Photos Wanted for IBF 2009 People in Bookshops Calendar

The International Booksellers Federation (IBF), a non-governmental organization of booksellers associations and booksellers from around the world, is seeking photos of bookshops for its 2009 calendar, currently in production. Good-quality photos of bookshops taken by private individuals (family, friends, staff, etc.) and not necessarily reflecting this year's theme of "people in the bookshop" are allowed.

The IBF calendar, which will be available in the spring 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.

ABA member booksellers who would like to submit photos for consideration by IBF can do so via the Bookstore Photo Gallery Forum on the association's trade website, BookWeb.org. Photos may also be sent on a CD to ABA, Attn.: Jill Perlstein, 200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Photos previously uploaded to the Photo Gallery and meeting IBF's technical specifications may also be used. (Booksellers should contact 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.

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 EBF 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.