CIPA’s September Meeting is Coming Your Way …
15 Seconds with Oprah?
 Picture this: You’re on an elevator in some big hotel. You’re all alone. You’re heading down to the lobby and the elevator stops to pick someone up at the 10th floor. The doors open and your jaw drops as you realize that Oprah Winfrey just walked into your elevator – minus her entourage! You’ve got her to yourself all the way to the lobby!
WHAT CAN YOU SAY IN 15 SECONDS that will make Oprah greet you with open arms and invite you to be on the show? Do you have the right captivating message or will you be a cotton-mouthed, long-winded, empty-worded author who can write a 400 page self-help book but can’t pull out your polished 15 second elevator speech for the opportunity of a lifetime? Read More...
Book Stores and Book Publishers: A Winning Combination
MPIBA Trade Show is Coming to Colorado Springs, September 19 – 20!
Get your book(s) noticed by booksellers from throughout the Rocky Mountain West. Register today to have your book displayed face out in the CIPA/MPIBA Trade Show Booth
What: Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA) Trade Show – MPIBA is a non-profit trade association representing more than 230 book stores in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona, Utah, Montana, and Texas. Virtually all MPIBA members will attend this once-a-year trade show.
Why: Trade Shows are an inexpensive and efficient way to gain exposure for your titles! Your book(s) will be displayed face out at the largest regional book trade show in the Rocky Mountain Region. Put your book(s) in the CIPA booth and attract the attention of hundreds of independent bookstore buyers attending the tradeshow.
How: It’s sooo E-Z!
Step 1. Click here to REGISTER and pay registration fee of $25 per book.
Step 2. Complete and submit the the form you will receive with your payment confirmaiton.
Step 3. Send two copies of each book and fifty copies of your sell sheet printed one or two sides
to Filter Press/CIPA, PO Box 95, Palmer Lake, Colorado 80133.
Step 4. Relax. We’ll take it from here. Please note: your samples will be donated to a literacy
nonprofit at end of the show.
Deadline: We must receive your two sample books and your sell sheets by August 29, 2008.
Contact: John Maling, Trade Show Chair, jmalingphd@aol.com
Get your books noticed by buyers! REGISTER TODAY for the largest regional trade show this year. |
