PW's BEA Exhibitors Guide: O-P

Compiled and edited by Jill A. Tardiff with John Niernberger, Diane Patrick, Karole Riippa and Carol Wiener -- Publishers Weekly, 4/30/2007

Oasis Audio

Featured: America, The Last Best Hope, Vol. II by William J. Bennett; The Everything series (various titles); The Complete Idiot’s Guide To series (various titles); Deception by Randy Alcorn; The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers. Discounts: free freight on 10 units or more. Booth: 3142.

Ocean Press

Featured: The Argentine (movie tie-in to Che) by Ernesto Che Guevara; Fidel Castro Reader by Fidel Castro; Cuba by Korda by Alberto Korda; JFK: The Cuba Files by Fabián Escalante; America My Brother by Pablo Neruda and Oswaldo Guayasamín. Booth: 2429.

Octopus Publishing Group

Featured: titles from member companies, including Bounty Books, Cassell Illustrated, Conran Octopus, Gaia Books, Godsfield Press, Hamlyn, Miller’s Publications, Mitchell Beazley and Philip’s; see publishers’ listings for details. Booths: 3967–3971.

Odyssey Books & Guides/Airphoto Int’l

Publishes illustrated books on travel and history with emphasis on China and Asia. Featured: Beijing Walks by Don J. Cohn; Afghanistan by Rosanne Klass; Russia & Asia by Edgar Knobloch; Kamchatka by Diana Gleadhill. Drawings: illustrated map of the Silk Road. Booth: 3865.

Michael O’Mara Books

Featured from Michael O’Mara Books: The Family Book; The Gentleman’s Book by Nick Harper; The Book Club Bible; The Baldies Survival Guide by Tim Collins; How to Sue Your Mother-in-Law and Prosecute Your Kids by Andrew Harley. From Buster Books: You Can Save the Planet by Jacqui Wines; What Color Are a Zebra’s Stripes? Beautiful Doodles; The Art Doodle Book; Sign with Baby. Booth: 3970.

On Board Remainder Book Show

Booth: 5024.

Oncology Nursing Society

Booth: 2306.

Oneworld Publications

Featured: The Diary of Mary Berg, edited by Susan Lee Pentlin; The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe; Sophie Scholl and the White Rose by Annett Dumbach and Jud Newborn; Islam: Past, Present & Future by Hans Kung; The Five Percenters by Michael Muhammad Knight. Booth: 3817.

Orca Book Publishers

Featured: Wild Ride: A Graphic Guide by Liam O’Donnell and Mike Deas; Ben’s Bunny Trouble by Daniel Wakeman; Emville Confidential by Don Trembath; The Burning Time by Carol Matas; House Party: Orca Soundings by Eric Walters. Giveaways: ARCs. Drawings: win entire frontlist. Discounts: 50%, free freight. Booth: 510.

O’Reilly Media

Featured from O’Reilly Media books: Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design by Brett D. McLaughlin et al.; Head First PMP by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene; Windows Vista and Windows Vista for Starters, titles by David Pogue; Access 2007 and Excel 2007, titles by Matthew MacDonald; PowerPoint 2007 by E.A. Vander Veer; MAKE: Technology on Your Time, Vol. 9 and Vol. 10, titles edited by Mark Frauenfelder; Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography by Eddie Tapp; Photoshop Lightroom Adventure by Mikkel Aaland. From Manning Publications: Windows PowerShell in Action by Bruce G. Payette. From No Starch Press: Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers by Michael Schrenk. From Paraglyph Press: A Grammar of Game Play by Raph Koster. From PC Publishing: GarageBand Tips and Tricks by Keith Gemmell. From Pragmatic Bookshelf: No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology, 2nd Edition by Neal Ford. From Rocky Nook: Scanning Negatives and Slides by Sascha Steinhoff. From SitePoint: The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Jason Beaird. From YoungJin: 40 Digital Photography Techniques, 3rd Edition by John Kim. Booth: 3657.

Osprey Publishing

Featured: Military Misdemeanors by Terry Crowdy; F.U.B.A.R. by Gordon Rottman. Booth: 4169.

