January

American Library Association Annual Mid-Winter (ALA)

February

Campus Market Expo (CAMEX)

CPE (Christian Product Expo)

Public Lands Alliance [PLA]

PUBWEST

Toy Fair

Public Library Association [PLA] Conference (every other year)

March

AWP Conference and Bookfair

London Book Fair

WonderCon

April

Art Materials World

Bologna Children’s Book Fair

LA Times Festival of Books

Museum Store Association Conference & Expo

May

BookExpo

Licensing Expo

SFWA Nebula Conference

June

American Library Association Annual Convention (ALA)

Association of American University Presses (AAUP) Annual Meeting

July

Comic-Con International

Denver Publishing Institute
Four-week summer school, introduction to book publishing as a career

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)

August

Farwest Trade Show

NY NOW Gift Show

Superzoo - Pet Culture

September

CALIBA (California Independent Bookseller Alliance)

Las Vegas Souvenir & Resort Gift Show

Pacific Northwest Independent Booksellers Association (PNBA)

Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA)

October-November

Chicago International Remainder and Overstock Book Expo (CIROBE)

Frankfurt International Book Fair

Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Annual Meeting

Heartland Fall Forum (GLBA and MBA)

New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA)

New York Comic Con

Western History Association (WHA)

Western Literature Association 2020

World Fantasy Convention