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Setting the Stage for BEA
BookExpo America shifts to midweek this year, running Wednesday through Friday rather than Thursday through Saturday as in years past. The show comes to New York City’s Javits Center next week, May 27–29, and the change in scheduling is aimed at making way for BookCon, which is open to the public on the weekend. This has not resulted in major changes for publishers and booksellers.
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BEA 2015: Something for Everyone
PW's guide to BookExpo America 2015 gives you everything you need to plan your BEA experience: the galleys to grab, exhibitors to visit, and much more.
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BEA 2015: BookCon Looks to Get Bigger—and Better
When ReedPop announced ambitious plans for its inaugural BookCon show last year, publishers were skeptical, and they had every right to be.
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BEA 2015: Rep of the Year: Jennifer Sheridan
For the first time since Publishers Weekly began singling out outstanding sales representatives more than 15 years ago, a children’s rep has been named PW Rep of the Year.
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BEA 2015: Yes, Libraries Are Your Best Customers
Five years ago, in a 2010 BEA preview article for PW, Sachem (N.Y.) Public Library’s Lauren Gilbert playfully dubbed librarians the Rodney Dangerfields of BookExpo America—the “dowdy, poor relations” who get no respect at the publishing family reunion that is BEA.
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BEA 2015: St. Louis Bookstore Steps Up for Its Community
While Books & Books was selected as PW’s Bookstore of the Year, our judges felt that another store, St. Louis’s 46-year-old Left Bank Books, deserves recognition for exemplifying what an independent bookstore can and should do to serve its community during a crisis.
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BEA 2015: Ted Heinecken: Living History
Although Ted Heinecken describes himself as having been an eminence grise at Fujii Associates until his February retirement, he’s considered by many to be the elder statesman of the entire Midwestern book world.
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BEA 2015: Bookstore of the Year: Books & Books
In the late 1970s, Mitchell Kaplan dropped out of law school in Washington, D.C., with the dream of opening an independent bookstore in South Florida, where he grew up.
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BEA 2015: Can’t-Miss Kids’ Galleys
Plan your kids' galley haul with our listing of some of the show's unmissable books.
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BEA 2015: Adult Galleys to Grab: Go Ahead, Take One
Our not-to-be-missed annual round-up of the show's big adult galley giveaways, listed by publisher.
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BEA 2015: China to Launch Largest Guest of Honor Exhibit in BEA’s History
China is the guest of honor at the 2015 BookExpo America’s Global Market Forum, and its delegation will include more than 100 of the most important Chinese publishing houses and groups.
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BEA 2015: China: Global Market Forum Exhibitors
China is the focus country of this year's Global Market Forum, and the delegation is the largest that BEA has ever seen.
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BEA 2015: Around the Booths
PW’s guide to select exhibitors at BookExpo America 2015.
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Where to Go When the Show Floor Closes
An interactive map with some recommendations for places to eat, drink, shop, and snap a selfie, courtesy of PW's staff and some industry veterans who've weathered more than a few BEAs.
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BEA Children’s Art Auction to Honor Judy Blume
The auction, which will be held May 26, supports ABFE’s defense of the free speech rights of kids.
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Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak to Kick Off 2015 BookCon
The pair will talk about Kaling's upcoming book, 'Why Not Me?'
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China to Send 500 to 2015 BEA
“This is the most significant foreign delegation that we have ever hosted at America’s largest publishing convention," said BEA’s show director.
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BEA Sets 2015 Buzz Panels
There will be three three separate buzz panels for adult, young adult, and middle grade titles.
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BEA Unveils 2015 Adult Author Breakfast Lineup
The event will be emceed by Kunal Nayyar, best known for his role as Raj on CBS’s 'The Big Bang Theory.'
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Jonathan Franzen to Kick Off BEA 2015
National Book Award winner Jonathan Franzen will appear at the 2015 BookExpo show on May 27, kicking off the event.
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