Other Press

Featured: Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse by Sylvain Cypel; Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption by Ralph James Savarese; The Lost Years by Charles Enderlin; Mercy by Lara Santoro; Farewell, Shanghai by Angel Wagenstein. Giveaways: copies, Walled and Reasonable People (at signings). Booths: 3857–3861.

Out of the Blue

Booth: 446.

OverDrive

Provides infrastructure for protecting copyrights for premium digital content (digital rights management); enabling publishers, institutions, libraries, schools, retailers and distributors to securely manage, protect and fulfill their digital e-books, audio books, music, video and games and interactive software. Featured: end-to-end and custom solutions. Booth: 5156.

Overlook Press

Featured: The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers; The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill; The Dilemma by Penny Vincenzi; The Solitudes by John Crowley; Sunless by Gerard Donovan. Giveaways: galleys, featured titles; signed copies, Christopher’s Ghosts by Charles McCarry; posters. Booth: 4051.

Oxford Univ. Press

Featured: Shorter Oxford English Dictionary; Faith in the Halls of Power by D. Michael Lindsay; In Defense of Globalization by Jagdish Bhagwati; The Oxford Companion to Italian Food by Gillian Riley, foreword by Mario Batali; Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Medicine by John A. Flynn. Drawings: Oxford English Dictionary ($1,500 value). Booths: 2356, 2357.

Oxmoor House/Sunset Books

Featured: The Beck Diet Solution Weight Loss Workbook by Judith S. Beck; O’s Guide to Life, The Best of O, The Oprah Magazine by Oprah Winfrey; The Anheuser-Busch Cookbook by the editors of Sunset Books; A Passion for Baking by Marcy Goldman; Williams-Sonoma Holiday Entertaining by Georgeanne Brennan. Booths: 2462–2470.

Packaging & Design

Booth: 1407.

Palace Press Int’l

Booth: 4182.

Palgrave Macmillan

Featured: A Time to Lead by Gen. Wesley K. Clark; The Case of Abraham Lincoln by Julie Fenster; Light of the Crescent Moon by Theo Padnos; Napoleon’s Egypt by Juan Cole. Giveaways: galleys, featured titles. Booth: 3610.

Palm Pictures

Booth: 1517.

Panamericana Publishing

Offers a large selection of Spanish-language fiction and nonfiction, children’s books and bilingual titles as well as works from Latin American writers. Booth: 2324.

Pantheon/Schocken Books

Featured: A Free Life by Ha Jin; Matrimony by Joshua Henkin; ABC by David Plante; A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev. Giveaways: ARCs, featured titles. Booth: 4238.

Papercutz

Featured: launching comic-book version Tales from the Crypt series. Booth: 3611.

Paradise Press

Booth: 917.

Parallax Press

Featured: Buddha Mind, Buddha Body, Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go and The Dragon Prince, titles by Thich Nhat Hanh; The Hidden Garden by Peggy Rowe-Ward and Larry Ward; World as Lover, World as Self (revised edition) by Joanna Macy; Learning True Love (revised edition) by Sister Chan Khong. Giveaways: Two Treasures by Thich Nhat Hanh. Booth: 4203.

Paramount Group

Booth: 1522.

Parker Publishing

Booth: 245.

Parkstone Press Int’l

Featured: The Pop Art Tradition by Eric Shanes; The Brueghels by Charles Bernard and Emile Michel; Fra Angelico by Stephan Bessel; Edward Hopper by Gerry Souter; Caravaggio by Felix Witting. Discounts: extra 5%. Booth: 4682.

Parmenides Publishing

Featured from Parmenides: Plato’s Parmenides: A New Translation by Arnold Hermann; Image and Paradigm in Plato’s Sophist by David Ambuel; Sentience and Sensibility by Matthew Silliman. From Parmenides Audio: The Essential Homer and The Essential Iliad, both with Stanley Lombardo. Booth: 4881.

Parragon Publishing

Featured: launching newest licensed program Bratz; Disney Hispanic program; various children’s titles in all categories. Booth: 5049.

Partners Book Distributing

Full-service, general trade wholesaler. Featured: various national and regional titles. Booth: 2667.

