Wai Lana Yoga
Booth:645.
Walker & Co.
Featured:A More Perfect Constitution by Larry J. Sabato; Deception by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Levy. Booth:3620.
WalkerBooks for
Young Readers
Featured:How the Hangman Lost His Heart by K.M. Grant; Lily Dale: Awakening by Wendy Corsi Staub; Teen, Inc. by Stephen Petrucha; Blackbeard: Pirate for Hire, written/illus. by Matt McElligot. Giveaways: galleys: How the Hangman Lost His Heart, Lily Dale. Booth:3620.
Ware-Pak
Provides outsourcing for the publishing industry as well as fulfillment and distribution services, newsletters with customized packaging and pack operations, display kit assembly, storage and return processing. Featured: warehousing and fulfillment services. Discounts: volume percentages. Booth:3169.
WarwickPublishing
Booth:4550.
Watson-Guptill Publications
Imprints include Watson-Guptill, Amphoto Books, Billboard Books, Back Stage Books and Lone Eagle. Featured:Spy vs. Spy 2 by David Shayne; Manga Mania Occult & Horror by Christopher Hart; Spirit of Drawing by Connie Smith Siegel; Knit with Beads by Scarlet Taylor; The Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guide to Social Survival by Jessica Blatt. Giveaways:Spy vs. Spy promo items; tattoos; posters. Booths:4474, 4475.
Wavefinder
Offers surfing and snowsports guides. Featured: Wave-finder series: Wave-finder Mexico by D. Small; Wave-finder Central America by T. Gibson; Wave-finder USA, Wave-finderIndonesia and Wave-finderU.K. and Ireland, titles by Larry Blair. Booths:3776, 3777.
Weinstein Books
This first-time exhibitor publishes books with general commercial appeal, focusing on adult and young-adult fiction and topical nonfiction. Featured:Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam; Into Hot Air by Chris Elliott; Alex and the Ironic Gentleman by Adrienne Kress; Secret Agent Jack Stalwart series by Elizabeth Singer; Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet by Padma Lakshmi. Giveaways: ARCs, selected featured titles. Booth:3770.
Welcome Books
Featured from Welcome Books:Animal House by Catherine Ledner; Red Carpet: 20 Years of Fame and Fashion by Frank Trapper; Shoe Fleur by Michael Tcherevkoff; The Book of Exodus and The Gettysburg Address, both illus. by Sam Fink. From Insight Editions:The Force Unleashed: Art of the Star Wars Game by W. Haden Blackman; Knockout by Ken Regan; Brian Froud’s World of Faerie by Brian Froud; Reggae Scrapbook by Roger Steffens; John & Yoko: A New York Love Story by Allan Tannenbaum, foreword by Yoko Ono. From Mid-List Press:The Writer’s Brush, edited by Donald Friedman. Giveaways: book bags. Booth:4360.
Weldon Owen Publishing
Featured:Dogs by Design by Carolyn Coile; Gymboree Play and Music (various formats); Williams-Sonoma Food Made Fast series (new titles); Williams-Sonoma Holiday Entertaining; Williams-Sonoma Eating by Color. Booths:3920, 3921.
Wentworth Publishing Corp.
Booth:3062.
WesleyanUniv.Press
Featured:In Balanchine’s Company: A Dancer’s Memoir by Barbara Milberg Fisher; Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965—2003 by Jean Valentine; Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie by Eric Lichtenfeld; The Kip Brothers by Jules Verne; Gilgamesh: A Verse Play by Yusef Komunyakaa and Chad Gracia. Discounts: 50%, backlist. Booth:4150.
WestminsterJohn Knox Press
Featured:The Gospel According to the Simpsons: Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition by Mark I. Pinsky; A Geography of God by Michael Lindvall; Losers, Loners, and Rebels by Robert Dykstra et al.; Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief by Rowen Williams; The Legacy of Billy Graham, edited by Michael Long. Booth:1224.
West Virginia Univ. Press
Featured:The Postmodern Beowulf, edited by Eileen A. Joy and Mary K. Ramsey; Vivid Companion by Irene McKinney; The Way Things Always Happen Here by Kevin Stewart; Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Vol. 4 (2007); The Search for Origins in the Twentieth-Century Long Poem by Joe W. Moffett. Drawings: for framed, original drawing by West Virginia folk artist S.L. Jones. Discounts: bookstores/libraries: 25% (four or fewer books); 45% (five or more books); 36% (short discount, no minimum). Booth:4869.
