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BookExpo 2019: Karl Marlantes Unearths True Heroes
Karl Marlantes, the much-decorated war veteran and Rhodes Scholar, made his name in publishing writing about war.
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BookExpo 2019: On Raising Kids Who Live to Read
'How to Raise a Reader' coauthors Pamela Paul and Maria Russo will discuss their book during today’s eponymous panel moderated by Jane Pauley, TV journalist and host of 'CBS Sunday Morning.'
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BookExpo 2019: Veteran Editors Launch Avid Reader Press
A bookseller once said that readers think they love writers, but without knowing it, they love editors just as much. That notion is at the foundation of Avid Reader Press, the newly announced Simon & Schuster imprint.
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BookExpo 2019: Greg Garrett Explains Why Conversation Matters
In 'In Conversation: Rowan Williams and Greg Garrett' (Church Publishing, May), Greg Garrett discusses faith, politics, art, writing, and culture with Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury.
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BookExpo 2019: Book Sales Off to a Slow Start for 2019
Will "political fatigue" end publishers' six year streak of print sales growth? At a late morning session dubbed The State of the Publishing Industry Today, David Walter, executive director, client development for NPD Books, told BookExpo attendees that growth in print sales is trending down, with 2019 showing a decline so far.
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NYRF 2019: Secrets of Bestselling Translations
Three agents and an editor shared the strategies for creating global bestsellers at the New York Rights Fair on Wednesday, explaining how they nurtured international blockbusters with partial translations, synopses, and word-of-mouth.
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BookExpo 2019: Little Grasshopper Jumps onto the Scene
Visitors to booth 926 will have a chance to welcome first-time exhibitor Little Grasshopper Books and to peruse the inaugural titles of this children’s imprint from West Side Publishing.
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BookExpo 2019: Adult Editors Fired Up About Books That Get Real
Six editors pitched their favorite forthcoming books to an enraptured crowd of 300 booksellers, editors, and librarians who packed the Adult Book Editors' Buzz Panel on the opening afternoon of BookExpo.
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BookExpo 2019: Pirates Still Plague the E-book Seas
Digital book piracy isn’t going anywhere, legal enforcement on the issue is getting worse and worse, and if publishers and authors don't band together and force compliance, they'll be playing e-book buccaneering Whack-a-Mole forever, the Authors Guild panel determined.
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Book Expo 2019: State of Indie Publishing 'Great, but Sucks'
As Book Expo kicked off Wednesday, Independent Book Publishers Association CEO Angela Bole pointed out during a session on the state of indie publishing that while it presents many opportunities for entrepreneurs, there remain many obstacles to success.
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BookExpo 2019: A Wide-Ranging Keynote Kicks Off Programming
A roundtable featuring three industry leaders—all of them women—discussed the future of storytelling in the book business.
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BookExpo 2019: Amazon Publishing Marks Its First 10 Years
Almost exactly 10 years ago, in May 2009, Amazon expanded from selling books to publishing them as well with the launch of Amazon Encore, a publishing program for promising self-published books and out-of-print works from major houses.
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BookExpo 2019: New York Rights Fair Program
An inside look at Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, international blockbusters, and more.
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BookExpo 2019: Finding an Audience for Books in Translation
For the past few decades, the main topic of conversation among those in the literary translation community has been about producing more titles.
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NYRF 2019: The New York Rights Fair Returns
The second annual iteration of the international adult and children’s content and licensing marketplace is colocated and running concurrently with BookExpo this year.
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BookExpo 2019: Sharjah Celebrates ’Open Books, Open Minds’
For more than a decade, the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah (booth 507) has focused energy and resources on fostering literacy and encouraging book publishing throughout the region.
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BookExpo 2019: Celebrating the Pannell Awards
At Friday morning’s Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, two bookstores will be honored with a 2019 Women’s National Book Association Pannell Award for excellence in bookselling.
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BookExpo 2019: UnBound Is a ‘Show Within a Show’
At a time when nonbook items have become a significant part of many stores’ sales, BookExpo is upping its commitment to sidelines by setting up a separate exhibit hall for book-related sideline vendors under the UnBound umbrella.
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BookExpo 2019: Little Hippo Bridges Screen and Page
Every day a new headline admonishes us to minimize our children’s screen time and encourage them to play with a real toy or, more importantly, read a real book.
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BookExpo 2019: Calling All Kids’ Books Lovers
See a Caldecott Honor artist at work, win a sponsored book event, and more.