PartnerShip

Provides discount shipping services through various carriers to countrywide industry associations. Featured: company information and services and freight program; enrollment applications. Drawings: “fishbowl” raffle for portable inkjet printer. Discounts: freight allowance (ABA, PMA and SPAN members; BEA exhibitors). Booth: 5062.

Partners Publishers Group

Featured: Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2007 by Allan Borushek; Nature Speak Oracle and the Occult Christ by Ted Andrews; Along the Interstate 75 by Dave Hunter; Owner-Builder Book by Mark and Elaine Smith; New Menopausal Years by Susan S. Weed. Booth: 2667.

Partners West Book Distributing

Booth: 2667.

PassPorter Travel Press

Featured: PassPorter Walt Disney World 2007 by Jennifer and Dave Marx, Allison Cerel Marx; PassPorter Disneyland Resort and Southern California Attractions and PassPorter’s Field Guide to the Disney Cruise Line, 5th Edition, titles by Jennifer and Dave Marx; PassPorter’s Open Mouse for Walt Disney World by Deb Wills and Debra Martin Koma; PassPorter’s Treasure Hunts at Walt Disney World, edited by Jennifer Marx. Booth: 4313.

Pathfinder Press

Featured from Pathfinder Press: The First and Second Declarations of Havana, edited by Mary-Alice Waters; La Primera y Segunda Declaración de La Habana; Our History Is Still Being Written by Armando Choy et al.; We Are Heirs of the World’s Revolutions by Thomas Sankara; The Case of Leon Trotsky by Leon Trotsky. From New International magazine: “Capitalism’s Long Hot Winter Has Begun” (Issue #12); “Our Politics Start with the World” (Issue #13). Discounts: free freight. Booth: 1603.

Patria Press

Featured: The Young Patriots Series: Frederick Douglass by Elisabeth P. Myers; John Audubon by Miriam E. Mason; Phillis Wheatley by Kathryn Borland and Helen Speicher; Juliette Low by Helen Boyd Higgins; Abner Doubleday by Montrew Dunham. Giveaways: signed copies, Frederick Douglass. Booth: 3041.

Paulist Press

Featured: The Catholic Wedding Book, Revised Edition by Molly K. Hans and William C. Graham; The Rights of Catholics in the Church by James A. Coriden; Ordinary People as Monks & Mystics: Lifestyles for Spiritual Wholeness, New Edition by Marsha Sinetar; Luther’s Spirituality, edited/trans. by Philip D.W. Krey and Peter D.S. Krey; To Be a Servant-Leader by Stephen Prosser. Discounts: 50% on 25 or more front- and backlist titles. Booth: 3434.

Peace Hill Press

Featured: The Story of the World, Vol. 1: Ancient Times (rev. ed.) and The Story of the World, Vol. 2: The Middle Ages (rev. ed.), titles by Susan Wise Bauer; The Story of the World, Vol. 1 and The Story of the World, Vol. 2 (both audio), read by Jim Weiss; First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Level 3 by Jessie Wise and Sara Buffington. Giveaways: coloring books. Booth: 3863.

Peachtree Publishers

Featured: Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach (English/Spanish editions) by Carmen Agra Deedy, illus. by Michael Austin; Snow Day! by Lester L. Laminack, illus. by Adam Gustavson; Pennies in a Jar by Dori Chaconas, illus. by Ted Lewin; Little Rabbit’s Christmas, written/illus. by Harry Horse; Santa’s Eleven Months Off by Mike Reiss, illus. by Michael Montgomery. Giveaways: galleys and ARCs, selected titles. Drawings: for a Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach Cubano gift basket. Discounts: 46% on 10 or more books (three frontlist titles); 48% on 25 or more books (three frontlist titles); free freight. Booth: 402.

Pecoware

Booth: 1526.

Pelican Publishing Co.

Booth: 3866.

Pendo Verlag

This first-time exhibitor publishes fiction and nonfiction, with a segment dedicated to the 50+ generation. Featured: relaunching list; Als wir noch Götter waren im Mai by Johano Strasser; Das Eva-Prinzip by Eva Herman; Liebe Eva Herman, Briefe und e-mails an die Autorin des Eva-Prinzips; Mein Ich-Gewicht by Maja Storch; Johanna Romanowa by Helga Hegewisch; Rendezvous mit dem Tod, Warum John F. Kennedy sterben musste by Wilfried Huismann; Die Liebespflicht by Christine Eichel; Sie nahmen mir nicht nur die Freiheit by Eva-Maria Neumann. Booth: 2405.

