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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000">Below is the official invitation from the executive director of PNBA with links to mentioned webpages. I apologize in advance if the links appear "clunky." </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000">Dear Northwest Librarians,<BR><BR>The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) invites you to <BR>attend our fall show, which will be held at the Holiday Inn at the <BR>Portland Airport, Thursday through Saturday, October 7 - 9. Again <BR>this year, we are offering educational sessions for librarians on the <BR>same day as the education for booksellers, Thursday, October 7, from <BR>8:00 am (the basic intro for First-timers) until 5:15 pm. The <BR>preliminary education schedule for the day is posted <A href="http://www.pnba.org/show2010/EdPrelim10.pdf">HERE </A>on our web <BR>site, as a pdf. Please remember that, although we do have one room <BR>set aside for education that we thought might most be of interest to <BR>librarians, everyone who attends the show is welcome to attend any <BR>sessions that you would like. For instance, we believe that the <BR>afternoon sessions in Salon A about our new blog <A href="http://www.nwbooklovers.org/">Northwest <BR>Booklovers</A>, and the one after that about the fall pick of the <BR>children's lists may be as important and informative to librarians as <BR>they are to booksellers; and we encourage your appropriate staff to <BR>consider attending.<BR><BR>The show will also feature a terrific line-up of national and <BR>regional authors, and you are encouraged to attend as many of those <BR>author events as you would like. The complete show schedule is posted <BR><A href="http://www.pnba.org/show2010/F10FullSchedPrelim.pdf">HERE</A>, with the lists of authors who will speak at the Breakfasts, and <BR>the general show <A href="http://www.pnba.org/show.htm">page</A> on our site has links to pdfs of all of the <BR>author events and their schedules. We hope you will join us to hear <BR>the <A href="http://www.pnba.org/show2010/Celeb010Final.pdf">Celebration of Authors </A>on Thursday at lunch and to pick up copies <BR>of those authors' new books immediately after the presentations, and <BR>join us at the opening <A href="http://www.pnba.org/show2010/Nightcapper10.pdf">Nightcapper Party </A>that evening, which is free <BR>to all show attendees. One of the favorite events at the show is the <BR>Friday night <A href="http://www.pnba.org/show2010/FeastSched10Prelim.pdf">Feast of Authors</A>, in which twenty authors move from <BR>table to table throughout your meal, discussing their new books, so <BR>that people at each table sit personally with six authors during the <BR>event. At the end of the event, every bookseller and librarian <BR>attending receives a bag of books containing a selection of signed <BR>copies of the books discussed by the authors at the Feast, with at <BR>least a dozen signed books in every bag. All author events at the <BR>show feature free signed books or advanced readers editions given to <BR>attendees of the events.<BR><BR>If any of this sounds like it might be helpful to you or any of your <BR>staff, we hope that you will encourage them to join us in Portland <BR>for the fall show. You may register for the show using the form <BR>posted <A href="http://www.pnba.org/show2010/F10AttendeeReg.pdf">HERE</A> on our web site, and pay your library membership on that <BR>form. If your library joins PNBA (cost $125), then up to FOUR people <BR>from your library may attend the show for free. (Individual book <BR>professionals may attend the show for a $75 badge fee. The shows are <BR>not open to the public.) The most efficient way to make a room <BR>reservation at our host hotel is to use the on-line registration form <BR>posted on our tradeshow <A href="http://www.pnba.org/show.htm">web page</A>. Click the logo for the Holiday Inn <BR>on the upper right of the page, fill in only the dates that you want <BR>to stay overnight, type the letters "PNB" in the "group code" box, <BR>click the "check availability" button on the lower right, and you <BR>will be offered the room choices. Our group rate of $99/night plus <BR>tax (with free parking!) will be available only through Friday, <BR>September 24, or until the rooms are sold out.<BR><BR>Thank you for your consideration of this invitation--I hope to see <BR>you at the Show!!<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Thom<BR><BR>Thom Chambliss, Executive Director<BR>Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association<BR>*Please note our new mailing address*<BR>338 West 11th Avenue, Suite 108<BR>Eugene, OR 97401-3062<BR>T: 541-683-4363<BR>F: 541-683-3910<BR>E: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman; COLOR: #0000ff; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="mailto:thom@pnba.org">thom@pnba.org</A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000"> <BR>W: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman; COLOR: #0000ff; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.pnba.org">www.pnba.org</A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000"> <BR>B: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman; COLOR: #0000ff; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.northwestbooklovers.org">www.northwestbooklovers.org</A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000"> <BR>-------------<BR>On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Robin Beerbower wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Thom,<BR>><BR>> I have been in touch with MaryKay Dahlgren and she gave me the <BR>> charge of promoting the trade show to librarians, so whenever you <BR>> are ready to publicize it, please send me all of the particulars. <BR>> I'll do my best to get the word to everyone I can in Libraryland, <BR>> not only in Oregon but Washington. Please enclose the particulars <BR>> of library membership and fees, and how many can attend.<BR>><BR>> Thanks and I'm working on my descriptions of my sessions and <BR>> getting a photo.<BR>><BR>> Robin<BR>><BR><BR></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Robin Beerbower</DIV>
<DIV>Fiction Selector</DIV>
<DIV> & Homebound Services</DIV>
<DIV>Salem Public Library<BR>PO Box 14810 (97309)</DIV>
<DIV>585 Liberty SE (97301)<BR>Salem, OR </DIV>
<DIV>503-588-6089<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>