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Program Archives: 2002-2003
President:
Becky Clark, Brookings Institution Press

(1) National Book Festival Preview
(2) Freelancers From Both Sides Now: Publishers, Packagers, and Independent Contractors

Date:
September 18, 2002
Location: Brookings
Presenter: John Cole, Director, Center for the Book, Library of Congress


Don't Move My Cheese! How to Sell Books When Your Books Aren't Bestsellers
Date: January 28, 2003
Location: Carnegie Endowment
Presenters:
Brett Kitchen, Director of Marketing, Institute for International Economics
Brenda Carter, Director of College Publishing, CQ Press
Becky Clark, Brookings Institution Press


Evolution of a Book Cover
Date: February 20, 2003
Location: EEI Communications
Presenters:
Christine Dunn, Marketing Director, Island Press
Debra Naylor, Designer, Naylor Design
Danny Gainsburg, Manager, Politics & Prose Bookstore


Peer Review
Date: May 13, 2003
Location: CQ Press
Presenters:
Bernadette Capelle, American Society of Civil Engineers
Don Reisman, Director of Publications, RFF Press (Resources for the Future)
Mary Carpenter, Acquisitions Editor, Rowman & Littlefield

Annual Book Design and Effectiveness Awards
Date: June 5, 2003
Location: CSIS


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