Present the
2008 BLACK PACK PARTY
AT BOOKEXPO AMERICA
SATURDAY, MAY 31 7-11PM
626 Reserve Wine Bar
Come out and enjoy some wine, refreshments, and friends
626 Reserve is a downtown destination spot where you can relax, explore
and enjoy a diverse selection of fine wine.
BEA Workshop
Friday,
May 30th, 200810:00 -
11:00 am
The
Real Deal on On-line Book Promotion
7 Proven Ways To Market Your
Book
Using the World Wide Web
Discover seven simple methods for promoting your book online
Instructors: Ron Kavanaugh, MosaicBooks.com & Troy Johnson, AALBC.com
Book Expo America
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, Ca.
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PAVILION HEADS TO LOS ANGELES FOR
ITS 5TH
RECORD-BREAKING YEAR AT BOOKEXPO AMERICA
The African American Pavilion at BEA is the
marketplace for thousands of African American publishing industry
professionals. Influential book buyers and exhibitors form a community of
unprecedented strength.
BookExpo America,
one of the largest book trade
exhibits in the world, provides independent African American book
publishers, self publishers, authors, Black Interest Imprints at major
publishing houses, distributors, literary agents, publicists, librarians and
bookstore owners exposure to more than eighty thousand book buyers and
booksellers from across the globe.
Previous Exhibitors include Third World Press, Africa World Press/Red Sea
Press, Just Us Books, Genesis Press, Zane's Strebor Books International/Simon
and Schuster, The Stay Strong Foundation/Terrie Williams Agency,
Black Expressions Book Club, Triple Crown Publications, Ebony
Magazine, The Harlem Book Fair, Black Issues Book Review; and
Christian publishers Pilgrim Press and Baker Publishing among others.
The African American Pavilion was founded in 2004 by Tony Rose,
Publisher/CEO, Amber Communications Group, Inc.; Adrienne Ingrum, President,
Adrienne Ingrum, LLC and Niani Colom, Associate Publisher, Genesis Press.
TO RESERVE YOUR BOOTH CONTACT: Tony Rose at 520-568-6692 - email:
amberbk@aol.com.
Any questions thoughts or suggestions, please email us at
amberbk@aol.com.
AS A SPONSOR for the 2008 African American Pavilion at BEA, YOUR
COMPANY/ PUBLISHER will have a first-hand opportunity to share your
books/products and services with the African American Pavilion / Book Expo
America as well as the 80,000 plus attendees of the nation’s largest
national book event.
PLATINUM SPONSOR •
Corporate Banners/Posters Displayed Throughout the African American
Pavilion, Meeting Room and Staging Area May 29—June 1 (9AM—5PM) at BEA Special Signage noting Corporation as Sponsor of AAP at BEA Welcoming
Reception or Awards Presentation.
• Display Table near Staging Area in the AAP
for Products, Giveaways, etc.
• Meeting Room Privileges for Corporate
Representatives (3 days)
• Back Cover Ad in the 2008 African American Pavilion
(AAP) at BEA Exhibitor’s Journal
Six Exhibitor Badges •
Company Listed and Announced in all Press Releases related to the 2008 AAP
at BEA
• Corporate Representative Featured as Speaker(s) at the 2008 AAP at
BEA
• Welcoming Reception and Awards Presentation. $5,000
GOLD SPONSOR
•
Company Banners/Posters Displayed Throughout the African American Pavilion
and Staging Area May 29—June 1 (9AM—5PM) at BEA
• Display Table near Staging
Area in the AAP for Author Autographs, Booksignings, Company Products,
etc.
• Meeting Room Privileges for Company Representatives & Authors (3
days)
• Full Page Ad in the 2008 African American Pavilion (AAP) at BEA
Exhibitor’s Journal
• Five Exhibitor Badges •
Company Listed and Announced in all Press Releases related to the 2008 AAP
at BEA1
• Company Representative or 3 Authors Featured as Speaker (s) at the
2008 AAP at BEA Awards Presentation. $3,500
SILVER SPONSOR
•
Company Banners/ Posters Displayed in the African American Pavilion Staging
Area May 30—June 1 (9AM—5PM) at BEA
• Display Table near Staging Area in the
AAP for Author Autographs, Booksignings, Company Products, etc.