WGBH Boston Video
WGBH Boston Video is the leading producer of programming for PBS adult series and offers award-winning productions on DVD. Featured audio: DVD titles: Masterpiece Theater, including Jane Eyre, Elizabeth I: Virgin Queen and Oliver Twist; Nova, including Elegant Universe; Between the Lions (children’s). Booth:2379.
Whitaker House/Anchor Distributors
Featured:The Most Important Person on Earth by Myles Munroe; Through Every Storm and Loving Liza Jane, both by Sharlene MacLaren; Healing the Heart by Joan Hunter; The Rise of Lakewood Church and Joel Osteen by Richard Young. Discounts: free freight ($150 net). Booth:1324.
White Star
Booth:4364.
Albert Whitman & Co.
Booth:526.
White Men Can’t Hump
Booth: 218.
Who’s Who Publishing
Booth:257.
Wilderness Press
Celebrating its 40th anniversary. Featured:Walking Brooklyn by Adrienne Onofri; Top Trails Yosemite by Jeffrey P. Schaffer; Joy of Backpacking by Brian Beffort; Rail-Trails New England by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Traditional Lead Climbing by Heidi Pesterfield. Giveaways: anniversary “goodies.” Discounts: 48%, free freight on 10 or more books. Booth:2971.
John Wiley & Sons
Celebrating its 200th anniversary. Featured:The Three Signs of a Miserable Job by Patrick Lencioni; Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner; The Little Book That Makes You Rich by Louis Navellier; The Seven Lost Secrets of Success by Joe Vitale; Never Give Up by Tedy Bruschi. Giveaways: new titles (at signings); anniversary promo items. Discounts: retail show special: 50% (trade titles), 52% (consumer-branded titles) plus free freight on orders of 25 or more units (per ship-to location); anniversary special: 52% (trade titles), 54% (consumer-branded titles) on 200 or more units (per ship-to location). Booths:4056, 4057.
Wisdom Books
This first-time exhibitor publishes books that educate, inspire and empower African-Americans to give birth to their greatness in the areas of positive self-help, parenting, psychology, philosophy, sociology, education, money/finance, health and wellness and religion and spiritual growth. Featured:The 30 Power Principles, The 30 Power Principles Workbook, Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a Hero, Success Guideposts for African American Children and The ABCs of Self-Esteem, titles by Will Horton. Discounts: free freight. Booth:251.
Wisdom Publications
Featured:One City: A Declaration of Interdependence by Ethan Nichtern; A Heart Full of Peace by Joseph Goldstein; Business and the Buddha by Lloyd Field; Mind in Comfort and Ease by the Dalai Lama; Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: The Life and Letters of an Irish Zen Saint by Maura O’Halloran. Giveaways: ARCs. Booth:4213.
Wiselife Press
This first-time exhibitor publishes books and educational materials on seniors and senior care. Featured:SeniVision by Janet Louise Gibson. Booth:1720.
Wissenschaftliche
Verlagsgesellschaft
Featured:Mikronährstoffe für die Kitteltasche by Uwe Gröber; Heilpflanzenlexikon by Dietrich Frohne; Akute Vergiftungen und Arzneimittelüberdosierungen by Reinhard Ludewig and Ralf Regenthal; Arzneimittel in der Schwangerschaft und Stillzeit by Klaus Friese et al.; Phytotherapie in der Kinderheilkunde by Heinz Schilcher and Walter Dorsch. Booth:2405.
Wistful Expressions
This sideline company produces greeting cards. Featured: complete greeting card line. Discounts: free freight. Booth:1125.
Wizards of the Coast
Featured:Hallowmere by Tiffany Trent; Practical Guide to Dragons and Practical Guide to Monsters, both by Lisa Trumbauer and Nina Hess; Time Spies: Signals in the Sky by Candice Ransom; The Orc King by R.A. Salvatore; Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress: A Girls Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons Game by Shelly Mazzanoble. Giveaways: ARCs, Hallowmere and The Orc King; Practical Guide to Monsters blads; bags; bookmarks; mugs; notepads. Drawings: for original artwork from Practical Guide to Dragons. Booth:4257.
