MBA Trade Show

2010 MBA Trade Show

Friday – Saturday, October 1-2
RiverCentre and nearby venues
St. Paul, MN

TRADE SHOW INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FORMS

PRELIMINARY Schedule of Events (PDF)
– updated as of 8/23/10
– also includes information available to date
    on featured authors and events, education sessions, etc!

Hotel Information (PDF)

RIVERCENTRE FLOOR PLANS (PDF)
Includes locations of MBA events in RiverCentre and at 317 on Rice Park

DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL MAP (PDF)
Includes MBA Trade Show venues, parking, skyways,
other useful landmarks

TRADE SHOW EXHIBIT FLOOR PLAN (PDF) 
preliminary as of 8/24/10

BOOKSELLER

Bookseller Registration Form (PDF)

Bookseller Meal Ticket Order Form (PDF)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS & OTHER ATTENDEES

Note: The MBA Trade Show is a members-only show

Associate Member Registration Form

Publisher/Vendor Not Exhibiting Registration Form

Media Registration Form

Associate & Other Attendee Meal Order Form

 EXHIBITOR

Exhibitor Registration Form (PDF)
(includes membership and author submission forms)

Meal Ticket Order Form for Exhibitors (PDF)

MBA Trade Show Advertising Opportunities (PDF)

Download the following information
the details below are all in one PDF

  • 2010 MBA Trade Show Schedule of Events
    - updated as of 8/22/10
  • Author Events and Author Submissions Information
    - updated as of 8/22/10
    Publishers — please submit your authors NOW for formal autographing sessions and informal signings at your booth or table!
  • Why publishers & vendors will want to exhibit at the MBA Trade Show! - as of 8/22/10

Author Submission Form

More information about the 2010 MBA Trade Show will be posted on this page as it becomes available.  Please check back or contact us at the MBA office if you have questions about the show. Thank you!

Request for Authors / Speakers – our speakers are chosen for this year
- information about submitting your authors [PDF]
- updated as of 5/19/10

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To all who participated in the
2009 MBA Trade Show on September 25-26 –

THANK YOU!

We’re delighted that so many of you — booksellers, publishers, distributors, reps, vendors, authors, librarians, teachers, and other book business colleagues – were able to join us.  The show was a very busy two days, and the mood was focused and upbeat, highlighted by the many strong titles coming out this fall and by the terrific authors featured at this year’s special events. Heartfelt thanks to all the publishers who brought their authors and complimentary copies of their books to the show!

We especially want to thank our Trade Show SPONSORS, whose support was crucial to making the show a success: Above the Treeline, American Booksellers Association, Baker & Taylor, Common Good Books, 800-CEO-READ, Emerging Leaders Council, HarperCollins Publishers, Ingram Book Company & Ingram Publisher Services, MIPA, NAIPR, Nodin Press, Random House, Simon & Schuster/Atria Books, Tristan Publishing, The Twin Cities Crime Writers Coop, Wiley.

You can read more about the MBA Trade Show right now, courtesy of our book industry media colleagues at PW Daily, Shelf Awareness, and the St. Paul Pioneer Press.  Additional PW Daily articles on children’s books and the Children’s Book & Author Breakfast are available, too.  Thanks for the great coverage, everyone!

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BELOW IS LAST YEAR’S INFORMATION – FOR REFERENCE ONLY

New 2-Day Schedule!
2009
MIDWEST BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION
TRADE SHOW
September 25-26, Friday-Saturday

Saint Paul RiverCentre and nearby venues
Saint Paul, Minnesota

MBA Booksellers — Come to the Trade Show!
You can register on-site at the show!

Important! PLEASE NOTE!
The most accurate and complete
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (updated 9/20)
and other programming details and updates are ONLY on this MAIN Trade Show page now.

You’ll find all the downloads below – Please scroll down……

If you need registrations forms, please go to the appropriate related Trade Show page to get them. Look to the right and click on the page you need.

We look forward to seeing you at the show!

“The books that make the biggest impression on me and then my customers are the ones I hear about at the Trade Show in Minneapolis/St Paul.”
– Sarah Beahler, Prairie Moon Books, Sheldon, IA

“The MBA Trade Show continues to be a cornerstone of our marketing plan each year, and this year is no exception.  Our customers in the Midwest are precious to us.  Having a weekend set aside each year to connect and share in person with all of them is priceless to us.  Simply stated, the MBA Trade Show is a highlight of our fall and helps set the stage for a successful season!”
– Brett and Sheila Waldman, TRISTAN Publishing, Minneapolis. MN


BOOKSELLER REGISTRATION INFORMATION
MBA Booksellers –  Come to the Trade Show!  Register on-site at the show!

