The U.S. contingent at the RISE Bookselling Conference, taking place this week in Venice, Italy: (l.-r.) American Booksellers Association CEO Allison Hill; Jessica Osborne and Melissa Taylor, owners of E. Shaver Booksellers in Savannah, Ga.; Jamie Fiocco, owner of Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, N.C.; sweet pea Flaherty, owner of King’s Books in Tacoma, Wash.; and Kimberly Brock, adult book buyer at Joseph Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, Ohio.