Penguin Group (USA)

Featured from Riverhead: The Brief Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. From Putnam: Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwall; T Is for Trespass by Sue Grafton; The Case by Clive Cussler; Creation in Death by J.D. Robb; Dave Barry’s History of the Millennium (So Far) by Dave Barry. From Gotham: How Starbucks Changed My Life by Michael Gates Gill. From Dutton: World Without End by Ken Follett. From Viking: Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon. From Penguin Press: The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan; In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan; Journals by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. From Portfolio: Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! by Scott Adams. From Penguin paperbacks: Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. From Berkley: Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts; Dark Possession and Dark Hunger, titles by Christine Feehan. From NAL: Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward. Giveaways: galleys: Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; Lottery by Patricia Wood; How Starbucks Changed My Life; Interred with Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell. Discounts: show special, see booth for details. Booths: 2757, 2857.

Penguin Young Readers Group

Featured from Putnam: Slam by Nick Hornby; The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett. From Razorbill: Spud by John van de Ruit. From Philomel: Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz; Toy Boat by Loren Long; Mike Lupica’s Comeback Kids by Mike Lupica. From Viking: Cowboy & Octopus by Jon Scieska and Lane Smith. From Dial: Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor. From Dutton: Skippy Jones and the Big Bones by Judy Schachner. Giveaways: galleys: Snakehead; Spud; Sure Fire by Jack Higgins with Justin Richards; Little Grrl Lost by Charles de Lint; Those Girls by Sara Lawrence. Booth: 2757.

Penn State Univ. Press

Booth: 4857.

Penton Overseas

Featured audio: Speak in a Week Arabic and German; Global Access Visual Passport Chinese (CD/DVD). Featured books: Write Away! Chinese and Russian; Flash! Spanish, French, Italian and English (flash cards); Rumble & Bolt (light/sound). Giveaways: music CD. Discounts: 50%; free freight; 60-day dating. Booths: 3138–3141.

People Skills Int’l

Provides services for individuals, corporations and families through coaching and motivational presentations; books available in English, Spanish and Russian languages. Featured: titles by Ida Greene: Angels Among Us, Earth Angels and Stirring Up the African American Spirit; How to Be a Success in Business; Self-Esteem, the Essence of You; Soft Power Negotiation Skills; Are You Ready for Success?; Money—How to Get It, How to Keep It; Light the Fire Within You. Booth: 248.

People’s Medical Publishing House (PMPH)

Booth: 1247.

Periscope Light

This first-time exhibitor manufactures the Periscope Book Light brand product line; also acts as supplier for related sidelines. Featured: the Periscope Book Light (various formats), including Periscope Book Light in a Bookcover (paperbacks/hardcovers), Periscope Lighted Portfolio, and Periscope Portable Magnetic Lamp. Discounts: prepaid freight on orders over $250. Booth: 4978.

Perseus Books Group

Offers titles from member companies Basic Books, Counterpoint, DaCapo, Lifelong, Public Affairs, Running Press and Vanguard Press. Featured: titles from member companies; see publishers’ listings for details. Giveaways: ARCs; signed books; posters. Discounts: extra 3% (summer reading paperback promotion). Booths: 4438, 4439.

Perseus Distribution

A full-service distribution company that provides an array of services to meet clients’ needs, from pick-pack-and-ship to full sales and distribution; part of the Perseus Books Group. Booths: 4449, 4548.

Peter Pauper Press

Featured: When Housewives Go Bad by Nancy Rider Hunt; Little Black Book of London by Vesna Neskow; Real Men Don’t Say Splendid by Michael Gorman; Prince Charming? A Girl’s Guide to Dating by Jennifer Fox; Scratch & Sketch Knights by Tom Nemmers. Discounts: 50% (returnable); 55% (nonreturnable). Booth: 4050.

Peterson Institute for Int’l Economics

Booth: 2364.

Peterson’s (Nelnet Co.)

Featured: Winning the College Admissions Game by Peter Van Buskirk; Vocab Rock by Defined Mind. Booth: 3885.

