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2026 Southern NM Book Festival &
​2026 NM Library Association
Annual Conference

Exhibit Your Books!
​NMBA will be promoting and selling our members’ books at the Southern New Mexico Book Festival on October 3rd, 2026 in Las Cruces & New Mexico Library Association (NMLA) annual conference on October 21-23, 2026  in Las Cruces. 

What You Need to Provide to Exhibit Your Books

Here’s how to exhibit and sell your titles:
  1. ​Pay the fee on Square (preferred) or check: 
          * $30 for the first title.
          * $15 per title for each additional title.
  2. Fill out Submission Form.
    Sell sheet requirements are listed below.​
    1. Let us know if you have recently submitted your sell sheet or if we have your books from a recent event. 
  3. Send five (5) copies of each title to:
    New Mexico Book Association, c/o Equi-Libris
    7 Avenida Vista Grande, B7-490
    Santa Fe, NM 87508​
IMPORTANT!​
  • 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 Square or the sell sheet upload form, contact us at libroentry@gmail.com.

What You Get When You Exhibit Your Books

  • ​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 NMBA will pay via check or Venmo after the NMLA event.

Submit your Payment — Deadline October 1, 2026

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

New Mexico Book Association, c/o Equi-Libris
7 Avenida Vista Grande, B7-490
Santa Fe, NM 87508

2026 Southern NM Book Festival & NMLA Conference Book Display Opportunity

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Sell Sheet Requirements

Your sell sheets will be submitted to the NMBA online Catalog that will be available at the shows. Here's a sample sell sheet.​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.