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION

  • Exhibitor Registration Deadline was August 14…
  • Late exhibitor registration will be accepted only at MBA’s discretion. Please contact MBA by phone – 612-926-5868.
  • Go to the 2009 Exhibitor Registration & Information page for registration details and forms.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Be sure to scroll all the way down for links to all show details, including education, author events, exhibitor lists, floor plans and maps, and more!

Our schedule of events is still subject to a few minor changes and additions prior to the Trade Show.  Please check back for updates!

REVISED & COMPLETE TRADE SHOW SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (PDF) – as of 9/20/09  - still correct!
NEW! This is the REVISED, DETAILED Schedule of Events for the show. It includes TWO ADDITIONAL education sessions, “rep picks,” author events, the Trade Show Exhibit, etc.

NEW! EVENTS AT A GLANCE (PDF) – as of 9/20/09 — still correct!
– A one-page schedule of events for the Trade Show

WELCOME & IMPORTANT CONTACTS INFO

  • QUESTIONS? Please contact us at the MBA office.  We will be in the office only through the morning of Thursday, September 24.
  • ONLY on Friday and Saturday, September 25-26, please phone us at MBA Trade Show Registration at RiverCentre, 651-726-1810, 7 AM – 5:30 PM on Friday, 7 AM – 6 PM on Saturday. We will not be checking voice mail or e-mail at the office while we are at the show.
  • NOTE: If you need to reach Susan Walker in an emergency during the show, please text her at 612-382-5868; she will try to get back to you as soon as possible. E-mail your details to susan@midwestbooksellers.org, too. Thanks!

RULES OF THE SHOW

EXHIBITORS LIST - Alphabetical (Excel file)
– final list as of 9/24/09
– one late addition - Smultron Publications, Table 533

DETAILED EXHIBITORS LIST - in Program (PDF)
– final list as of 9/24/09
– one late addition – Smultron Publications, Table 533

EXHIBITORS LIST - Numerical (PDF)
– final list as of 9/24/09
– one late addition – Smultron Publications, Table 533

SHOW SPECIALS (PDF) Final
Exhibitors’ special stock offers and incentives for retail bookstores for the Trade Show and Fall season

TRADE SHOW EXHIBIT FLOOR PLAN (PDF)
– final as of 9/18/09
- Note that table 533 does not show on this floor plan, but it has been added.
– Also scroll down the page for RiverCentre floor plans and downtown St. Paul map

PUBLISHER/VENDOR/REP PICK OF THE LISTS PRESENTATIONS (PDF)
– as of 9/18/09 – included in the complete Schedule of Events, too

Our featured speakers include these outstanding authors!
Photos of authors and event details

Authors Lunch, 9/25: This Event is SOLD OUT!
Chris Farrell, Stephanie Kallos – plus 28 other participating authors
complete list of authors  

Midwest Booksellers’ Choice Awards Reception, 9/25:
Award Winners - Neil  Gaiman, Freya Manfred, Michael Perry, David Wroblewski
Honor Book Winners - Todd Boss, Ingrid Law, Lauren Stringer

Book & Author Dinner, 9/25:
Elizabeth Berg, Jonathan Safran Foer, Alex Lemon, Kent Meyers

Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, 9/26:
M.T. Anderson, Neil Gaiman, Loren Long,
Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Detailed information about these author events is included in the complete Schedule of Events.

 AUTHOR AUTOGRAPHING SCHEDULES COMPLETE! Up-to-date!
–Both formal autographing sessions & informal signings included
– as of 9/23/09
– This final schedule will be available in printed form at the show

TRADE SHOW PROGRAM in PDF format — coming soon!

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SAVE THE DATES
for these additional events connected with
the MBA Trade Show!

Killer Cocktails at the MBA Trade Show
Thursday, September 24, 7-9 PM
at Common Good Books

Kick off the MBA Trade Show in killer style! Come schmooze and get the lowdown on some of Minnesota’s finest mystery and thriller writers. Click the link above for all the details.

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AN EMERGING LEADERS GATHERING
Hosted by John McCormick, Northern Lights Books and Gifts in Duluth

Saturday, September 26th
6:30 PM — right AFTER the MBA Trade Show itself closes
at Bulldog of Lowertown St. Paul
(see Downtown St. Paul map below)
237 East Sixth Street #100, St. Paul, MN 55101

Come chat with Jeff Kamin and David Enyeart, moderators of Magers and Quinn Bookseller’s two successful large-group book clubs, “Books and Bars” and “The Big Bang Book Club.”  Please RSVP to Jay Peterson (MBA’s Emerging Leaders Council Rep) at jay@magersandquinn.com .

