Welcome to New Mexico's largest cooperative organization featuring New Mexico Books, publishers and authors. We are a partnership of over 950 publishers and authors who are interested in showcasing and selling books about New Mexico and the Southwest. We sell books, showcase books, and help people meet these goals.
WHAT'S NEW:
AWARDS -- 2008 New Mexico Book Awards announced; 2007 winners
CALENDAR -- Calendar of Book Events
eSTORE -- Over 400 books available in eStore
MEETINGS -- Next lunch meeting
NEWS & INFO -- News and information
NEW HOLIDAY BOOK SELLING OPPORTUNITY
The Zia Art & Crafts Show will be at the Albuquerque Fairgrounds, November 21, 22, & 23. The NM Book Co-op and Jill Lane are hosting a Book Sale emporium at the show and it is open to all local authors and publishers. This is an opportunity to have your book at a large holiday show and we hope it is seen and bought for holiday gift giving.
If you are interested Jill Lane is honchoing the effort but the Book Co-op is signing people up. The space is limited! If you are interested in having your title there for three days the fee is $15 for the 1st title and $5 for each additional title if you sign up and reserve space before September 15. The price goes up on September 15. You are not expected to be there except to deliver and pick up your books. We will have a sales staff. For more info and the application click HERE.
NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS
The finalists for 2008 will be announced in late September.
New Mexico Book Awards Banquet
The banquet for the 2008 Book Awards will be on November 21 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque. The winners will be announced at the banquet (finalists will be announced in late September). Last year the banquet tickets were all sold out by October 1. Reserve your tickets early and guarantee a seat. The cost is $36 per person if paid for by October 15; after October 15 the price goes up to $46 per person.
To pay for your reservation for this event, CLICK HERE!
The Co-op organized the highly successful New Mexico Books & More holiday store that sold over 5,500 local books in 2004 and 2005; the 2005 New Mexico Book Fiesta, which featured over 215 publisher/author exhibitors; the Chama Book Fair in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008; the Book Fair at St. Johns Cathedral in Albuquerque; and a series of seminars on book marketing and copyright. We also were a sponsor of the New Mexico State Library Literary Passion Lecture Series, which featured local authors and publishers.
We invite any individuals actively engaged in publishing and authoring books to join any of our activities; there are no membership dues!
The New Mexico Book Co-op received the 2005 Book In Hand Award from the New Mexico Book Association for significant contribution to bookselling in New Mexico. The New Mexico Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America awarded the New Mexico Book Co-op the 2005 Silver Cumbre Award for an exceptional Institutional Promotions Campaign. In addition to these two major awards, the Co-op has received seventeen major website awards.
Last Update: August 23, 2008 - This website has had over
700,000 visitors in the last year.
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