See you in Chicago!
PW is heading to Chicago this week for BookExpo America and BookCon. Here’s where to find us and how to keep up on all the latest news from the shows, whether or not you’re in the Windy City.
Grab your copy of the official daily news publication of BEA on the show floor, or read it for free online at digitalpw.com. We’ll also be posting coverage.
Read up on the hot books and authors who’ll appear at BookCon. We’ll have copies on-site, and online.
PW Librarians’ Lounge
For librarians only: meet special guests, grab some refreshments, or just sit back and relax. It’s all in booth 983.
PW BEA Booth
We’ll be at booth 740. Come by and say hi.
PW on Instagram
Document your BookCon experience on Instagram using the #pwevents hashtag. We’ll be printing photo stickers of all #pwevents posts, and you can pick up yours at our BookCon booth, 2175.
More about what we’re doing at BookCon.
From the Newsletters
Martin Seay, author of the time-jumping epic The Mirror Thief (Melville House), picks 10 very good, very long books.
Children’s authors Sarah Mlynowski and Shannon Hale talk books, plots, inspiration, and the perils of traveling with snow globes.
Strategies for crushing writer’s block.
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Blogs
The hard truth about bookselling: there’s more physical labor involved than you’d think.
Podcasts
PW senior writer Andrew Albanese on some recent digital publishing developments: Shelfie’s new partnership with Harvard Book Store, and GoodReads’ new program to give away free e-books.
The More to Come crew discuss sexual harassment allegations at DC Comics, the departure of executive editor Shelly Bond at Vertigo, and the Dark Knight’s visit to Citifield.
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman discusses Book Scavenger (Square Fish), a middle grade mystery involving clues that lead to hidden books, as well as the real-life version of the game that kids are taking part in.
PW editorial director Jim Milliot discusses the retirement of B&N founder Len Riggio, and we dip into the archives for a classic interview with Deuki Hong and Matt Rodbard, authors of Koreatown (Clarkson Potter).
Stay up to date on every week’s great new books with our on-sale stars list: a weekly look at new on-sale titles that received starred reviews.
If you haven’t checked out PW’s Summer Reads feature, now’s the time. Staff picks, plus hot reading recommendations for readers of all ages to keep you set with books till Labor Day.
Last week, the most-read review on publishersweekly.com was Roar by Stacy T. Sims (Rodale).