Phidal Publishing

Featured: complete range of children’s books. Booth: 719.

Phifer Reader

Booth: 1121.

Philip’s

This U.K. publisher offers atlases, maps, reference and astronomy titles to trade, mail order, library and educational markets; a part of the Octopus Publishing Group. Featured: new titles for co-edition sales to U.S. and international publishers. Booths: 3967–3971.

Phoenix Books & Audio

Featured: Train Wreck: The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith by Donna Hogan; Shattered Dreams, Broken Promises by Michael Viner; 7: The Mickey Mantle Novel by Peter Golenbock; The Ultimate Bible: Complete Unabridged Old Testament; Always by Michael Levine. Booth: 3679.

Picador

Featured: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers; Discomfort Zone by Jonathan Franzen; The Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason; Kate by William Mann. Giveaways: galleys: Cion by Zakes Mda and The Paris Review Interviews III by The Paris Review. Booth: 3629.

Piccadilly Enterprises

Booth: 1605.

Picot Pilates/Pilates for You

This first-time exhibitor offers books and DVDs on Pilates, as well as Pilates instruction. Featured books: Pilates and Pregnancy and My Pregnancy Memory Book, titles by Sarah Picot. Featured audio: Prenatal Pilates (DVD); Post-natal Pilates (DVD); More than Mat Pilates Series (DVD). Discounts: 10%. Booth: 5168.

Picturebook

Publishes children’s reference book for artists’ and illustrators’ promotion. Featured: Directory of Children’s Illustration: Picturebook 06/Picturebook 07. Discounts: show special for artists (rate-per-page). Booth: 1741.

Piedmont Group

Distributes the PageKeeper bookmark in the U.S. Featured: PageKeeper bookmarks (various). Booth: 935.

PigDog Press

This first-time exhibitor publishes and licenses a new method of English pronunciation suitable for language learners of any age, cultural background or educational experience. Featured: “eesee speek” English Language Pronunciary and Reference by Howard Douglas Coffman. Booth: 943.

Pilgrim Press

Booth: 232.

Pink Lemonade Presentations

Booth: 1716.

Pinwheel Ltd.

Publishes and packages children’s picture books, pre-school novelty and nonfiction titles. Featured: new projects for international sales from Pinwheel, Andromeda Children’s Books and Gullane Children’s Books. Booth: 743.

Pipsqueak Publishing

This first-time exhibitor publishes children’s books. Featured: Field Dance and Why Can’t I Have Glue?, titles by Tina Wuehr, illus. by Mari Brown. Booth: 1746.

Pitspopany Press

Booth: 5242.

Pixie Stuff

Booth: 958.

Planeta Publishing

Offers books in translation and language originals. Featured Spanish translations: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri; The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry; The Power and the Glory by David Yallop; Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell; In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant. Featured Spanish originals: La autobiografía de Fidel Castro by Norberto Fuentes; La ciudad de los umbrales by Mario Mendoza; Diccionario Esencial, edited by the Royal Spanish Academy. Booth: 4651.

Planning Shop

Featured: Finding an Angel Investor in a Day by The Planning Shop and Joseph R. Bell; Trade Show in a Day by The Planning Shop with Rhonda Abrams and Betsy Bozdech; Successful Business Research by The Planning Shop with Rhonda Abrams; Business Plan in a Day and The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies, 4th Edition, titles by Rhonda Abrams. Booth: 4327.

Playaway Digital

Booth: 2176.

Play Bac Publishing

This first-time exhibitor publishes educational, visual and innovative children’s books. Featured: Homework Helpster (series): To Make Homework Happen; Timeline (series): To Unfold History; Vocabulary Power (series): 200 Words to Know for Reading Comprehension. Giveaways: posters. Booth: 4457.

Playdate Kids Publishing

Featured: The Playdate Kids Musical Series: The I Like Me Dance and Island Potty Party, titles by Tim Friedlander and Booger Boogie by Tena Fanning and Tim Friedlander; The Playdate Kids Growing Up Series: Danny’s Secret, Cosmos’ Blended Family, Dakota’s Lost and Chloe Loses Her Pet, titles by Annie Thiel. Discounts: 30% (all orders); 35% (all orders, entire collection). Booth: 707.

