Thirty-One Things to do for Small Press Month for Small Presses & Independent Publishers
(Sponsored by The New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP) and PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association)
Click for the Small Press Month press release.
*Check out the events publishers have planned for this month and a larger version of this poster at www.smallpressmonth.org
1. Contact your local bookstore or library and suggest they put together a special display for National Small Press Month. You can obtain posters from: Small Press Month Coordinator at PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association, 627 Aviation Way, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, Phone 310/372-2732. Or email April@pma-online.org. Please order in sets of two.
2. Suggest that your local bookstore offer a discount off Small Press titles this month. Offer a special discount on all of your titles.
3. Hold a seminar on “How to Get Published” or on a subject related to your books. You might wish to cooperate with other small presses in your area to get this event off to a roaring start. You might wish to charge a nominal fee for the seminar.
4. Contact the book review editor at your daily newspaper about any events that you plan. Also speak to the features editor. The business editor is always interested in a successful publishing story.
5. Send PMA your list of participating bookstores and libraries so that they may recieve Small Press Month Materials.
6. Be sure to inform PMA and The New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP) about any activities you have planned for Small Press Month. PMA would like to include your information when contacting the media. Please send your plans to Lisa@pma-online.org.
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