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Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association 2009 Holiday Catalog AT A GLANCE From Our Shelves to Yours: Books for Holiday Giving Our Holiday Catalog is the prime holiday marketing tool for independent bookstores in the GLiBA region, which covers Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and the edges of the adjoining states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, including major markets like Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. The Catalog 16 pages in “slim jim” format, 6” x 10.75” 10 standard spots available per page Over 600,000 distributed in 2008 Rates Standard ..............................................$2,095 Feature .................................................$2,395 (same size as standard with shadow box) Marquee (2x standard) .........................$3,395 Display ..................................................ask us Front Cover .........................................$7,500 (Exclusive domain for the publisher and title selected. Source of art for the front cover, occasional interior art, and for shelf talkers and 18 x 24 posters; feature ad on page 2) Special Rates Regional ......................................................................................$1,295 (For books about region, by regional publishers. All Great Lakes, Great Reads titles are eligible for this rate. Same size as standard.) New! “Indie Favorites” ..................................................................$300 (Backlist and trade paper, titles nominated by our booksellers. Line listing with smaller cover image). Deadlines June 26 ...............................Contracts July 10 ................................Copy and cover images July 31 ................................Payment in full; final notice of art changes and copy corrections September 25 .....................Finished book for trade show display NEW FOR O-NINE “Indie Favorites” Backlist, trade paper titles nominated by our booksellers, “Indie Favorites” will consist of a line listing and a small jacket image. We tried this without images in ‘08 and the stores loved it. It’ll be even more powerful with the jackets. Rate is only $300. We’ll present our choices for “indie favorite” titles to publishers shortly after BEA. Title Resource Page On our website we’ll include information and materials to give stores ready access to information and materials so they can highlight any of the catalog titles they wish. This could include hi- and lo-res versions of the jackets, brief descriptions of any special offers for the title, or special promotional materials, including e-cards and web videos. Your Titles on the Web Your titles receive even more exposure when they are featured in random rotation on our consumer website, www.books-n-authors.com. To Reserve Space & Deliver Materials We will be selling space at BEA and will contact many of you to set up advance appointments. But contact me at any time before or after BEA with questions or to reserve space. Contracts and copy may be sent by email or fax. Email is the preferred method of delivery for images. Jim Dana Heartland Productions Inc. (as subsidiary of GLiBA) PO Box 901 (letters) 208 Franklin St (packages) Grand Haven, MI 49417 616-847-4245 | 616-842-0051 fax [email protected] | www.gliba.org Digital File Specs Send both a hi- and lo-res digital file of each jacket. Hi-res jacket images should be minimum 300 dpi, 1.5” wide. Accepted file formats: eps, pdf, tiff, jpg. Al images should be CMYK. Contact us ahead of time for delivery of especially large files. Artwork © 2008 by Olivier Dunrea from Merry Christmas, Ollie!, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Illustrated Edition Lynne Truss illustrated by Pat Byrnes Language lovers everywhere will cheer the arrival of this new illustrated edition of the runaway bestseller that has everyone minding their p’s and q’s (and their commas and semicolons). {Gotham} 9781592403912$25 Art Foreword by Ross King With more than 2,500 great works from prehistory to today, Art details key movements, explains styles and techniques, and is the must-have visual guide to art throughout history. {DK Publishing} 9780756639723 $50 Cobain Unseen Charles R. Cross An unparalleled look inside the brilliant mind of one of America’s most revered rock legends, this authorized, illustrated biography is a treasure trove crammed with rare material, inserts, and keepsakes. {Little, Brown} 9780316033725 $35 The Album Cover Album edited by Roger Dean A visual showcase of the covers - highlighting the fads, trends, musical inspiration that inspired them - selected by design guru Roger Dean. {Collins Design} 9780061626951 $29.95 Ballistics Billy Collins A dazzling new collection of trademark mischief, humor, wonder, and empathy from the former United States Poet Laureate and bestsell- ing author of Sailing Alone Around the Room. {Random House} 9781400064915 $24 Best-selling authors hand- in short stories, comics, mysteries, essays, travel, science and nature, sports, spirituality, and nonrequired reading. paper $14 each The Best American Short Stories 2008 edited by Salman Rushdie 9780618788774 The Best American Essays 2008 edited by Adam Gopnik 9780618983223 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 edited by Judy Blume 9780618902835 Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans and Life In- side the Harry Potter Phenomenon Melissa Anelli An in-depth look at the cultural and fannish phenomena surrounding Harry Potter by the webmistress of the Leaky Cauldron, the most popular Harry Potter fan website. Includes an exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling. 9781416554950paper $16 In the Beginning This spectacular and ingenious gift book features Fischer’s origi- nal artwork of intricate pop-ups representing the classic stories from the Book of Genesis. {Little, Brown} 9780316118422 $35 The Golden Book of Chocolate Carla Bardi and Claire Pietersen A delicious mix of history, anecdotes, and easy-to-follow recipes, this book is a choco- holic’s dream come true. With 300+ recipes and hundreds of mouth-watering photos, enjoy- ment is sure to follow. {Barron’s} 9780764161575 $29.99 2 3 Merry Christmas, Ollie Olivier Dunrea Ollie perfectly encompass- es the adorable impatience of young children waiting for this endearing and beauti- fully rendered tale. The artwork for this catalog is taken from this book. 9780618532421 $12.95 ON THE COVER FOR THE HOLIDAYS The Best American Scared of Santa A hilarious collection of more than 250 full-color photos with quick-witted commentary of kids posed on Santa’s lap - panicked, screaming, and Santa has arrived! {Harper} 9780061490996 paper $9.95 The Lump of Coal illustrated by Brett Helquist Forget Frosty. Forget Rudolph. Forget Santa. The next great holiday hero is small, dark, and loved ones’ stockings with this uproarious, irreverent new picture book. {HarperCollins} 9780061574283 paper $12.99 Holidays on Ice David Sedaris This beloved holiday collection is updated and expanded, with six more stories to help spread the the season. {Little, Brown} 9780316035903 $16.99 Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships The tragic story of the schoo- ner Rouse Simmons brings to life the maritime heritage of the robust but often forgotten communities that thrived along War to World War I. 9780472116232 $24.95 Roads to Quoz America’s greatest chronicler of blue high- ways has returned in this lyrical, funny, and touching account of a series of American journeys into small-town America. {Little, Brown} 9780316110259 $27.99 The Traveler Daniel and Daren Simkin This charming fable evokes a lesson for us all: that liv- ing and loving are time well spent. Paired with simple, elegant pictures, it depicts a life philosophy many of us miss until it is too late. {Farrar, Straus and Giroux} 9780374116392 $12.95 SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE We’re proudly independent booksellers. We feel a bond with other “indies” and other independent businesses of all types. You’ll see a new “IndieBound” logo on these pages that expresses that bond and on page 15 a list of “things you just did” by shopping with us, your local, independent bookstore. We really appreciate your business. Also, new this year, we’ve included lists of “indie” favorites. We hope you enjoy them, and we wish you the happiest of holidays. The Native American Experience A beautiful slip-cased, hardcover book with more than 200 full-color and black-and-white illustra- tions and 30 rare and newly researched remov- able facsimile documents of historical importance. {Globe Pequot Press} 9781599214757 $45 GLiBA creates shelſtalkers and 18” x 24” posters for P.O.P displays
