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1. Have lunch with three Jericho authors.  Get in on the ground floor with Wendy Grisham and her new imprint from Hachette.  Launching in fall of 2012, Jericho provides a space for non-traditional voices to express fresh perspectives on today’s culture and to reflect on the growing changes in the Church. Explore religious, social and political issues as they relate to faith which is becoming of more and more importance to southern readers.  While you are at it, stop by and thank Hachette Book Group for sponsoring this lunch launch.
2. Stay at a Waldorf Astoria!  This is a beautiful property and the price is right.  SIBA negotiated these room rates of only $139 a night before it was a Waldorf.  It is such a beautiful, well-designed ocean-side property with beautifully appointed rooms and beds to lie for!
3. Don’t miss this SIBA First!  For the first time ever, the General Manager of the SIBA hotel will welcome us. Hunter H. Hansen Managing Director, Naples Grande Beach Resort & The Edgewater Beach Hotel will share how we are all first in the people business and what that means for retailers connecting with customers both virtually and in real time.
4. Learn exactly what ebooks are? Why do I need to know about them? How do I sell them? Can I publish them? SIBA’s Lady Banks, Nicki Leone, and Ian Oeschger, SIBA’s behind the scenes programmer, will host a session designed to demystify ebooks, and show how you can take advantage of new technology to create ebooks you can sell from your own website.
5. Meet these authors at the Magical & Mysterious Panel: Sandra Brannan, Widow’s Might (Greenleaf Book Group); Joelle Charbonneau, Skating on the Edge (Minotaur Books); Jeff Hirsch, Magisterium (Scholastic); Suzanne Johnson, River Road (Tor); Tonya Hurley, The Blessed (Simon & Schuster)
6. Meet with the folks from BINC and enter to win a $100 AMEX Gift Card.  Their booth # is Q1.  The mission of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation is to strengthen the bookselling community through charitable programs that support employees and their families.  Come by and see how you can get involved.
7. Eat with 23 writers at The Moveable Feast of Authors.  Hear from Robert Olen Butler, Charles Martin, Kristen Painter, Katie Crouch, Meg Haston, and more.  Thanks to Bookazine for their inkreadible sponsorship of this signature event.
8. Check out the software from Addico Solutions, Edelweiss, Bowker, Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and at the Technology Pavilion sponsored by Inkreadible Sponsor Baker & Taylor.
9. See an Oscar-winning film with the filmmaker at the SIBA Supper.  Emceed by Jake Reiss, and sponsored by Inkreadible Sponsor Ingram Book Company, and joined by a trio of wonderful writers, William Joyce will show us The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
10. Play a game at #SIBA12.  We will have a scavenger hunt on the exhibit floor, Minute to Win It! Games at The Writers Block Party, a directory full of fun & games and the ever-popular $1000 Buyers Raffle will happen again this year at 11:45 am on Sunday.
11. Tour the beach both mornings of #SIBA12 with authors who have written about the Florida Coast.  The Beach Book and How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast Beach were written by our Tour/Author Guides and the walk there and back is beautiful; though protected mangroves.
12. Take a SIBA Book Award author to dinner.  This year, we are forgoing the author auction for a competition.  Plan Minute to Win It! Games and earn chances to win an author for dinner.  Jump on the shuttle with your author dinner date and head to a nearby Naples restaurant for a wonderful night.
13. Sales Rep Extraordinaire Teresa Kravtin & Candlewick Field Sales Director Elise Supovitz join booksellers to discuss great ways to capture and keep the kids market.
14. Meet John Grisham’s sister, Wendy Grisham, at the Jericho Launch Lunch.  You never know who you might connect with at SIBA.  She is the publisher and vice president at Jericho Books.
15. Carson Dellosa Publishing is at booth F6. For 35 years, Carson-Dellosa has specialized in creating the highest-quality educational resources that help children realize their full learning potential. See what’s new for 2012: Guinness World Records Fun Fact Books series(ages 9+), Creative Kids Zone series(PreK-Gr 2); Fundamentals series (PreK – Gr 2); and more!
16. Illustrator Kevin Hawkes joins an unlikely gang of writers at the Looking for the Uncommon Thread Panel.  Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator of more than thirty-five acclaimed picture books and chapter books including Library Lion, Weslandia, and Chicken Cheeks. His vibrant colors, unusual perspectives, and sense of humor are hallmarks of his work. He lives with his wife and children in Southern Maine.
17. Opportunities for sales can be found in folded maps, wall maps and related cartographic products.  These products are “kindle proof”.  Hear from panelists representing a sampling from the map industry as well as a bookseller experienced in map retailing.  Hear about the many aspects of cartographic products along with merchandising and display issues; what to stock; and more to ensure and increase in map sales.
