Librarians offered free pass for March 6-8 Spring Book Show in Atlanta

/24-7/ -- Here's good news for Georgia educators and librarians looking to make their book purchase dollars go further.

The Spring Book Show, the largest bargain book show in the country, is held annually in Atlanta, and when the show comes to town this year on March 6-8 at the Cobb Galleria Centre at 2 Galleria Parkway SE in north Atlanta, state educators and librarians will once again be permitted to attend free. Normal admission is $75.

The offer extends to librarians of all types - acquisition librarians, reference librarians, school media specialists, college and university librarians, special collections librarians and their supervisors.


According to Larry May, the show organizer, less than 10 percent of the books manufactured in the United States get sold at full suggested retail price. The rest are discounted. Remainders - the books that don't sell out at retail or discounted prices, books that are usually in pristine condition - get sold for as little as 10 cents on the dollar.

The Spring Book Show caters to buyers who purchase 25 or more copies of individual titles from dealers who specialize in remainders. School media specialists, librarians, school superintendents and principals and other public employees who purchase books in quantity will have an opportunity at this year's show to select from more than 50,000 titles - including past Caldecott and Newbery children's book award winners and a wide selection of classics - for far less than retail. According to May, they should easily be able to quadruple the number of books they could buy at retail with the same dollars.

"Any educator in the State of Georgia can come to the show for free - we will gladly waive the registration fee," May said. "I want to extend a personal invitation for the Georgia educators and librarians to register for the show at http://www.springbookshow.com."

May pointed out that, because the show is held over a weekend, attending will not interfere with the normal weekday responsibilities of the educators and librarians attending. He emphasized that remainder dealers from around the country will be offering a huge selection of titles at deep-discount prices.

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Spring Book Show Anounced for 2009 in Atlanta

24-7 - Larry May of L.B. May & Associates, Knoxville, Tenn., today announced that the 2009 Spring Book Show will be held Friday-Sunday, March 6-8, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta.

In the past, the show for sellers and buyers of bargain books was held at the Georgia World Congress Center. However, on the evening of March 14, 2008, a tornado swept through downtown Atlanta. It did severe damage to a number of structures, including an estimated $100 million in damage to the Georgia World Congress Center.

As a result, the 2008 Spring Book Show moved to the downtown Hilton Atlanta Hotel. Because the Hilton was not available for the Great American Bargain Book Show, also owned by L.B. May and Associates and held August 1-2, 2008, moved to the Cobb Galleria Centre. The Galleria proved so popular with vendors and buyers that it was selected as the location for the 2009 Spring Book Show.

The Spring Book Show, the largest bargain book show in the nation, features more than 50,000 book titles being sold by vendors to buyers from around the world. It is closed to the general public.

Educational seminars being held in conjunction with the show will be held in the Galleria's salon area.
"We're thankful that the Galleria has found accommodations for both the spring and fall shows," May said. "The Marriott Renaissance, the official hotel for the 2009 Spring Book Show, connects to the convention center, another plus, and conferees at the 2008 Great American Bargain Book Show liked the availability of free parking and the great shopping and restaurants in the area."

May said that about three-quarters of available space for the 2009 show has already been sold. Low-priced bargain book stock, he noted, is becoming increasingly popular with booksellers because of the depressed national economy.

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Booksellers Set To Gather For Fall Show At New Atlanta Venue

24-7 -- As many as 500 bargain book vendors and buyers for their wares are preparing to gather in Atlanta on Aug. 1-2 for the Great American Bargain Book Show.

Retailers attending the show buy bargain books and other items such as CDs, DVDs and computer software from vendors who specialize in remainders, returns and other bargain books and specialty items. The show is timed to permit retailers to buy products to stock their shelves during the coming holiday season.

According to Larry May of Knoxville, Tenn., the show organizer, remainders are books that did not sell during their run in bookstores and other retail outlets. Most are in pristine condition, never having left distribution warehouses to get to retail outlets. Some are lightly hurt returns from bookstores.

Buyers attending the show come from some of the largest chains and big box stores in the nation, on down to independent book stores and acquisition librarians.

May said a special effort was made this year to attract buyers for church book stores in the metro Atlanta area. "The church book store market is one of the fastest growing in the book industry," May said. "It's estimated that 5,000 local churches now operate book stores. These range in size from a table somewhere in the vestibule on up to megachurch stores with annual retail sales in the high six figures."

Atlanta is home to two of the three largest bargain book shows in the nation. In addition to the Great American Bargain Book Show (GABBS), it is also host to the Spring Book Show.

This year's GABBS show, held last year at the Georgia World Congress Center, will be at the Cobb Galleria Centre. Its sister show, the Spring Book Show, moved from the Georgia World Congress Center in March as a result of tornado damage to that facility.