W.J. Fantasy
Booth:423.
Wonder-Shirts
Offers T-shirts and tote bags featuring designs by leading children’s illustrators. Featured: T-shirts and tote bags by Edward Gorey, Mo Willems and Kevin Henkes. Discounts: receive hand-signed tote by Edward Gorey or Mo Willems with each order of $250 or more; free freight (continental U.S.). Booth:524.
Wonderworld Media
Booth:747.
Wordstock
Booth:1139.
Working Man’s Cookbook
Booth:1810.
Workman Publishing Co.
Featured from Workman:1,000 Places to See Before You Die: USA & Canada by Patricia Schultz; Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins; What Can I Bring? by Anne Byrn; Unplugged Play by Bobbi Conner; Little Miss Matched. From Artisan:Two Meatballs by Pino Luongo and Mark Strausman; Homes of Our Founding Fathers by Hugh Howard; Medal of Honor by Peter Collier, photos by Nick Del Calzo; Happy in the Kitchen by Michel Richard; Rosa’s New Mexican Table by Roberto Santibanez; Summer; The Young Man & the Sea. Booths:4357, 4457.
World Almanac Books
Featured:The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007; The World Almanac Book for Kids 2008. Booth:3933.
World Class Publishing Group
This first-time exhibitor offers books, audiobooks, CDs and videos as well as event organizing services. Featured:It’s Only Dinner: Dining for Love, Romance & Relationships by Rone de Beauvoir. Giveaways: “red carpet” gift bags with order. Discounts: freight allowance, dating plans. Booth:455.
World Media Group
Booth:424.
World of Good
Featured: “fair trade” artisan handcrafts from more than 35 countries. Discounts: free freight (initial orders). Booth:1109.
World Publications Group
WPG is one of the largest wholesale distributors of remainders, close-outs, promotional and bargain-priced books; also the exclusive distributor of JG Press and Signature Press. Featured: promotional titles from JG Press/Signature Press; literary classics from new imprint Signature Press Editions. Booths:4606, 4607.
Wowio
Booth:454.
Writing for the Lord Ministries
Booth: 238.
Izzy Wryght
This first-time exhibitor is a single-title publisher, Featured:How to Date Today’s Modern Woman (Without Ending Up in Therapy) by Izzy Wryght. Booth:1715.
Xact Studio Int’l
Booth:732.
YaleUniv.Press
Featured:Two Lives by Janet Malcolm; Fallen Angels by Harold Bloom; Tight Lines, edited by James Prosek; Blood and Soil by Ben Kiernan; William Steig by Claudia J. Nahson; The Neighborhoods of Queens by Claudia Gryvatz Copquin; Election 2008: A Voter’s Guide by Franklin Foer and the editors of The New Republic; Treacherous Alliances by Trita Parsi; Graphic Design: A New History by Stephen Eskilson. Discounts: 48% (trade/scholarly titles), 40% (text, maximum six copies per title) or free freight. Booth:2874.
Yes Solutions
Booth:2169.
YMAAPublication Center
Featured:The Cutting Season by Arthur Rosenfeld; SunriseTai Chi by Ramel Rones; The Way of Sanchin Kata by Kris Wilder. Giveaways:The Cutting Season; The Crocodile and the Crane galleys. Drawings: for a $150 gift certificate. Booth:3817.
Yottoy Productions
Booth:713.
Young-Jin Singapore Pte.
Booth:327.
Zagat Survey
Provides consumer-based leisure content. Featured:2007/08 Walt Disney World Insider’s Guide; Best of London Guide; San Diego Restaurant Guide; 2008 Seattle Restaurants. Giveaways:2007 New York Restaurant Guide excerpt. Drawings: business-card drop off to win prizes. Discounts: free freight. Booth:4414.
Zelco Industries
Booth:4616.
Zenescope Entertainment
Booth: 3800.
Zoetic Publishing
Featured:Mind Power into the 21st Century by John Kehoe; Mind Power for Children by John Kehoe and Nancy Fischer. Discounts: 50% plus free freight. Booth:4029.
Zulu-Planet Publishing
Featured:How Not to Start and Run Your Own Business by Scott Cundill; Slave Species of God by Michael Tellinger. Discounts: 50% plus free freight. Booth:4029.