18. Filofax USA, the first name in organization since 1921 also distributes Flex by Filofax, Letts of London Planners and Journals, and Lamy Writing Instruments. Their fastest growing market is within Independent Book Stores. They are offering Show Specials and Incentives for SIBA members. Come preview their new, free of charge displays at Booth # W5.
19. GABBS Atlanta is moving to the AmericasMart in downtown Atlanta! Show dates are Friday, March 15th – Sunday March 17th in Bldg. 2 W 3rd Floor Exhibit Hall. The host Hotel is the Westin Hotel. Register for half price at Booth # C3! AmericasMart is the home of the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and is the leading international source for consumer goods.
20. Hear from authors that have been booksellers and another published by a bookseller.
    Moderator: Peter Golden, Comeback Love (Simon & Schuster)
    Wendy Welch, The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap (St. Martin’s Press)
    Maureen Lee, Sissieretta Jones (University of South Carolina Press)
    Cliff Graubart, The Curious Vision of Sammy Levitt and Other Stories (Mercer University Press)
21. The Kick Off Lunch with The Lee Brothers– features two current Okra Picks!  Don’t miss this fun lunch with Michael Morris, The Man in the Blue Moon (Tyndale House); Stephanie McAfee, Happily Ever Madder (New American Library) and Janis Owens, American Ghost (Scribner)
22. Win an all expense paid trip for two to #SIBA13 in New Orleans buy playing the Exhibit Floor Scavenger Hunt and collecting as many items as you can from the exhibit floor.  Who has chocolate and who has bookmarks and who has buttons and who has signed galleys?
23. Invoice Central provides huge benefits for converting paper into electronic invoices.  Manage all of your invoices for all publishers in one central location – PubEasy.  Stay green and see the invoice on screen, receive PDFs, use an electronic packing slip (EPS) for receiving, or import file to financial software packages.  Invoices available 24/7, when you want to process.  No more requesting or researching lost or delayed invoices from publishers – all invoices are archived for up to a year!
24. Hear from a crop of authors growing kids into readers.
    Adam Troy-Castro, Gustav Gloom and the People Taker (Grosset & Dunlap)
    Ellis Weiner, The Templeton Twins have an Idea (Chronicle Books)
    Irene Latham, Don’t Feed the Boy (Roaring Book Press)
    Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books)
25. Cowboy Mike will be at SIBA. Western Writers of America is an association of writers who write about the American West and early frontier. We present the Spur Awards for the best of Western writers annually. We have members from across the United States and around the World who write “Literature of the West for the World (r)” – Come by Booth # K2.
26. POD is not a four letter word. Learn how to use POD technology to micropublish your own books and create exclusive product for your stores. 100% your books, 100% your profit.
27. All of these authors will be there and want to meet you so show up for them:

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28. Free Shuttle from the Fort Myers Airport to the hotel and back.  FREE Shuttle from Ft. Meyers Airport to Naples Grand Hotel; Thursday at 3pm, 5pm, 7pm; Friday at 10am, Noon, 2pm; FREE Shuttle from Waldorf Astoria Naples to Ft. Myers Airport; Sundayat 1pm, 3pm, 5pm
29. A Bookstore Tour & Dinner for the Early Birds – Jump on the shuttle with bookseller Stuart Unsworth and ride down the road to Sunshine Booksellers #1 and jump out for a quick tour before heading on down to Sunshine Booksellers #2 where booksellers will enjoy wine & cheese and tour the second store. Enjoy a dutch treat dinner with each other at a nearby restaurant before heading back to the hotel. This is a great way to begin the show but seeing some of the area, taking in a few good bookstores, and a great meal while enjoying the company of each other. The shuttle will have you back to the hotel before 10 pm. It should be a great ride!
30. Premiere Sponsor University Press of Florida hosts a Sunday Breakfast with Heather McPherson, Katie Farmand & Pam Brandon, Field to Feast: A Celebration of Florida Farmers, Chefs, and Artisans; Bob Kealing, Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock; Craig Pittman, The Scent of Scandal; Joie Wilson & Penny Taylor, Dream Houses: Historic Beach Homes and Cottages of Naples.  Enjoy both good food and good books.
31. 2020 Vision USA, is an import and wholesale Reading Glass and Sunglass company located in Sarasota, Florida.
    We are a family business founded in 1996. Our staff is dedicated to presenting the best quality readers and sunglasses at the most affordable prices, while specializing in Italian design elements.  Visit them at Booth # W9.
32. Begun in 1978, The Old New York Book Shop Press was created out of a love of Southern Literature. We print hardback editions of some of the south’s greatest writers (and a few friends and relatives have snuck in along the way, too!) Visit them at Booth # N9.
    And Old New York Book Shop Press exhibitor Cliff Graubart has also written his first book and is featured on the BOOKS: We Sell Them & We Write Them! Author Panel.
