30th Advanced Course. Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri School for Booksellers

plus Jan, 2025 2013

Having reached the major milestone of its 30th edition, the advanced course of the Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri School for Booksellers – organized by Messaggerie Libri and Messaggerie Italiane in collaboration with the Associazione Librai Italiani and the Associazione Italiana Editori – will be held as usual on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
At this eagerly awaited important international event for the world of publishing, the participants will tackle various issues concerning the world of books, bookshops and the markets with a thorough, updated look at new ideas and developments in the field.
The Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri School for Booksellers was founded in 1983 with the aim of providing booksellers with the opportunity of furthering their education in the field. This involves keeping them up to date with the faster production of books, providing tools for analysis and innovative methods and informing about professional practice. In addition to having trained new generations of booksellers, over time the school has become a workshop for experimentation and discussions on the potential of the book. It is thus a special forum for studying strategies for positioning bookshops and ways of promoting their products.
The first of its kind in Italy, and the second in Europe after Frankfurt, the School for Booksellers fosters discussion that is not only limited to the organisation and management of sales points but extends to all aspects of bookselling activities: distribution, marketing and promotion. During the course the Luciano and Silvana Mauri Prize for Booksellers will be awarded.
For further information, please visit: www.scuolalibraiuem.it.