Friday, September 30- Sunday, October 2
This upcoming weekend, Little Pickle Press is excited to be attending the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Fall Trade Show for the first time. For the past few weeks, we have been getting geared up and ready to head out to Denver, CO to see what the event has to offer.
The Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association (MPIBA) is a non-profit trade organization of independent booksellers, book wholesalers, publishers and other industry professionals located throughout the Rocky Mountain region and beyond. The association was formed almost 40 years ago, and today has 165 bookstore members and an equal number of industry professional members from throughout Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
The MPIBA Fall Trade Show is attended by hundreds of booksellers from these areas, as well as publishers like Little Pickle Press. This year, Little Pickle Press will be represented by Chief Executive Pickle, Rana DiOrio, and our Special Projects Coordinator, Dani Greer. Today, Dani shares some of her goals while at the event:
What do you hope you accomplish at MPIBA?
Dani: “(1) To meet lots of book store owners in the Rocky Mountain region; (2) to finally meet the Chief Executive Pickle [in person]; (3) to promote the newest release by Rana DiOrio, What Does It Mean To Be Safe?; (4) to meet the team from Random House, across the aisle from Little Pickle Press; and (5) to meet the folks from Chelsea Green, one of my all-time favorite publishers and another green press.”
Is there anyone in particular you hope to connect with?
Dani: “Clark Whitehorn at the University of New Mexico Press. He was the first agent I ever pitched a manuscript to in person.”
Connect with Little Pickle Press at MPIBA!
Little Pickle Press will be at Booth #58. Stop by to meet members of our wonderful team, purchase one of our award-winning titles, and get a preview of our exciting new app for What Does It Mean To Be Global!
Stay tuned for updates from the event!
As always, Little Pickle Press will be using social media to share our discoveries and what we are learning! Throughout the event, we will be posting information about our progress on Facebook and Twitter (we will be using the tag #MPIBA). Follow us for the latest updates!
8 comments:
I can't wait to see the app, too!
Have fun!
Bring back lots of information and enthusiasm! :)
Marian Allen
Fantasies, mysteries, comedies, fantasies
Information-R-Us. :)
Sounds like good times. Looking forward to reading the highlights of the event!
Looks like a perfect venue to reach so many children in a large part of the country! Have a great time and enjoy meeting everyone on teams having similar goals and missions. Little Pickle Press has a lot to share with others and it's great that Rana and the LPP Team are going to be there to show all of Little Pickle Press' wonderful, award-winning books, posters, apps and other products.
Well, all 200 lbs. (that's not an exaggeration) of my luggage is loaded onto my flight at this point. I am very much looking forward to spending quality time with Dani and to meeting some wonderful people in our industry over the next few days. Dani has assured me that she will be in a sunny mood! ~ Rana
Have a great time! Just remember to jot down notes of who you meet and what you discussed. You will met so many people that you won't remember who was who. Enjoy the networking!
Wendy
W.S. Gager on Writing
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