33. Attend the membership meeting of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance immediately after the Industry Breakfast.  The Agenda:  Minutes, Installation of newly elected directors, State of SIBA Address, Open Discussion, and Adjournment.  It is always good to get to know the folks who can help you when you need it.
34. Listen to the dulcet tones at the Ladies of the Late Night Readings.  Emceed by new SIBA board member Doug Robinson, one-half dozen writers will read aloud to you from their work.  Hear Ronda Rich, Sarah Beth Durst, and others with your milk & cookies before bedtime on Friday night.
35. Opportunities for sales can be found in folded maps, wall maps and related cartographic products.  These products are “kindle proof”.  Hear from panelists representing a sampling from the map industry as well as a bookseller experienced in map retailing.  Hear about the many aspects of cartographic products along with merchandising and display issues; what to stock; and more to ensure and increase in map sales.
36. Join these delightful authors of books for children.  Everybody says thanks!Moderator: Wendy Kupfer, Let’s Hear it for Almigal (Handfinger Press); Jeff Mack, Good News, Bad News (Chronicle Books); Leslie McGuirk, The Moogees Move House (Candlewick Press); Alan Katz, Ricky Vargas #1 The Funniest Kid in the World (Scholastic); Karma Wilson, Bear Says Thanks (Simon & Schuster)
37. Established in 1944, the University of South Carolina Press is one of the oldest publishing houses in the South and among the most respected in the Southeast. With more than 1,700 published books to its credit, 950 in print, and 50 new books published each year, the Press is essential in enhancing the scholarly reputation and worldwide visibility of the University of South Carolina. Visit USC Press at Booth # E7,8.
38. The art of selling books in your store has much in common—and much that is different—from the art of bookselling in New York Publishing. Literary agent Daniel Lazar of Writers House (the agency that represents authors like Ken Follett, Rebecca Skloot, Nora Roberts, Jonathan Tropper, Stephenie Meyers, Neil Gaimen, Christopher Paolini and Rachel Renee Russell) will lead an open discussion on how literary agents work to find new authors and present them to publishers, and answer your questions, like “how to get writers and their manuscripts off my back?” and more!
39. The Young Adult genre is growing great writers.  Meet a few at this author panel.
40. Gigi Amateau, Come August, Come Freedom (Candlewick Press); Jessica Khoury, Origin (Razorbill); Kat Zhang, What’s Left of Me, The Hybrid Chronicles, Book One (HarperCollins Children); Jackson Pearce, Fathomless (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
41. Tis the season for Rep Picks and we have a few for you.  Join a collection of sales reps and hear about their favorites.  Don’t miss the books you should be stocking for the fourth quarter.
42. Independent Book Publishers Association consists of more than 3,000 independent publishers offering exciting titles of multiple genres. Since 1983, the Independent Book Publishers Association, the largest non-profit trade association of independent publishers, has been the leader for member benefits, education, and advocacy.  Visit them at Booth # C6-9.
43. Talk with other booksellers who are facing the same challenges and triumphs as you.  Meet on the floor, in the bar, in the restaurant, by the pool, on the beach, in the spa, in the lobby, in the room, on the shuttle, on the plane, everywhere.  One is not intended to booksell alone.
44. A tradeshow is not a book festival. It is a place for people in the publishing and bookselling industry to meet and do business. But ultimately the point of any tradeshow is to find ways to do business, to sell more books more profitably, and to capture as much of the market as you can. Come do that at #SIBA12.
45. The Southern Belle View is a group blog made up of five southern writers who love talking about family, food, faith, fiction, and all the other things that southern women hold dear. Meet all five at Booth # K1.
46. Hachette Book Group – Home of Grand Central Publishing and Little, Brown and Company. Many thanks to Premiere Sponsor Hachette Book Group for their sponsorship of the Jericho Books Launch Luncheon on Saturday. Say thank you in person at Booth # D5-9.
47. American Booksellers Association – SIBA thanks generous sponsor American Booksellers Association for valuable education sessions.  Come by the booth and learn about the new e-book solutions and thank the ABA for their ongoing support of booksellers at Booth # W33,34 in the Technology Pavilion.
48. Visit with over 100 tables on the exhibit floor and learn from each and every one a good idea, product, event, or partnership to pursue.
49. Meet new SIBA board member Doug Robinson from Eagle Eye Books.  He says, “The SIBA Tradeshow is like a family reunion, without the baggage.”  Doug will be quite active at #SIBA12.  He will be at the Annual Meeting, present on the What’s Working 101: Seasoned Booksellers Share Secrets to Success Education Panel, and will emcee the Ladies of the Late Night Readings.  Be sure and say hello!
50. Meet all of your SIBA Board Members at the Annual Meeting where you can hear updates about how SIBA plans to move forward and how SIBA can benefit you.