NVNR Publicity Speed Dating 2025

NAIBA and SIBA present Publicity Speed Dating, a chance for our stores to pitch their event programs to a Zoom room full of publicists. Each store has a 15 minute time slot to present their publicity kit and pitch for the authors/event types they'd love to be hosting.

We have space for 6 NAIBA stores in the morning, and 5 NAIBA stores in the afternoon. Only one person per store can register, but two staff members may appear on screen. The registration fee is $25/store.

To present, you'll need a Publicity Kit, which is a two page PDF with information about your store, and a 10 minute pitch. These must be prepared in advance and submitted to us no later than May 21st.

What is Publicity Speed Dating?

Introduce your store and your event program in a 15 minute blitz to a Zoom room full of publicists!  In virtual Publicity Speed Dating you have a 15 minute time slot to introduce your bookstore, share your event capabilities, and make broad requests to fill your event calendar.  15 minutes is the total time, so we suggest a practiced 10 minute pitch with 5 minutes left for questions. While you are pitching, your publicity kit will be shown on the screen, and publicists will also receive all of the kits.

Do you need to make a publicity kit? We have great resources to help you learn to build one to best show off your store. A "kit" is a double-sided PDF document that highlights your space, your event partners, your customer base, and your current events. You can see samples from many of our stores, plus a How-To video, on our Bookstore Publicity Kits page.