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BEA 2015: Celebrating Hijuelos—His Work Lives On
The sudden death of Oscar Hijuelos at age 62 in October 2013 was a shock to the literary world.
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BEA 2015: Amazon: Is It Good For Readers?
The impact of Amazon on the book business is a longstanding, ongoing debate. But is Amazon good for readers? That’s the topic of this afternoon’s discussion at this year’s International Digital Publishing Forum conference.
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BEA 2015: BEA’s Opening Act: Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen, arguably the most anticipated author at Book Expo, will be featured at the show’s opening session today to talk about "Purity" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1), his long-awaited novel and his first in five years.
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BEA 2015: Coping with BEA’s Schedule Changes
BookExpo America shifts to midweek this year, running Wednesday through Friday rather than Thursday through Saturday as in years past.
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BEA 2015: The More Crime the Merrier
What could be a more positive sign of a healthy book industry than the launch of a new publishing venture? Crooked Lane Books, a new crime fiction imprint, debuts at BEA with its fall titles.
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BEA 2015: Graphic Novels Make Their Mark
Although Marvel and DC Comics will sit out BEA this year, there will still be plenty of comics publishers on the Javits Center floor. Derf Backderf (Trashed), actor John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown) will be promoting new works for Abrams ComicArts and bestselling Scholastic cartoonists Jeff Smith and Raina Telgemeier will be on hand.
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BEA 2015: Big Names from a Little Press
Last year, the South Dakota Historical Society Press gave away blads and tote bags promoting its fall release, "Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder" by Pamela Smith Hill, but no one predicted the success that would come.
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BEA 2015: Peace Signs from Minedition
As the world observes the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and continues to weather numerous conflicts, minedition’s fall offerings include two September picture books that sound a note of hope for peace in our time.
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BEA 2015: Silvera Discloses Favorite New York City Bookish Haunts
Adam Silvera, whose first novel, "More Happy Than Not," is due from SohoTeen June 2, is a native New Yorker, a former bookseller, and a frequenter of some Manhattan book lovers’ attractions that he reveals to BEA attendees.
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BEA 2015: Discovery Expansions
Discovery Communications’ publishing program is set to expand with an array of new titles from Time Inc. Books, Parragon, and other licensees.
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BEA 2015: A Purr-fect Pair
Time Inc. Books arrives at BEA with good news: the publisher has entered an exclusive three-year deal with Animal Planet, the cable TV channel, to produce nonfiction books for children.
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BEA 2015: At Tuttle, East Meets West
As China is this year’s guest of honor at BEA’s Global Market Forum, it is fitting to recognize Tuttle Publishing, the largest English-language Asian publisher in the world.
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BEA 2015: Listen to Buddha
In the middle of all that chaos on the convention floor, you can find an oasis of calm. New Harbinger (2951) is offering everyone a chance to take a Buddha break.
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BEA: 2015: Bound for Suspense
Prometheus Books takes special pride in its “Top Fall Priority” authors; this year the focus includes two writers who are also lawyers.
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BEA: 2015 Lonely Planet’s BEA Guide to New York City
In New York City for BEA? Lonely Planet’s got your free time in the morning, afternoon, and evening covered. From strolling wild urban greenways to sipping sangria on a riverside dock, there’s a world of great attractions within easy reach of the Javits Center.
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BEA 2015: Marking Memorable Milestones
Here’s a preview of anniversaries that several children’s book publishers are commemorating at 2015’s BEA.
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BEA 2015: Browsing the Booths, Chapter 1
There is a wealth of fresh new book offerings and enticing giveaways waiting for booksellers at the booths of children’s publishers at this year’s show, as well as a hefty roster of in-booth author autographings. Here’s a sampling.
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BEA 2015: Does Diversity Matter in Book Reviewing?
Yesterday afternoon at the Center for Fiction in midtown, NBCC board member Walton Muyumba led a conversation about racial and gender representation in book reviewing.
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BEA 2015: A Promising, 'Weird' Start
Despite uncertainty about how big a draw an afternoon opening would be, a line had already formed more than an hour before the one o'clock opening of the show floor.
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BEA 2015: Franzen says 'It gets harder to write novels, not easier.'
A capacity crowd of approximately 1,000 people turned out to watch BEA's curtain-raising event, a highly anticipated conversation between bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen and Laura Miller of Salon.com. The discussion centered on 'Purity,' Franzen's fifth novel and his first since 2010's Freedom, which will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in September.
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