Education for Bookstore Owners Featured at Spring Book Show 2006, Slated for March 17-19 at Atlanta’s World Congress Center

New educational programming will be a feature at this year’s Spring Book Show. The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) will conduct bookseller education during non-exhibit hours. SIBA will conduct the educational seminars and round table discussions on the mornings of March 17-18 before show hours.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 8 2006 -- Spring Book Show 2006, the South’s largest bargain book show, comes to Atlanta on March 17-19.

New educational programming will be a feature at this year’s show. The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) will conduct bookseller education during non-exhibit hours. “In addition to exhibiting at this year’s show, SIBA – formerly the Southeastern Booksellers Association, or SEBA - will provide independent booksellers with the opportunity to share their successes with each other,” said Cathie Eargle, the show coordinator.

SIBA will conduct the educational seminars and round table discussions on the mornings of March 17-18 before show hours.

The Friday, March 17 program will cover:

• Creating Killer Events: 8 a.m. – 9 a.m.

• American Booksellers Association Forum: 9:15 a. m. – 10:45 a.m.

• Your Website as a Marketing Tool and Marketing Your Website: 11 a.m. – noon

On Saturday, March 18, educational sessions will include:

• Resource Roundtable: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Booksellers will have the opportunity to sit at a table, listen and ask questions of experts in a specific area of the book business. Every 20 minutes attendees will move to another table, another topic. (Sponsored by SIBA)

• Christian Bargain Book Forum: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. (at World Congress Convention Center).

Introducing trade bookstores to the world of inspirational books and Christian bookstores to the remainder and bargain book industry.

Among the presenters:

• Oren Teicher, chief operating officer, American Booksellers Association, Tarrytown, N.Y.

• Len Vlahos, director, American Booksellers Association BookSense.com program.

• Karin Wilson, SIBA Board member, Page & Palette Bookstore, Fairhope, Ala., “Anatomy of an Author Proposal.”

• Frazer Dobson, SIBA Advisory Council, Park Road Books, Charlotte, N.C., “Harnessing the Power of Newsletters.”

• Kelly Justice, SIBA Board member, Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, Va., “Authorless Events.”

• Sally Brewster, SIBA president, Park Road Books, Charlotte, N.C., “Cashing in on Book Clubs.”

• Wanda Jewell, SIBA executive director, Columbia, S.C., “Benefits of SIBA Membership”

Wanda Jewell, executive director of SIBA, said of the educational component, “We are excited to partner with the Spring Book Show and take the opportunity to gather together and learn from one another.”

This year’s show will draw more than 100 dealers to the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta. They will be offering more than 50,000 book titles at bargain prices to hundreds of buyers from bookstores, public and academic libraries and K-12 school media specialists.

According to show organizer Larry May of Knoxville, Tenn., this year’s theme, “Think Green This Spring,” was chosen to reflect the St. Patrick’s holiday weekend. A “good ole’ Irish gig” to permit conferees to socialize is planned for the evening of March 17. Special activities planned include the giveaway of a St. Patrick’s Day “pot o’ gold” (a skid of books) to one lucky attendee.

May said the largest remainder dealers from the United States, Canada and Great Britain will be attending the Atlanta show. They’ll display their wares – the largest collection of remainder books, returns, slightly hurts and white sales and promotional books in the nation – at 500-plus display units in more than 60,000 square feet of space.

The Spring Book Show caters to buyers who purchase multiple copies of individual titles from dealers who specialize in remainders. A number of innovations will be featured at this year’s show.

Larry May is available for interviews. Further information: www.springbookshow.com; Cathie Eargle, 865-922-7490; Spring Book Show, 3517 Neal Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918; Web site www.springbookshow.com.

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