Bookstore Photos Sought for 2009 IBF Calendar

American Booksellers Association members who would like to submit bookstore photos for consideration by The International Booksellers Federation for inclusion in its 2009 People in Bookshops calendar can do so via the Bookstore Photo Gallery Forum on BookWeb.org.

Photos previously uploaded to the Photo Gallery and meeting IBF's technical specifications may also be used. (Booksellers should contact Jill Perlstein if they wish ABA to submit previously uploaded photos; there is no need to upload photos a second time.) Photos should not be e-mailed directly to Perlstein; however, they may be sent on a CD to ABA, Attn.: Jill Perlstein, 200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591.

The calendar, which will be available in the spring of 2008, will be sold at the London and Frankfurt book fairs, at the European Booksellers Federation/International Booksellers Federation Conference in Amsterdam, and via orders to IBF.

Photos must be submitted in a TIFF or JPG format; 250 DPI -- 2953 x 2953 pixels. Submissions not meeting these technical requirements will be eliminated automatically. Photos of people in bookshops, interiors, and exteriors are welcome. A maximum of two photos per store is permitted. The deadline for photo submissions to ABA is January 24, 2008. Submissions should include the name of the bookstore, the full address, photo credit, and contact details (name, e-mail, and phone number). Technical questions regarding photo formats should be directed to mis@bookweb.org.

An IBF selection committee will choose the final photos to be featured in the 2009 calendar. The committee is chaired by Doris Stockmann, former European Bookseller Federation president and IBF council member; Karl Pus, IBF president; John Mc Namee, EBF president; Yvonne Steinberger and Eric Hardin, past IBF presidents; and Russ Lawrence, president of the American Booksellers Association.