The 2025 New Voices New Rooms Conference in Atlanta last week received high marks from booksellers and exhibitors. "Really great and really positive" and "a vibrant show" announced the coverage in the book industry press. Booksellers commented on the quality of the education offered by the program, and especially of the sessions in the Children’s Bookselling track.
By the numbers and including authors and speakers there were over 500 people at NVNR 2025, the largest conference yet. The event showed a 9% growth in the number of attending booksellers, and phenomenal 40% of attendees were first timers.
- First-time attendees: 199
- Booksellers at NVNR: 335
- Bookstores at NVNR: 196
- SIBA booksellers: 221
- SIBA bookstores: 118
- NAIBA booksellers: 114
- NAIBA bookstores: 78
- Authors at NVNR: 90
- Exhibitor personnel: 132
- Exhibiting Companies: 78
- Number of tables in the Exhibit Hall: 99
NVNR in the press:
"Really Great and Really Positive" (Shelf Awareness, 8/7/2025)
A Vibrant Show in Atlanta (Shelf Awareness, 8/6/2025)
Heroes on the Front Lines of Book Banning (Shelf Awareness, 8/5/2025)
New Voice New Rooms 2025 (Shelf Awareness, 7/28/2025)
National Association of Black Bookstores Launches (Publishers Weekly, 8/6/2025)
New Voices New Rooms Regional Conference Spotlights Children’s Books and Authors (Publishers Weekly, 8/7/2025)
Record-Setting NVNR Kicks Off Fall Regional Book Shows (Publishers Weekly, 8/11/2025)