New Mexico Book Co-op -- Your Best Source for Books and Book Marketing In The Southwest

Promoting the Literary Diversity of New Mexico Book Publishers & Authors & New Mexico Books
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

The New Mexico Book Co-op has produced a catalog of New Mexico books. It is available online here. Please note that as this is a 2.6 MB file it may take a few moments to download, especially if you are on a dial-up service (it takes approximately 15 seconds at cable or DSL speeds and considerably longer at dial-up speeds). This catalog is being mailed to all libraries and bookstores in New Mexico. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE NM BOOK CO-OP BOOK CATALOG.

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NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS

Albuquerque The Magazine, Borders Stores in New Mexico, the New Mexico Book Co-op, and the New Mexico Humanities Council are the major underwriters of the 2008 New Mexico Book Awards. In addition, categories are sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System and the Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library, Around 505 Magazine, Camera Arts Magazine, Hastings-Juan Tabo, Hastings-Wyoming, Ironic Horse Studios, Laboratory of Anthropology, Land of Enchantment Romance Authors, New Mexico Book Association, New Mexico Coalition for Literacy, New Mexico Kids Magazine, New Mexico Library Foundation, New Mexico State Library, PageOne Books, Pen New Mexico, Portales Public Library, ReadWest, Rio Rancho Public Library, Santa Fe Public Library, SouthWest Writers, Sunbelt Shows/Fiery Foods, WalMart at Zuni, and WordHarvest Writers Workshop. Entry information for the 2008 New Mexico Book awards can be obtained HERE.

The New Mexico Book Co-op organized and sponsored the 1st New Mexico Book Awards. The winners were announced at the banquet on November 9. The winners are HERE. The 2008 NM Book Awards will be announced in October. Entries are being accepted until July 1.

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.

New Mexico Book Co-op

Showcasing New Mexico's books