Information for Publishers

Publisher Information Sheet

This year's annual meeting of the Business History Conference will take place in Detroit Michigan, March 16-18, 2023. We invite publishers to participate in our Book and Journal Exhibit. We particularly encourage non-U.S.-based publishers to take part.

The publishers' exhibit is a combined book and journal table-top display, housed in an area near the meeting rooms to encourage browsing. We would be happy to receive one display copy of each book or journal you wish to exhibit, along with order forms, subscription information, catalogues, brochures, and other handouts.

We expect approximately 250 people to attend, primarily historians and economists. Members of the BHC have diverse interests ranging broadly across the fields of business and economic history. The organization is international in membership: scholars from the UK, many European countries, Canada, Japan, and Latin America will attend. The theme for the 2023 meeting is "Reinvention."

There is no fee for exhibiting books or journals at the BHC meeting, but we require exhibitors to donate the books and journals they send to the conference for our silent auction. There will be a fee for the display of flyers, catalogs, and like materials by publishers who do not display books and/or journals. Publishers may also elect to purchase advertising in a variety of packages and/or to sponsor meeting events. We offer the following:

Publishers wishing to purchase paid advertising without joining the display need not register. Instead, they should contact BHC Secretary-Treasurer Roger Horowitz, who can also explain sponsorship possibilities.  Publishers’ representatives are expected to register for the annual meeting at standard rates.

Please note that we cannot return books, journals, or any advertising materials to publishers. Therefore, please do not send banners, book stands, or other valuable materials; we can accommodate small table-top cardboard stands, such as enlarged jacket images. Order forms are encouraged, but we do not permit selling at the conference.

To assist us in planning, we ask publishers who wish to send books, journals, and/or advertising materials such as flyer and brochures to the table-top display to register, using the form provided at http://www.thebhc.org/book-and-journal-exhibit-registration-form.

Please submit your registration form no later than February 21, 2023. If you have questions about the exhibit, please contact Carol Lockman at clockman@hagley.org .

Because the hotel has limited storage space, we ask that books and other materials for the exhibit be timed to arrive no earlier than Monday, March 13, 2023; they must arrive no later than Wednesday, March 15, 2023 to be included in the exhibit. Materials should be sent via FedEx, UPS, DHL, or a similar service, with the shipping label (including your return address) addressed as follows:

Attn: Carol Lockman/ Hold for Arrival
BHC Meeting/March 15-18, 2023
c/o Lauren Kolnik

Event Manager

Westin Book Cadillac

1114 Washington Boulevard

Detroit MI 48226

Marriott.com/DTWCW

Questions about the arrival of packages after shipment should be addressed to Lauren Kolnik, email: lauren.kolnik@westin.com. 

We look forward to having your books and journals as part of our exhibit this year!