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BEA 2014: Successful Longevity
In November of 2012 Herman Wouk, at age 97, spoke to Brooks Barnes of the New York Times about his newest book, The Law Giver, which had just been published by Simon & Schuster.
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BEA 2014: Authors Will Want to Be ‘Binked’
The terminology is fresh because the concept is fresh: “curated, additional content” on an e-book.
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BEA 2014: Buzz Builds for Carnegie Medals
As book lovers gather at Book Expo, the American Library Association invites attendees to visit the Booklist booth (1043) to preview the books on display that are shortlisted for this year’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.
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BEA 2014: A Picture Is Worth a...
The view from the 14th floor of Kim Weiss’s South Florida high-rise is spectacular.
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BEA 2014: Hollywood Comes to North Atlantic
As North Atlantic Books enters its 40th year, the Berkeley Calif., company founded by writers Richard Grossinger and Lindy Hough, finds itself with one of its bestselling books, When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football’s Longest Winning Streak by Neil Hayes, as the basis of a motion picture to be released by Sony Pictures August 22, and one if its bestselling nonfiction authors, Patricia Cori, adapting her debut novel, The Emissary, for the silver screen.
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BEA 2014: Food, Current Events, and Sports, Oh, My
Rowman & Littlefield continues to make its mark in three varied areas of interest: food studies, current events, and niche areas of sports.
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BEA 2014: Shambhala Boosts Its Roost Line
While Shambhala Publications’ giveaways at BEA this year include Writing from the Senses by Laura Deutsch, The Authentic Life by Ezra Bayda, and other titles reflecting the heart and soul of the company’s spiritual origins more than 40 years ago, the company is also spotlighting Roost, its three-year-old and newest imprint, dedicated to lifestyle books.
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BEA 2014: Say No to Stress
When New Zealander Paul Huljich, author of Stress Pandemic: Nine Natural Steps to Break the Cycle of Stress and Thrive (Midpoint Trade, June), struck it rich in 1993 after selling his successful organic food company, Best Corporation, to Dannon for $100 million, he had every reason to be a happy, fulfilled man.
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BEA 2014: Tristan’s Expansion
At a time when many publishers are cutting back, tiny Tristan Publishing is expanding—and how.
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BEA 2014: The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be
Douglas Preston and John Scalzi have a lot in common: their work, of course—they both write speculative and near-future fiction about, as Douglas Preston says, “things we are quite sure will happen.”
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BEA 2014: A Borders Heir Launches a Feminist Press
As the daughter of Louis Borders, who cofounded Borders Books with his brother Tom in Ann Arbor, Mich., Christine Borders Bronstein always knew she had books in her blood.
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BEA 2014: Quarto: Poised for Growth
With the addition of both a gift line and a children’s book imprint to its already diverse publishing program, the Quarto Group will have a strong presence at BEA as one of the leading illustrated book publishers and distribution groups in the world.
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BEA 2014: Little Rock Thriller
The name, “Webb Hubbell,” conjures up the Clinton era in politics—starting in Little Rock, Arkansas and then on to our nation’s capital.
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BEA 2014: Toasting Da Capo’s 50th
Da Capo Press turns 50 this year and will be celebrating the milestone in its booth (1406, Perseus Books Group) with a champagne toast, 4–5 p.m., this afternoon.
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BEA 2014: Books, Champagne, Therapy
Cleis Press, founded nearly 30 years ago in Berkeley, Calif., by Felice Newman and Frédérique Delacoste, and its Viva Editions imprint are offering a wealth of author events, signings, and promotional activities.
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BEA 2014: A Novel Run for Running Press
With the publication of Ben Mezrich’s Seven Wonders (Sept.), a fast-paced thriller with an Indiana Jones–type character at its center, Running Press is moving outside its comfort zone of lavish lifestyle, pop culture, and books on house and home.
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BEA 2014: Going to the Dogs
Or, as the folks at Overlook Press are doing, focusing on one particular canine breed: the pit bull.
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BEA 2014: Celebrating Life’s Adventures
Life is one adventure after another, and at booth 1313, Abbeville Press is celebrating some of the things that make it so: Italian cuisine, the seven seas, and Jane Austen.
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BEA 2014: Lay All Your Love on ABBA
Mama Mia! Here we go again! My, my! How can we resist? Booksellers might want to take a chance on Weldon Owen this week by visiting booth 1550 and dropping off their business cards.
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BEA 2014: Now Go Grab a Drink!
Looking to create some post–literary conference drama in the name of legendary writers like Poe, who whacked his head with a bottle of whiskey in front of a mirror?
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