows to be our celebrities. Our booksellers need to meet you, hear about your books, and decide which of you to invite to do author events at their stores. Those events are one of the few ways that our member stores can distinguish themselves from online and big-box booksellers—providing their customers with a chance to meet and interact with the actual author in an event that will work well for you. We pledge to treat you as the celebrity you are and to make sure that you have a fun and productive show.
At a Glance
Date: Sunday, October 8, 2017
Registration open: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Time to meet: 3:45 p.m.
Event time: 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Bring: Badge, any props you want to use
