GABBS Atlanta Registration is now open
GABBS Atlanta Registration is now open for the St. Patrick’s Day Weekend show, March 16-18. Formally known as the Spring Book Show, GABBS Atlanta will be at the Cobb Galleria adjoining host hotel, the Renaissance Waverly. New this year are ‘close-out” corridors for bookstores with more sidelines. “We are excited about two new corridors to the year’s show," said Larry May, show director, “the Gift Corridor and the Close Out Corridor. We are working hard to help booksellers increase their sales with these items,” May said. SIBA, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, will host the Educational Seminars. Register on-line at: http://www.gabbs.net/Atlanta_Registration.aspx or call 865-922-7490.
GABBS Boston Dates Announced
GABBS Boston 2012 will be August 1-2, according to Show Director, Larry May. We just finalized the dates and also a new host hotel, the Marriot, with lower room pricing.” NEIBA, New England Independent Booksellers Association is slated to host the Educational Seminars this year. For more information: www.gabbs.net.
MIBA and GLiBA Regional Shows to Hold Joint Show
The Midwest Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Booksellers Association have officially announced that the two regional bookseller organizations are co-hosting one regional trade show this year and in 2013. The joint show, which is being called the Heartland Fall Forum, will be held October 3-5, 2012 at the Renaissance Hotel in the historic Milwaukee Road train depot in Minneapolis. For more: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/50144-it-s-official-miba-and-gliba-will-hold-joint-show.html