• Meeting Room
Privileges for Company Representatives & Authors (2 days)
• Full Page Ad in the
2008 African American Pavilion (AAP) at BEA Exhibitor’s Journal
• Three
Exhibitor Badges •
Company Listed and Announced in all Press Releases related to the 2008 AAP
at BEA • Company Representative or 2 Authors Featured as Speaker (s) at the
2008 AAP at BEA Welcoming Reception $2,500
BRONZE SPONSOR
•
Company Banners/ Posters Displayed in the African American Pavilion Staging
Area for Welcoming Receptrion & Awards Program May 30—May 31 (9AM—5PM) at
BEA in the African American Pavilion Staging Area for Welcoming Reception &
Awards Program May 30—May 31 (9AM—5PM) at BEA •
Display Table near Staging Area in the AAP for Author Autographs,
Booksignings, Company Products, etc •
Meeting Room Privileges (1 day) •
Half Page Ad in the 2008 African American Pavilion (AAP) at BEA Exhibitor’s
Journal •
Two Exhibitor Badges (2 day) •
Company Listed and Announced in all Press Releases related to the 2008 AAP
at BEA • Company Representative or 1 Author Featured as a Speaker at the 2008 AAP
at BEA Welcoming Reception $1,000
HONORARY SPONSOR—Level 1 (Self-Published Authors—2 books or less only)
•
MEET & GREET - Share a Display Table with Company Signage near Staging Area
in the AAP during the AAP Welcome Reception (Friday, May 30) or during the
AAP Awards Presentation (Saturday May 31) •
Company Representative Introduced on Stage during one of the programs at the
2008 AAP at BEA Reception •
Quarter Page Ad in the 2008 African American Pavilion (AAP) at BEA
Exhibitor’s Journal •
One Exhibitor Badge (1 day) $500
HONORARY SPONSOR—Level 2 (Self-Published Authors—2 books or less only)
•
MEET & GREET - Share a Display Table with Company Signage near Staging Area
in the AAP during the AAP Welcome Reception (Friday, May 30) or during the
AAP Awards Presentation (Saturday May 31) •
Business Card Ad in the 2008 African American Pavilion (AAP) at BEA
Exhibitor’s Journal •
Company Representative acknowledged during one of the programs at the 2008
AAP at BEA Reception •
One Exhibitor Badge (1 day) $300
On opening day, Friday, May 30th at 9:00am,
The African American Pavilion and BookExpo America will present a
fifth-anniversary, star-studded gala celebration,
beginning with a ribbon cutting, celebrity speakers, and an unveiling of
new artwork by Synthia Saint James that will be showcased throughout the pavilion.
Sheridan Books, Inc. and Amber Communications Group, Inc. will sponsor The
African American Pavilion Welcoming Reception, Friday, May 30, 3-5pm, In the
African American Pavilion Main Staging Area, hosted by Heather Covington of Disilgold.com and featuring authors, poets, speakers and booksignings
including:
Keynote Speaker Terrie Williams
National Best-Selling Author,
Founder and Youth Advocate, The Stay Strong Foundation and President, The
Terrie Williams Agency, author of BLACK PAIN: It Just Looks Like We're Not
Hurting Max Rodriguez, Founder, The Harlem Book Fair
and Publisher QBR The Black Book Review Melody Guy, Senior Editor, Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group and
Publishing Director for One World, Ballantine's multicultural imprint Dr.
Jewell Parker Rhodes, Founding Artistic Director, the Virginia G. Piper
Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University (ASU), and National
Best-Selling Author, Douglass' Woman Synthia Saint James, world-renowned
artist and author Donna Hill, National Best-Selling Author, Wicked Ways, Rhythms, An
Ordinary Woman, author of On the Line
Special Appearance by award-winning actress and writer
Denise Nicholas.
Ms. Nicholas has
appeared in numerous films and television shows including, Room 222 (for
which she earned Two Golden Globe Nominations) and In the Heat of the Night.
She has received Two Emmy Awards for the PBS special, Voices of Our People:
In Celebration of African American Poetry as well as four NAACP Image Awards
for her body of work. Ms. Nicholas is also the National Best-Selling
Author of Freshwater Road.
More speakers and performers TBA.
Saturday, May 31, 1-3pm
The African American Pavilion Exhibitors Forum (Meet the Exhibitors) hosted
by Renee Flagler of ASPICOMM Media and Therez Fleetwood, author of
The Afro-Centric Bride
Rachel Vassel, will read from her
National Bestselling Book, Daughters of Men: Portraits of African American
Woman and Their Fathers.
Saturday, May
31, 3-5pm The African American Pavilion Reception and Awards Program, hosted by
Heather
Covington of Disilgold.com, will present the following awards for the achievements of African
American publishing professionals:
• The Haki Madhubuti Independent African American Publisher of the Year
• Self Publisher of the Year
• Christian Book Publisher of the Year
• Bookstore of the Year
• Distributor of the Year
Additionally, industry professionals will be honored with
• The Third Annual Glenn
Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award
• Toni Trent Parker Author of the
Year Award
• The James Haskins Pioneer Award
• The Audre Lorde Gamba Adisa Award
• The Chester B. Himes Street Lit Award
• The Octavia Butler
Distinctive Voice Writer and Publisher Award.
Sponsored by Sheridan Books, Inc., Scholastic Inc., Oxford University Press,
and Amber Communications Group, Inc.
Keynote Speaker for the African American Pavilion Reception and Awards
Program will be the tremendous George C. Fraser, National Best-Selling
Author, Founder of FraserNet and the PowerNetworking Conference, author of
CLICK: Ten Truths for Building Extraordinary Relationships;.............
