The Wisconsin Historical Society Press apparently did well at this year's Midwestern Booksellers meeting in the Twin Cities. Having two booths instead of one paid off with People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish was a hit with booksellers.
Walker pointed out that small and regional presses, however, are taking up some of the slack, with Wisconsin Historical Society Press, for example, taking two booths this year, up from last’s year’s single booth.
Illustrated books, especially those with regional themes, most appealed to booksellers. People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish by Kathleen Schmitt Kline et al. (Wis. Hist. Soc. Press), Viking Reader (Univ. of Minn Press), Gophers Illustrated: The Incredible Complete History of Minnesota Football by Al Papas Jr. (University of Minnesota Press), and An Illustrated Life, a compendium of American modernist illustrator Charley Harper’s work by Todd Oldham (AMMO Books) all created a buzz…
I was told by someone who doesn't fish and has no interest in fish that it is a remarkably interesting book. Of course, this person is an editor at WHS Press so the comment may have been biased.
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