BEA Upbeat: Consumer Day, Live Streaming Plans

Two weeks before BookExpo America officially kicks off, officials have released details on its live streaming program and talked a bit about expectations for the second consumer day planned for Saturday June 1.

Hackathon Update

Approximately 170 hackers have signed up so far to take part in the Perseus Books Group-sponsored Publishing Hackathon, an event designed to put together teams to develop new approaches to book discoverability.

BEA 2013: Bringing in the Readers

Last year BookExpo America invited the public for the first time.

BEA 2013: BEA’s Big Tent

Book publishers, like all media producers, are well aware that generating valued content is only half the battle—the rest is getting it to consumers where, when, and how they want it.

BEA 2013: Map of the Houses

At BookExpo America (BEA), the entire world of publishing seems to be jammed into New York's cavernous Javits Center, a convention space puzzle that can prove tiring to navigate, difficult to master, and ever harder to leave ("Taxi!").

BEA 2013: All Our Coverage

BEA 2013: Brooklyn Renaissance—and Beyond: New Bookstores in the Greater New York Area

In 1945, there were hundreds of independent bookstores in New York City, with 50 on “Book Row” (the stretch of Broadway between Union Square and Astor Place) alone.

BEA 2013: Factory Town: New York City's MFA Industry

Manufacturing in the U.S. might well be dead, but New York City’s M.F.A. programs are keeping the publishing industry in gear, boasting many of the nation’s most well-respected writers as faculty, and nurturing the literary stars of tomorrow.

BEA 2013: Children’s Galleys to Grab

Call it the debutante’s ball: three new children’s imprints and a first-time publisher will be showing their wares at the trade show.

BEA 2013: Grouped Exhibitors on the Floor by Numbers

In addition to the trade publishers, vendors, organizations, and distribution groups on the floor, BEA has grouped certain exhibitors together in separate areas or pavilions. We have included them below in numerical booth order within each group.

BEA 2013: Around the Booths

PW's select guide to exhibitors at BookExpo America

BEA 2013: Square Books: ‘PW’ Bookstore of the Year

“The store is my crack,” says Richard Howorth, co-owner of 34-year-old Square Books in Oxford, Miss., and former president of the American Booksellers Association.

BEA 2013: Adult Galleys to Grab

From hot debuts to the return of some heavy hitters, the galleys you'll want to snag at BEA 2013.

BEA 2013: 'PW' Rep of the Year: Bruce Joshua Miller

Last summer, many industry observers considered Bruce Joshua Miller to be rather quixotic, vigorously tilting at the University of Missouri’s administration by leading a letter-writing and social media campaign after the university’s May 24 announcement that the 54-year-old University of Missouri Press’s scholarly publishing program would be dismantled and its editor-in-chief, Clair Willcox, fired.

Guy Kawasaki To Give uPublishU Keynote at BEA

Guy Kawasaki will be the keynote luncheon speaker at uPublishU (uPubU) which will take place on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at BookExpo America (BEA) at the Javits Center in New York City. 

Schwalbe and Zuckerberg To Keynote BEA Blogger Conference

Will Schwalbe and Randi Zuckerberg will headline the festivities at this year’s edition of the BEA Blogger Conference, which will take place on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 in Hall A at the Javits Center in conjunction with BookExpo America (BEA).

Shortlist for 'PW' Bookstore and Sales Rep Awards 2013

Five bookstores and six sales representatives are named semi-finalists for the twentieth anniversary PW book industry awards.

2013 BEA Author Breakfasts Announced

BEA has announced its lineup of author breakfasts for 2013.

2013 BEA Conference Program Now Accepting Submissions

BookExpo America is now accepting submissions for the 2013 BEA Conference Program and uPublishU at BEA 2013. If you have an idea for a practical conference session that you feel will meet the education needs of members of the publishing industry, please see below for submission instructions.

Power Readers Return to BEA

BEA events director Steve Rosato warns of “a big transition in 2013 for BEA," which will have a wider focus on consumers