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BEA 2016: Journey’s End
Ten years and 800,000 words ago, Justin Cronin, at the time a well-regarded, if largely unknown, author of literary fiction and a recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award, started telling a story—one that he didn’t think would be published.
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BEA 2016: Bea Adult Editors’ Buzz Predicts Next Breakout Stars
The annual BEA Editors’ Buzz program has earned a reputation as seer of the year’s hottest books.
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BEA 2016: Celebrating Poland’s Book Market
With BEA’s move to Chicago, welcoming Poland as the Global Market Forum guest was an obvious choice.
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BEA 2016: Maggie Tokuda-Hall Wearing a New Hat
Since graduating from college in 2007, Maggie Tokuda-Hall has been immersed in the world of children’s books—in one role or another.
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BEA 2016: It’s Show Time! Kids’ Events on Author Stages, Act I
Children’s book-themed programming on the Uptown and Downtown Stages returns this year—with more events than ever.
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BEA 2016: Counting Down: Presses Celebrate Milestones in Children’s Publishing
Roald Dahl celebrates a century and more.
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BEA 2016: Browsing the Booths, Chapter 1
As always, BEA visitors on the lookout for new and forthcoming offerings from children’s publishers will find plenty to savor as they navigate the aisles this year.
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BEA 2016: Shall We Dance?
When Jordan Matter’s Dancers Among Us, a book of photographs that captures dancers posing in unexpected places, was published in 2012, it won high praise.
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BEA 2016: Sparks Still Flies After 20 Years
Like all budding authors, Nicholas Sparks hoped that his first novel, The Notebook(1996), would do well and that he could live the dream of being a full-time writer.
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BEA 2016: Ladies and Gentlemen: The Beatles...
...right here, right here at this show in McCormick. Okay, not really. But there is an opportunity to take a selfie with John, Paul, Ringo, and George at Hal Leonard’s booth (2125), where life-size cardboard cutouts of the fab four await your portrait.
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BEA 2016: Bless This Mess
She took on the artisanal drinking culture with the wildly successful Cocktails for Drinkers, and now noted humorist Jennifer McCartney (the Atlantic, BBC Radio, Teen Vogue) turns her attention to the puritans running the anti-clutter movement.
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BEA 2016: Chicago, Chicago (and the Midwest) Sings Agate
In 2012, Doug Seibold, president and publisher of Agate, looked around and saw that while Sasquatch Books was meeting the regional needs of the Northwest and Globe Pequot covered the Northeast, no one was looking at the Midwest, Chicago in particular.
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BEA 2016: IDPF, W3C Explore Merger But Skeptics of Deal Respond
A proposed merger of IDPF and the World Wide Web consortium is intended to speed up the development of digital publishing technologies, but not all IDPF members are on board.
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BEA 2016: How the Creator of the World Wide Web Sees the Future of Publishing
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, laid out a sprawling vision for the future of digital publishing at IDPF's DigiCon conference.
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BEA 2016: BookExpo America is Chicago-Bound
The big show returns to the Midwest after a 12-year absence.
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BEA 2016: Chicago is a Library Town
Over the past few years, librarians have become an increasingly important part of BookExpo America, with the expanded Library Insight track and more events and promotions for librarians.
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BEA 2016: Around the Booths
A guide to select exhibitors at BookExpo America 2016.
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BEA 2016: Books Inc is PW's Bookstore of the Year
Having weathered every challenge possible since its 1851 founding, Books Inc. demonstrates its commitment to bookselling, even in difficult circumstances.
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BEA 2016: Lise Solomon is PW's Rep of the Year
Solomon is held in high regard in her Bay Area territory as a passionate reader, but Solomon said that is only part of what she does: “It’s also about being a passionate advocate,” she says.
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BEA 2016: BookCon Heads to the Windy City
After two successful years in New York, BookCon is making a one-day appearance in Chicago, the day after BEA closes. Here's what you can expect to see.