An Open Letter from The Cadence Group

Dear Friends,

The Cadence Group was founded to offer services to new and small presses. At the heart of each of our programs is a commitment to share our experience with others. We believe that knowledge should not be a commodity and the more we educate others, the better off the publishing industry will be.

We are a group of dedicated men and women who are passionate about books and who have extensive experience in the book industry. We strive to offer clients and prospective clients guidance and services that will maximize their potential and minimize their costs. Our commitment is to ensure that our clients, big and small, leave with the tools, skills, and knowledge they need to make smart decisions for their current projects and for their future growth.

In order to achieve these goals, The Cadence Group is constantly reviewing and updating the services we provide to ensure that we continue to grow and change with our ever-evolving industry.

We were thrilled to announce the expanded New Shelves Distribution program at this year's Book Expo. We have been even more excited by the warm reception the expanded New Shelves program has received from clients, colleagues, friends and retailers!

In 2008, we founded New Shelves to offer publishers a more effective, less-expensive way to get books in front of book buyers, wholesalers, librarians and specialty chains. Our goal is to combine low-cost warehousing and fulfillment services with an aggressive and focused sales program specifically designed to meet each publisher's individual needs.

The Cadence Group is proud to be working in such a wonderful industry!

Bethany Brown and Amy Collins MacGregor

BEA (unedited)

We here at The Cadence Group are still busy pulling together meeting notes from the show and have been overwhelmed by the number of great meetings, comments, feedback, and conversations had in our booth and on the show floor. Here are some (unedited) thoughts from the show:

1. The aisles were packed! We had to actually use elbows for the first time in four years to get through the main aisles of the show.
2. The IBPA aisle was rockin’. This showed a lot of increased activity and interest in small presses from around the country.
3. Digital made a statement. There were a lot of established and new companies exhibiting their software and programs designed to help publishers and authors take advantage of the many e-book platforms.
4. Notable absences. We missed some friends this year that were either not exhibiting or not attending. We hope to catch up again soon.
5. Lots of rights action. Most likely due to the fact that the London show was a bust due to travel problems, the rights action around BEA was much busier than we were expecting. Our clients books have been requested from agents and publishers around the world!
6. High-level meetings and attendees. We were lucky to see and meet with some of the top buyers and retailers from around the industry. The news is cautious but positive from most retailers.
7. An increase in buying activity. A number of our literary agent friends have noted a recent pick up in deals being done around the industry.
8. A decrease in giveaways. Catalogs and free giveaways were hard to come by this year. There was a significant decrease in the number of free books. Bummer for those of us hunting for a good find. However, a friend was a able to score an autographed copy of The Help!  

If you were there, please share your thoughts! 

Booth #3914

If you stop by Booth #3914 (yes, that's us!) at BEA this year, here's a sneak peek at just a few of the fun giveaways we'll have available throughout the show:

• Bags
• Bookmarks
• A chance to win a trip to Okinawa, Japan
• Badge holders
• Tickets to an Explore the Boston Islands cruise

We can't wait to see you there!

Show Daily at BEA

Hi Publishing Friends!

We're taking a survey and we'd love your feedback.

If you attend, or have attended BEA, do you read Show Daily?

If so, do you read it at the show?

Or, do you pack it in your suitcase and bring it home to read after the show?

Do you read the ads? Or do you read the stories?

What's your favorite part?

If you don't read Show Daily, why not?

There's not trick question or right answer here, we promise!

We're enjoying a lively debate among friends on our end and would love to get your tiebreaker vote!

Old Friends, New Faces

The Cadence Group, like several of our friends, is preparing for next week's book extravaganza in New York at BEA. 

This year, the face of the show may look a little different. Many of our old friends will not be attending. Some won't go at all, others will be sending a limited staff. The show is expected to be a little smaller and a little less attended than years past.

We do believe, however, that getting together with a great group of book lovers will be a time of excitement for our industry. We're looking forward to perusing some of the new technologies, new titles, and "out of the box" concepts--those that have been announced and those that will surprise us on the show floor.

While we will miss some of our old friends, we're excited to "meet" several of our new friends and clients.  And most importantly, we're looking forward to seeing what great things the book industry has planned for the future.