ZANE, Publisher, Strebor Books International, LLC/Simon & Schuster, National
Best-Selling Author of several New York Times Best-Selling titles including:
Addicted, The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth, The Heat Seekers,
Nervous, The Sisters of APF, Shame On It All, The Sex Chronicles 2 and
Skyscrapers;.......... Mary B. Morrison, New York Times and Essence National
Best-Selling Author of Sweeter Than Honey, He's Just a Friend, Some Bodies
Gotta Be On Top, Never Again Once More, She Ain't the One, When Somebody
Loves You, and author as Honey B., of Sexcapades;
ALSO.........................
Cheryl D. Woodruff, President and Associate Publisher of SmileyBooks, the
publishing co-venture between Tavis Smiley and Hay House, Founder and Former
Associate Publisher of One World, Random House's multi-cultural imprint
where Ms. Woodruff published such authors as Bebe Moore Campbell, Johnnie L.
Cochran Jr., and Connie Briscoe, upcoming authors being published this fall
on SmileyBooks will be Iyanla Vanzant, Dr. Cornell West and Tavis Smiley;
AND ............Judith Curr, Executive Vice President, Publisher and Founder
of Atria Books a division of Simon and Schuster, Ms. Curr to date has
published over 105 New York Times Best-Sellers, incuding THE SECRET by
Rhonda Byrne, the number one overall bestselling book in the United
States;........ALSO
Dawn Davis, Vice President, Editorial Director, Armisted Press/Harper
Collins and Pulitzer Prize Winning Editor, The Known World; Wade Hudson,
President/CEO, Just Us Books, The nations largest African American
Children's Book Publisher; Darrell Miller, Miller and Pliakas, LLP, client
list includes Angela Bassett, Courtney Vance, Outkast and Ludacris; Tonya
Evans-Walls, Publisher, Legal Write Publications, author, Literary Law Guide
For Authors; Dr. Kenneth Edelin, Publisher, Pond View Press, author of
Broken Justice: A True Story of Race, Sex and Revenge In A Boston Courtroom.
More speakers and performers TBA.
This year The 2008 African American Pavilion at BookExpo America Glenn
Thompson "Lifetime Achievement " Award is being presented to two of
America's greatest literary and media giants:
Lerone Bennett Jr., Author of the great and eternal National Best-Selling
Book, Before The Mayflower: A History of Black America. His numerous titles
include: What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., The
Shaping of Black America, and Pioneers In Protest, Black Power U.S.A.. As
one of America's greatest historians and a prolific writer, he served on the
staff of Ebony Magazine for over 50 years and is the former Executive Editor
now Executive Editor Emeritus of Ebony Magazine". Mr. Bennett has received
numerous honors and awards including the prestigious Literature Award of the
Academy of Arts and Letters. He is an Alumnus of Morehouse
College.........AND
Tavis Smiley, the author of eleven books, including: The National
Best-Seller What I know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America and
editor of The New York Times #1 Best-Seller The Covenant with Black America.
Mr. Smiley has been an outstanding advocate for change in America through
his Tavis Smiley Presents, bringing people together through symposiums,
seminars, forums and town hall meetings, The Tavis Smiley Talk Show, The
Tavis Smiley Group, and The Tavis Smiley Foundation, which encourages,
enlightens and empowers black youth. Mr. Smiley can also be heard twice
weekly on the Tom Joyner Morning show. He has received numerous awards and
honorary doctorate degrees and is an Alumnus of Indiana University.
Continuing a nearly 20-year tradition, Clara Villarosa Director of the
African American Program for Bookselling Professionals will set the pace
with her pre-opening day Thursday luncheon / reception and a full day of
workshops and panel discussions for all book industry professionals.
BookExpo America, one of the largest book trade exhibits in the world
provides independent African American book publishers, self publishers,
authors, African American imprints at major publishing houses, distributors,
literary agents, publicists, librarians, and bookstore owners with exposure
to more than 80,000 book buyers and booksellers from across the world. With
over 20,000 BEA attendees crossing up and down the African American Pavilion
aisles, the buying and selling is tremendous, and the African American
Pavilion provides our exhibitors the lowest discounted booth prices at the
BookExpo America.
Many licensing, distribution, and sales success stories have emerged from
the roster of African American Pavilion exhibitors since 2004.
In the African American Pavilion Meeting Room seminars will be given by:
Marcella A. Smith, Director, Small Press and Vender Relations Barnes &
Noble; Dante Lee, Diversity City Media, Inc. / BlackNews.com; Adrienne
Ingrum, Adrienne Ingrum, LLC; Dr Ida Greene, People Skills International;
Pam Perry, Ministry Marketing Solutions Inc.; C. Sunny Martin, Whos Who
Publishing; Kevin Wayne Johnson, Writing for the Lord Ministries; and Irene
Smalls, Children's Book Author.
