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    • 23 Apr 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    50 Ways to Find Your Readers: How to Build a Great Online Showcase for Your Books

    More than just an homage to the legendary songwriting of Paul Simon, this webinar will explore some of the innovative ways in which book publishers present their lists on their own websites. We will look at new options for search, custom subject schemas, carefully curated collections, and automatically generated title selections of all sorts.

    The end goal is to open up new ways for readers to explore your catalog, and to find the books they want quickly and easily. When you do this well, you make it easier for readers to engage with your books, to explore the catalog more widely, and to choose (and buy!) their next read.

    Sponsored by ReaderBound.

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    • 8 May 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    WoodWing on Content Workflow, Title Management, and AI

    Join us for this webinar where we address the challenges book publishers face due to fragmented systems and how these inefficiencies affect overall workflow performance. As experts in publishing consultancy and the implementation, customization, and integration of core systems, we'll show you an integrated solution that connects title management with the production tasks needed for creating and tracking both new releases and legacy content reprints, boosted by AI technologies and leading to reducing manual work, errors and boosting overall operational efficiency.

    Key takeaway: This workshop (webinar) will focus on integrated solutions and processes that bridge the gaps between title management and multi-channel book production workflows - from title inception or archived content directly to the AI-boosted production tasks needed for creating and tracking new releases or reprints of legacy content. This enables faster, more efficient development and tracking of both new releases and reprints of legacy content, ultimately enhancing productivity and reducing manual effort.

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    • 14 May 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    PubWest Publishers Roundtables are a way for members to catch up and chat about the topics of the day. Note: roundtables are not recorded.
    Powwows to Pages: Deconstructing Design Methods in Publishing

    Join acclaimed designer Brian Johnston and McClelland & Stewart Publisher Stephanie Sinclair for an insightful conversation about the unique challenges and successes of Indigenous design and publishing in North America.

    Hear from these accomplished Indigenous creatives as they share their personal journeys and offer a behind-the-scenes look at the entire publishing process - from the initial idea to the final printed book.

    We'll explore:

    • Appropriation vs appreciation
    • The impact of capitalism and globalization
    • Breaking down the silos
    • Finding your voice and building community

    Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from industry leaders and learn more about the vital role of Indigenous perspectives in the world of publishing.

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    Brian Johnson is a partner of Polymode where he focuses on creative direction, design production, writing, and teaching. Born into a family of printers, Johnson is deeply invested in the production of good design without the expense of sacrificing our humanity or environment. He is a member of the Monacan Nation and holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has guest lectured at the School of Visual Arts, Washington University, University of California Santa Barbara, and the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. His recent clients have been Glenn Kaino Studio, the Getty Museum, Studio Museum Harlem, Pulitzer Art Foundation, Phaidon Press, The New Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum where his writing appears in Willi Smith: Street Couture. His most recent publication: Queering the Grid: Reading Codes in Dan Friedman's Teachings (with Silas Munro) has led him to his current design writing research on Friedman's 1994, Radical Manifesto, which will be approaching its thirty-year anniversary.

    Stephanie Sinclair is the Publisher of McClelland & Stewart. She is a Cree, Ojibwe, and German/Jewish settler. She has worked for more than twenty years in the performing and creative arts, and from 2012-2022 in literary management. She began that work at Transatlantic Agency in 2012, where she rose through the ranks to senior agent, representing literary fiction and non-fiction with a focus on Indigenous creators and political engagement, and additionally helped manage translation rights programs for Page Two Books and Drawn & Quarterly. Her authors were acknowledged by virtually every awards jury in the country, including the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Governor General's Award, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the LAMBDA Awards, the Toronto Book Award, and many others. In 2020, Stephanie joined CookeMcDermid Literary Management, and found even more success-becoming the #1 ranked agent in the country in both fiction and non-fiction, according to Publisher's Marketplace. Through it all, she has been a fierce advocate and activist, serving as a mentor and curator, and organizing publishing events to challenge colonial practices in publishing and to advance the work of reconciliation.

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    • 26 Jun 2025
    • 30 Jun 2025
    • Philadelphia, PA

    PubWest and the Independent Publishers Caucus have teamed up to host a pavilion at the ALA Annual Conference. This is a great opportunity to showcase your titles to over 12,000 librarians and meet with collection development librarians from around the country. Take advantage of specially discounted pricing with display options to fit your budget. You can attend or simply display your titles – read more about it here and download an application here. For questions about this offer or to reserve space, please email ala@heiexpo.com.



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