From: Barbara Binns <bab9660_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:20:21 -0800 (PST)

Lucine and others, I like the idea of having a central repository noting when and where authors would be appearing/signing. I have a conference in March and two in April that I would love to put in, but I admit I don't feel comfortable just emailing that off to the world and bloggers who probably get hundreds of such emails. Is there a way to put together some kind of shared worksheet where these things could be noted? I am not as computer literate as I wish and couldn't put it together myself, but I would be happy to assist someone in creating and managing such a list.

  B. A. Binns  



On Thursday, February 6, 2014 3:56 PM, Lucine Kasbarian <lucinekasbarian_at_aol.com> wrote:
  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.  

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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>
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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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