This year’s Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Association (PNBA) trade show, held at the PDX Airport Holiday Inn from September 10–12, was a great success. Events focusing on aspects of publishing and bookselling were held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, including the usual book signings, hunts for this season’s buzzworthy books, and panels on effectively using Facebook to promote your business.
Interested attendees visited Ooligan’s booth on Friday and Saturday to ask questions and peruse our backlist. Many signed the guestbook, yet the truest proof of our success was the plentiful distribution of Rethinking Paper & Ink. These were supplied to anyone with the slightest interest in environment-friendly practices. Our aim was to let anyone and everyone know what titles we have that might interest them, their organization, bookstore, or library. Ooligan students engaged attendees with information about our OpenBook series, our upcoming books, and our backlist titles.
It was a pleasure to participate in this event, one loaded with enthusiasm for this year’s hard-earned accomplishments. Everyone praised the achievements of their publishing peers, and in return saw their own recognized as well.
For more information about PNBA, visit www.pnba.org.
Speaking of trade shows, best wishes for a wonderful time at Wordstock this weekend! I will visit you at booth #417.