MINNESOTA BOOK PUBLISHERS' ROUNDTABLE CALENDAR

Roundtable Lectures

Following is the tentative schedule of events for the 2009-2010 lecture series:

	An Evening with Chip Kidd		Sep 16, 2009
	Working with Independent Bookstores		Nov 18, 2009
	Effective Networking for Publishing Professionals		Jan 13, 2010
	Selling to Libraries		Mar 17, 2010
	Annual Meeting/Final lunch. TOPIC: Google Settlement Demystified. Tore Hodne, Senior Project Administrator with Rust Consulting, Inc., the Google settlement mediator, will provide an overview of the Settlement, demonstrate how to claim books in the Google Settlement, and walk attendees through the Google Settlement Web site while explaining some of its key features.		May 12, 2010

MBPR lunch meetings are held at the Target Performance Hall, located up the spiral staircase at Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis. Topics and guest speakers will be announced in the weeks prior to each meeting.

Registration and lunch service will begin at 11:30 a.m., with programming to start at approximately 12:15 p.m.. The price for each luncheon is $15 for members, $20 for nonmembers. Please pay upon arrival via cash or check. Reservations are required. Please email your reservation (and special dietary restrictions, if applicable) to reservations@publishersroundtable.org. Walk-ins will be charged an additional $5 at the door. If you plan to attend multiple luncheons, consider the convenience of a season ticket.

ROUNDTABLE SOCIAL HOURS

MBPR organizes informal social hours at area bars and restaurants during months when no luncheon has been planned. These events are ideal for socializing and networking with your peers in the publishing industry. No RSVP is necessary. See our home page for the date and location of our next gathering.

Following are the tentative locations and dates for the 2009-2010 social hours. Each gathering runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.:

Mancini's (531 West Seventh Street, St. Paul, MN)	Oct. 15, 2009
Mancini's	Dec. 10, 2009
Mancini's	Feb. 18, 2010
Mancini's	Apr. 15, 2010
Moscow on the Hill (371 Selby Ave. St. Paul, MN)	June 17, 2010

NOTICE TO FREELANCERS/VENDORS: Roundtable social hours are low-key events for unwinding with colleagues after a day of work. If you wish to make sales pitches or to set up an informational interview with any of our member publishers, please do so during business hours. For member contact information, see the directory link in the banner at the top of this page.