Playmore Inc. Publishers

Booth: 716.

PMc Publishing

Featured: Glamour Girls, photos by Patrick McMullan, intro. by Amy Fine Collins, commentary by Liz Smith et al. Booths: 4374–4378; 4375–4379.

Pocket Peepers

Booth: 1509.

Poisoned Pen Press

Featured: Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood; Justice for the Damned by Priscilla Royal; Fear of Landing by David Waltner-Toews; Cactus Heart by Jon Talton; Heir Apparent by Twist Phelan. Booth: 3050.

Poland Book Institute

The Book Institute is a national institution established by the Polish Ministry of Culture to organize literary programs and promote Polish books abroad. Booth: 2551.

PoliPointPress

Featured: Best Care Anywhere by Phillip Longman; Cowboy Republic by Marjorie Cohn; The Real McCain by Clifford Schecter; Building the Green Economy by Kevin Danaher and Shannon Biggs; Made Love, Got War by Norman Solomon. Booth: 3674.

Polychrome Communications

Booth: 513.

Pomegranate Communications

Featured sidelines: selected calendars; postcard books; note-card folios; boxed note cards; holiday boxed cards; ”knowledge” card decks; mouse pads; magnets; assorted journals; books of days; address books; jigsaw puzzles; stationery; gift wrap. Featured books: Gustave Baumann’s Southwest by Joseph Traugott; Cape Dorset Prints by Leslie Boyd Ryan; How to Understand, Enjoy, and Draw Optical Illusions by Robert Ausbourne; Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell by Adrienne Childs; The Wuggly Ump and The Gilded Bat, titles by Edward Gorey. Discounts: free freight on $250 or more (excluding calendars). Booth: 3369.

Portable Press

Featured: Uncle John’s 20th Anniversary Edition Bathroom Reader; Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Music; Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Dog Lover’s Companion; Uncle John’s Kid-topia Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!; Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Ohio. Discounts: free freight (20-book minimum). Booth: 4227.

Portal Press

Featured: Cedar Tree Christmas by Anne Marshall Runyon; The Mindful Vegetarian by David Pollock; The Shepherd Boy by Darick Allan; Tanaki on the Shore by Bill Smith; The Widening Gyre (poster) by Emily Tellez. Giveaways: Mourning Dove paper sculptures by Anne Marshall Runyon; Widening Gyre signed posters; The Shepherd Boy samplers; Tanaki on the Shore samplers. Booth: 3148.

Posh Int’l

Booth: 941.

Potatohead Press

This first-time exhibitor publishes creative projects, including cartoon books. Featured: Everyday Cat Excuses, written/illus. by Molly Brandenburg. Giveaways: magnets, T-shirts. Booth: 1737.

Potomac Books

Featured: The Forgotten Terrorist by Mel Ayton; Enter the Past Tense by Roland W. Haas; The Chief Culprit by Viktor Suvorov; Blood on the Lens by Jim Burroughs; Hostile Intent by Kristian Gustafson. Discounts: 50%. Booth: 5056.

Tony Potter Publishing

This U.K.-based exhibitor publishes interactive books for children. Featured: extensive back- and frontlist. Booth: 3277.

Powell’s Books Wholesale

Distributes scholarly, academic and trade remainders. Booth: 4821.

PowerHouse Books

Featured: Darfur Walker’s Way; Van Halen; Skinema; Monsters. Booth: 4835.

Power Play Media

Booth: 242.

Power Press

Featured: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure and Zen and the Art of Happiness, titles by Chris Prentiss; The I Ching: The Book of Answers, I Ching Wisdom and I Ching Life, titles by Wu Wei. Drawings: enter to win a box of 25 assorted books. Discounts: 50%. Booths: 3776, 3777.

P.R. Books

Booth: 5006.

Byron Preiss Visual

Publications

This first-time exhibitor packages children’s books as well as history and general-interest titles; domestic and international rights available. Booth: 2175.

Prestel Publishing

Featured: Chuck Close: Work by Christopher Finch; Learning to Love You More by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher; Robert Mapplethorpe Polaroids by Sylvia Wolfe. Discounts: free freight on 10 backlist units. Booth: 4281.

