2023 New Mexico Library Association
Annual Conference

Exhibit Your Books!
​NMBA will be promoting and selling our members’ books and offering our popular NMBA Showcase Catalog at the 100th Anniversary New Mexico Library Association (NMLA) annual conference on 25 - 27 October, 2023  in Albuquerque. 

​For a modest fee, we will display and sell your titles. 

What You Need to Provide to Exhibit Your Books

Note: This is only for current NMBA members.
If you're not yet a member and you would like to exhibit your titles at the NMLA annual conference you can 

• Join NMBA or 
• Renew your NMBA membership.

Here’s how to exhibit and sell your titles:

1. ​No later than October 13th: Pay the fee by PayPal (preferred) or check: 
         * $35 for the first title.
         * $25 per title for each additional title.
2. ​​No later than October 13th: Upload the Sell Sheet and Provide Some Information on Your Book.
   Sell sheet requirements are listed below.
   
3.     * NMLA 2023 Book Info & Sell Sheet Upload
4. Send five (5) copies of each title to:
         New Mexico Book Association ℅ Coyote Arts
         Attn: NMLA 2023
         PO Box 6690
         Albuquerque, NM 87197-6690
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IMPORTANT!

• If you submitted this title for a previous event (NMLA Conference last year, or for the Tucson Festival of the Book or Feria del Libro de la Frontera International Book Fair in Juarez, Mexico), we may already have five copies of your book. 
• If you are not sure whether we have copies of your title, or how many copies we may have, please contact Paula Lozar at lozarpaula@cs.com.
• If you have other questions about PayPal or the sell sheet upload form, contact us at libroentry@gmail.com.

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What You Get When You Exhibit Your Books

• Your book featured in 2023-2024 NMBA Showcase Catalog, with your description and your art. 
• NMBA staff, board, or volunteers will be at the event while the exhibit floor is open displaying your title and selling your books.
• All sales proceeds for your books go back to you. The Book Association will pay via check or PayPal after the NMLA event.

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Volunteer!
​You can also volunteer to help staff the booth. To let us know your availability, sign up at: 
     ​NMLA 2023 Volunteer Signup

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Sell Sheet Requirements

Your sell sheets will be bound into the 2022-2023 NMBA Showcase Catalog that will be available at the shows. Here's a sample sell sheet.​

• Contact us if you have any questions: libroentry@gmail.com. 
• Need us to design your sell sheet for $75? Send us an email: libroentry@gmail.com​

Guidelines

1. Color or Black-and-White: Sell sheets may be designed in either color or black-and-white
2. Format: 8 ½ x 11-inch format with at least ¾-inch margins. 
3. Content: ​Sell sheets should include the following information:​ 
   1. ​​Title of book(s) (You may submit a sell sheet for each title or put several titles on one sheet; it’s up to you.)  
   2. Author 
   3. Publisher  
   4. ISBN 
   5. Contact information for sales: address, phone number, email address or website (if applicable)
   6. Regular price of each book, and any show discounts. (Books that are discounted to an even dollar amount or to 30% below list price may sell better at shows.) 
   7. ​Optional, but Good to Include:
      1. An image of the book cover.
      2. Jacket copy, or other summary of the book’s contents.
      3. Reviews.
      4. Any awards the book has received.

Submit your Payment — Deadline October 13, 2023

Please submit online payment. Paypal is preferable; however if you wish to pay by check, please send it with your books to:

      New Mexico Book Association ℅ Coyote Arts
      Attn: NMLA 2023
      PO Box 6690 
      Albuquerque, NM 87197-6690
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A digital copy of your sell sheet will be posted on this website for easy access for buyers at the book shows.

Please confirm below that you give NMBA permission to post your digital sell sheet. You will need to answer some questions about your book and upload your sell sheet at:

NMLA 2023 Book Info & Sell Sheet Upload