Here Comes BEA
Don’t forget to come see us at BookExpo America! PW will be at booth 1252 on the main floor, at BookCon at booth 3063, and at uPublishU at table 19. And get to know more about BookLife, PW’s new program for indie authors, at booth 1249. Keep up with all the BEA news with PW Show Daily, available in print at the Javits Center during the expo, and also as a digital edition in PW’s app and on Scribd. Don’t have our app yet? Just visit publishersweekly.com/app for info on how to get it. You can also catch show news at publishersweekly.com/bea.
From the Newsletters
Blake J. Harris, author of Console Wars (It Books), picks 10 video games that book lovers will enjoy.
Are you ready for the Mortal Instruments finale? We go behind the buzz machine.
Behind the books on our brand new cookbook bestseller list.
Talking with the people who run Kickstarter’s publishing programs.
The most-read review on publishersweekly.com last week was The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet (S&S/Touchstone).
Blogs
What are a bunch of fourth graders reading? You’d be surprised
Podcasts
Lisi Harrison talks about License to Spill (Balzer + Bray), the second book in her Pretenders series.
Two acclaimed comics artists talk about teaching kids to make comics.
Journalist Doug Fine, author of Hemp Bound (Chelsea Green), is high on the many virtues of hemp.
Listen to these and more at iTunes or here.
Kseniya Melnik talks about her debut short story collection, Snow in May (Holt); PW co-editorial director Jim Milliot provides a preview of next week’s BEA.
And you can catch PW staffers at the following events:
May 29
Bookseller and Rep of the Year
Presented by co-editorial director Jim Milliot
Special Events Hall
8 a.m.
BEA Selects: Journeys & Adventures
Moderated by senior editor Mark Rotella
Uptown Stage
10–10:30 a.m.
BEA Selects: Mystery & Thrillers
Moderated by senior reviews editor Peter Cannon
Uptown Stage
11–11:30 a.m.
BEA Selects: Literary Fiction
Moderated by digital production assistant Seth Satterlee
Uptown Stage
2–2:30 p.m.
BEA Selects: Memoir
Moderated by reviews director Louisa Ermelino
Uptown Stage
3–3:30 p.m.
The Best in Fall 2014 Graphic Novels
Moderated by senior news editor Calvin Reid
Uptown Stage
4–5 p.m.
May 31
The Graphic Novel Today
Panelists include senior news editor Calvin Reid
Room 1E16
10–11 a.m.