Priddy Books

Booth: 3646.

Primedia Outdoors

Booth: 3333.

Princeton Architectural Press

Featured: D.I.Y. Kids by Ellen and Julia Lupton; The Guerrilla Art Kit by Keri Smith; The Best of LCD: The Art and Writing of WFMU, edited by Dave the Spazz; Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds by Leslie Umberger; Taking Things Seriously by Joshua Glenn and Carol Hayes; Mingering Mike by Dori Hader and Jane Livingston; Breaking News by the Associated Press and David Halberstam. Giveaways: Taking Things Seriously. Booth: 2639.

Princeton Univ. Press

Featured: Weimar Germany by Eric D. Weitz; A Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark; From Higher Aims to Hired Hands by Rakesh Khurana; The Art of the American Snapshot: 1888–1978 by Sarah Greenough; The Next Justice by Christopher L. Eisgruber; The Warhol Economy by Elizabeth Currid. Discounts: 48%, free freight (see booth for details). Booth: 3133.

Priory Publications

Featured: Maranatha Et In Arcadia Ego and Maranatha Et In Arcadia Ego: The Companion, titles by Duncan J. Burden. Giveaways: clue parchments. Discounts: show special allowance on orders include Maranatha Treasure Hunt Series, Book One/Book Two. Booth: 1719.

Probitas Press

Booth: 2160.

ProDesign (U.K.)

Booth: 843.

Prometheus Books

Featured: Nothing by Nica Lalil; The Blade Itself by Joel Abersrombie; The Humble Little Condom by Alne Collier; Evil Genes by Barbara Oakley; Poker Strategies for a Winning Edge in Business by David Apostolico. Giveaways: T-shirts; books; sample chapters; buttons. Discounts: 50%, free freight. Booth: 4532.

Prosperity Tree Int’l

Booth: 1145.

PR Web Int’l

Provides maximum visibility for press releases. Featured: PRWeb Online Visibility Service. Booth: 1525.

PSI Printing/P-Sunny Int’l

Offers quality printing and binding services at competitive pricing for any size and quantity book, journal or catalogue project (www.p-sunny.com). Booth: 1608.

PublicAffairs

Featured: Peter Jennings: Reporter, intro. by Lynn Sherr; Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency by Nigel Hamilton; More than Profits by Muhammad Yunus; A Global Life by James D. Wolfensohn; Jihad on Wilkesbarre Avenue by Dina Temple-Raston. Booths: 4438, 4439.

Publication Services

Booth: 2956.

Publications Int’l

Featured: General-interest and automotive titles; titles from Legacy Publishing and West Side Publishing imprints; Story Reader Family (series); Children’s Interactive (sound books); Look and Find (series); ActiveMinds (educational products); New Seasons (photo albums, stationery and gift books). Booths: 602, 603.

Publishers Assn. of

the South

Trade association for the Southern book publishing community, with more than 150 members; affiliated with AAP, PubWest, PMA, SPAN and SEBA. Booth: 2947.

Publishers Assn. of the West

Booth: 2945.

Publishers Assn. (U.K.)

The Publishers Assn. (U.K.) is the recognized trade association of the U.K. book- and journal-publishing industry; its overseas department organizes the U.K. presence at BookExpo America and other international trade fairs. Featured: information on the U.K. publishing industry and general services.

Booth: 3871.

Publishers Group West

Offers premier book-distribution services in all major bookselling markets. Featured: titles from client publishers. Booth: 4215.

Publishers Marketing Assn. (PMA)

This non-profit trade association represents independent publishers from across the U.S. Featured: more than 500 titles from various client-publishers and companies. Drawings: one lucky bookseller to win a free trip to BEA 2008. Discounts: 50%. Booth: 3041.

Publishers Row

Booth: 1242.

Publishers Weekly

PW covers the international business of book publishing and bookselling; its readership includes publishers, booksellers, librarians, book wholesalers, reviewers and literary agents; electronic newsletters include PW Daily, PW Comics Week, Religion BookLine, Children’s Bookshelf. Featured: daily coverage of the convention on PW’s Web site (www.publishersweekly.com) and in PW’s BEA Show Daily. Giveaways: copies of preconvention issue. Booth: 4131.