Emerging Leaders aims to develop, retain, and support the independent book industry’s future innovators and leaders, through peer support, networking, mentoring, and education.

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RIVERCENTRE FLOOR PLANS (PDF)
Includes locations of MBA events in RiverCentre and at 317 on Rice Park

DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL MAP (PDF)
Includes MBA Trade Show venues, parking, skyways, other useful landmarks

HOTEL INFORMATION (PDF)
– Reservations deadline September 2 for room block rates

MBA has room blocks at three hotels in downtown St. Paul — the Holiday Inn St. Paul Downtown (formerly the Holiday Inn RiverCentre), the Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Paul – Riverfront, and the Saint Paul Hotel.  Rates range from $119+tax to $164+tax.  The room block deadline is September 2, but space will fill up before then. Make your reservations now to get the hotel you prefer.

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MBA’s independent bookseller members speak out –
Why Your Company Should Exhibit
at the Midwest Booksellers Association Trade Show

 “Your presence at our trade show makes you more money from us!”
– Nancy Simpson, Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA

“Stick with us, we are still very much in the game.”
– Laura Hansen, Bookin’ It, Little Falls, MN

Lanora Hurley, Owner/Children’s Buyer/Accounts Payable
Next Chapter Bookshop (formerly Harry W. Schwartz), Mequon, Wisconsin

I am planning on bringing as many of my staff as I can to the regional trade shows.  As a new bookstore, I can’t afford to send many people to BEA.  The regional shows will be an opportunity for my staff that I feel is invaluable.  The contacts that we make, the publishers that we talk to, and what we learn are a great asset to how we do our jobs.  Just like our interactions with our sales reps, the chance to speak with you about the books you have coming out and how they are being marketed arms us with the information we need to sell to our customers.

This personal interaction is not something that can be accomplished through a catalog or online.  I know that it is expensive to represent yourselves at these shows, and it is difficult to measure any return.  Please know that the more exposure my staff has to the books you want to sell, the more likely we are to sell them and recommend them to our customers.  You do not need to give us tons of galleys or freebies.  Let’s just meet and talk about the books!

Chris Livingston, Owner and Buyer,
The Book Shelf, Winona, MN
and MBA Board Vice President

The MBA trade show is a very important part of my fall business strategy.  I don’t have many reps that call on me down in Winona, and use the trade show to help build my purchase strategy for the fall shopping season.  Although not every publisher will get an order from me that day (and I do place upwards of 20 orders each year at the show), I make title lists and order later, either direct or through wholesale channels.

I truly believe that as the business gets more and more competitive and difficult to navigate, the regional trade shows become an even more viable outlet for publishers to make their mark on booksellers.  Actually, I thought that this year might offer opportunities for some publishers to actually increase their presence at the MBA trade show as other publishers might diminish their own, as this affords an even bigger impact in the minds of booksellers.  Be aggressive and excited.  This is still a wonderful time to be in the book business!

Read more statements from our MBA booksellers to publishers and vendors on the importance of the MBA Trade Show!

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION

Go to the 2009 Exhibitor Registration & Information page for all details and forms.

BOOKSELLERS AND ATTENDEES INFORMATION

Go to the 2009 Bookseller Registration & Information page for details and forms.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Midwest Booksellers Association Trade Show is a MEMBERS-ONLY business meeting and exhibit which is not open to the general public. All exhibitors, booksellers, and other book industry attendees will need to be paid MBA members for the 2009-2010 membership year (starting 7/1/09) in order to participate.

MBA voting membership is open to retail bookstores both owned and operated in our member states, as well as to publishers, sales representatives, wholesalers and vendors who do business with our booksellers. Non-voting associate membership is open to others professionally allied to the book industry – prospective booksellers, national chain bookstores, libraries, authors, teachers, etc.

Members of the media who cover the book industry may attend, but they must contact the MBA office and provide press credentials in advance in order to receive press passes.

“Your presence at our trade show makes you more money from us!”
– Nancy Simpson, Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA

“The books that make the biggest impression on me and then my customers are the ones I hear about at the Trade Show in Minneapolis/St Paul.”
– Sarah Beahler, Prairie Moon Books, Sheldon, IA

“Stick with us, we are still very much in the game.”
– Laura Hansen, Bookin’ It, Little Falls, MN

“The MBA Trade Show continues to be a cornerstone of our marketing plan each year, and this year is no exception.  Our customers in the Midwest are precious to us.  Having a weekend set aside each year to connect and share in person with all of them is priceless to us.  Simply stated, the MBA Trade Show is a highlight of our fall and helps set the stage for a successful season!”
– Brett and Sheila Waldman, TRISTAN Publishing, Minneapolis. MN

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