SIBA Trade Show 2006
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Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
September 8-10, 2006

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Call for Authors

The Southern Independent Booksellers Allianceinvites exhibiting publishers to submit the names of their authors in consideration for special events to be held on Friday through Sunday, September 8-10, 2006. These programs will be held at the SIBA Trade Show in Orlando, FL.

SIBA tries to balance speakers by having authors of contemporary fiction, nonfiction, biographic and childrens content and named celebrity authors. Suggested authors will also be considered as speakers for panels and readings and for signings in the Autograph Area. An administrative fee of $100 will be charged for each confirmed author.

Please submit your suggestions in writing via email to Wanda@sibaweb.com or fax (803-779-0113) or mail to: SIBA, 3806 Yale Ave., Columbia, SC 29205 before May 1, 2006.

If you have any questions call Wanda Jewell at the SIBA office at 800-331-9617.
SIBA * SEPTEMBER 8– 10, 2006 * Orlando, FL

Your association membership gives you entrance each fall to a trade show floor alive with books - over 300 tables manned by sales representatives who work in your part of the country and who are familiar with both the rewards and the difficulties of selling books in the Southeast. You will be associating with nearly six hundred booksellers who enjoy the intimacy of a regional association where it is easy to discuss what works for them in bookselling and eager to learn what works for you.

The trade show schedule is packed with workshops and panels. You will meet many authors signing their books, speaking, or giving readings from their newly published books.The trade show is southern in its friendliness, social gatherings, and intimacy encouraging many informal exchanges of ideas.

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