PHOTOS FROM RECENT BOOK EXHIBITS
Dear Colleague,
“Oh it’s a long, long way from April to December.” But not when it comes to book exhibits. They go whizzing by like locomotives.
However, we’ve been able to stop the moving train for an instant—to give you an idea of what's been going on/going down.
Hope you enjoy the photos.
With best regards and appreciation for your efforts,
Richard K.
Richard A. Koenigsberg, PhD
Director, LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Telephone: 718-393-1081
RaKoenigsberg@Libraryofsocialscience.com Action!
Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa,
Washington, DC. October, 22-24, 2009 |
These people study conflicts in the Middle East, and terrorism: they are very serious. | 
Our book exhibits often become the center of a conference—its locus—the place where people mix and mingle (with coffee breaks and/or receptions). |
Action!
| 30th Annual Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, Millersville University, April 14-16, 2010 |
That's conference director Professor Jack Fischel facing the camera (with white hair). In a press release, Fischel stated that the CHG is the "longest annual academic conference held at the same venue in the world." We've organized the book exhibit since 1987 (14 times). Mei Ha was there in 1987, and again in 2010. Reflecting on Jack Fischel, she declared (with typical acumen), "He looks older now." | 
Customers crowd around the books. Mei Ha isn't at her table (although you can see her pocketbook), which means she probably got up to explain things to someone ("It's a great book!"). |
Preparing for Action
| Annual Conference of the Texas Psychological Assoc., Houston, Nov. 5-7, 2009 | 81st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Oakland, CA, April 8-11, 2010 |
Richard Klein, Master of the Book Exhibit World—at his table (before the deluge). | 
This is our largest (and perhaps most beautiful) exhibit of 2010. We represented the books of fifty publishers with 367 titles in the display (exhibited on sixteen tables). Among the publishers who sent their own representatives, were provided with their own tables and "did their own thing" were: Haymarket Books, Left Coast Press, Paradigm Publications, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, Sage, University Readers, and Wadsworth. |
How Our Book Exhibit Rooms Are Configured
A typical room configuration: tables on the perimeter against the wall, salespeople at the center (with chairs that allow attendees to converse with us, ask questions about your books, and place orders). | 
Publisher order forms are in the foreground. We keep all of them on a single table (or two). Professors can pick them up in batches for later review. We ask them to drop them off with their acquisition librarian. |
How Books Are Configured on a Table
This is a typical table configuration: all books face-out, three in a row (one upright and two lying flat). | 
This larger table allowed us to display four books in a row (catalogs are on the table to the right). |
| Pacific Sociological Association, 2010 | 38th Annual Conf. of the National Association for Ethnic Studies, Washington, DC, April 8-10, 2010 |
The copy on the table reads, "TEXTBOOKS FOR ADOPTION. Instructors: Fill out a form and receive a complementary copy!" | 
Sarah Tucker Jenkins (standing) assisted Mei Ha at the NAES conference (often we have two onsite people). The table to her right contains journals (and "leaflets" as the British call them), many of them from one of our best clients, Routledge/Taylor & Francis. |
The Hardest Working Woman in the Book-Exhibit Business
Mei Ha Chan orchestrating action in the LSS "war room." | 
The ebullient face that goes with the enthusiastic voice on your answering machine. |
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