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From: Lucine Kasbarian <lucinekasbarian_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:56:13 -0500 (EST)
Thanks, Lyn, for this thoughtful post.
While we usually know about the big names who are signing at booths at various conferences, I'd like to suggest that (if they don't already do so prior to conferences) ccbc-net subscribing publishers, authors and bloggers put together an "alternative" list of author signings going on at the publisher booths both large and small and make these schedules available to the bloggers mentioned by Kelly Lyons, myself and others in this online discussion.
While this doesn't speak to the issue of diversity authors who might not be invited to sign at publisher booths, nor to those for whom diversity might not be a priority, the concept might at least alert those who follow these bloggers as to where they can find and support material that might be brought out of the margins and into the mainstream.
--
Lucine Kasbarian
Լուսին Գասպարեան
www.lucinekasbarian.com
http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Lucine_Kasbarian
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From: Lyn Miller-Lachmann <lynml_at_me.com>
To: Charles Bayless <charles.bayless_at_ttmd.com>
Cc: ccbc-net <ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu>; jane <jane_at_kidslikeus.org>; 'Christine Taylor-Butler' <kansascitymom@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thu, Feb 6, 2014 4:08 pm
Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] A "no cost" way to support diversity at ALA, IRA and other conferences - An alternate view
And for those of us who don't enjoy conflict and provocation, let me add another
"no cost" idea:
Buzz creates buzz. Traffic creates traffic. When people pass by the booths of
small presses and no customers are there, they get the idea that these
publishers aren't "legitimate." These publishers may not have well-known names
and resources for large booths and sponsored events--but they publish the books
we want. (For instance, someone upthread was looking for early readers with
Latin_at_ characters. Piñata Books, the children's imprint of Arte Público Press,
has exactly what you're looking for, in English and Spanish. Check out the
Mickey Rangel detective series from René Saldaña, Jr.)
You will make a neglected editor or marketer's day by visiting the small press
booth and bringing those drinks and snacks their way. And make sure those
purchase orders for diverse books go the way of those small presses too.
Whatever haranguing accomplishes, or promises of $$ to purchase books on x, y,
and z, nothing will convince the major publishers faster than seeing those big
purchase orders going to a smaller, more nimble, and more responsive competitor.
Plus, you're keeping valuable alternatives alive and helping to raise the
number, quality, and visibility of their offerings.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Gringolandia (Curbstone Press/Northwestern University Press, 2009)
Rogue (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin, 2013)
www.lynmillerlachmann.com
www.thepiratetree.com
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Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:56:13 -0500 (EST)
Thanks, Lyn, for this thoughtful post.
While we usually know about the big names who are signing at booths at various conferences, I'd like to suggest that (if they don't already do so prior to conferences) ccbc-net subscribing publishers, authors and bloggers put together an "alternative" list of author signings going on at the publisher booths both large and small and make these schedules available to the bloggers mentioned by Kelly Lyons, myself and others in this online discussion.
While this doesn't speak to the issue of diversity authors who might not be invited to sign at publisher booths, nor to those for whom diversity might not be a priority, the concept might at least alert those who follow these bloggers as to where they can find and support material that might be brought out of the margins and into the mainstream.
--
Lucine Kasbarian
Լուսին Գասպարեան
www.lucinekasbarian.com
http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Lucine_Kasbarian
-----Original Message-----
From: Lyn Miller-Lachmann <lynml_at_me.com>
To: Charles Bayless <charles.bayless_at_ttmd.com>
Cc: ccbc-net <ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu>; jane <jane_at_kidslikeus.org>; 'Christine Taylor-Butler' <kansascitymom@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thu, Feb 6, 2014 4:08 pm
Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] A "no cost" way to support diversity at ALA, IRA and other conferences - An alternate view
And for those of us who don't enjoy conflict and provocation, let me add another
"no cost" idea:
Buzz creates buzz. Traffic creates traffic. When people pass by the booths of
small presses and no customers are there, they get the idea that these
publishers aren't "legitimate." These publishers may not have well-known names
and resources for large booths and sponsored events--but they publish the books
we want. (For instance, someone upthread was looking for early readers with
Latin_at_ characters. Piñata Books, the children's imprint of Arte Público Press,
has exactly what you're looking for, in English and Spanish. Check out the
Mickey Rangel detective series from René Saldaña, Jr.)
You will make a neglected editor or marketer's day by visiting the small press
booth and bringing those drinks and snacks their way. And make sure those
purchase orders for diverse books go the way of those small presses too.
Whatever haranguing accomplishes, or promises of $$ to purchase books on x, y,
and z, nothing will convince the major publishers faster than seeing those big
purchase orders going to a smaller, more nimble, and more responsive competitor.
Plus, you're keeping valuable alternatives alive and helping to raise the
number, quality, and visibility of their offerings.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Gringolandia (Curbstone Press/Northwestern University Press, 2009)
Rogue (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin, 2013)
www.lynmillerlachmann.com
www.thepiratetree.com
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