Important Meet the Authors Update

Our “Meet the Authors” collaboration with Garcia Street Books will be taking a break after the November 1, 2025 event.  The reason is practical:  Garcia Street Books has many unsold books consigned by our authors, and they need their shelf space back, especially now that holiday merchandise is starting to come in.

This week, NMBA will collect any unsold books that were consigned more than 6 months ago, and work with the store to see that authors receive any money owed them for sold books.  (The store will handle these payments.)  NMBA will notify authors whose books we pick up, and you can decide what to do with them – reclaim them, leave them in NMBA’s back stock, or donate them.  We’re taking care of this for our authors, so you don’t need to contact the store yourself.

If you consigned books as of May 2025 or later, your books will stay, and you are responsible for checking with the store to determine whether they have sold.

“Meet the Authors” started over 2 ½ years ago, and we deeply appreciate Garcia Street Books’ support of local authors.  When you go into the store (and we hope you will;  it’s a local treasure), please thank them for giving NMBA authors this opportunity.
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Paula Lozar, NMBA Book Sales Chair