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BEA 2013: Kobo's Bullish Report
Kobo reported impressive growth for Writing Life, its self-publishing platform, and surprisingly robust sales of the Kobo Aura HD, its new dedicated e-reader.
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BEA 2013: Strong Season Ahead for Children's Publishers
Browsing the booths, booksellers found plenty of titles to get excited about, from new books by powerhouse authors to promising new ventures.
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BEA 2013: Zen Nonidentity at Shambhala
BEA showgoers won't find author Shozan Jack Haubner at any autographings or book signings. His book, Zen Confidential, is however, being given away at the Shambhala booth (2946). It seems that Shozan learned while he was living the transcendental life at a Buddhist monastery that giving it away was, well, the only way.
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BEA 2013: Publerati Unveils E-Book Lineup
When Publerati's founder, Caleb Mason, recently returned to book publishing after a 25-year break, he was greeted by an industry nearly unrecognizable from the one he left after being managing editor at Little, Brown, when e-books didn't exist and reading digitally was a science fiction fantasy.
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BEA 2013: Stackpole Books to Focus on Battle of Gettysburg
In honor of this summer's 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Stackpole Books (booth 2149) will highlight three of its newest Gettysburg titles. Stackpole has published books on Civil War and military history for more than 75 years, and has more than 50 Civil War titles on its backlist.
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BEA 2013: Tundra Books Brings Music Legends to the Young
The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Chuck Berry, James Brown are artists whose innovations changed the landscape of music for generations to come. But these names may rate only a blank stare from anyone under the age of 13. Robbie Robertson, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee; his son, Sebastian; and music managers Jim Guerinot and Jared Levine intend to remedy this lack of cultural knowledge.
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BEA 2013: Unfolding in New Directions at Tuttle Publishing
Origami holds sway as the premiere craft line at Tuttle Publishing, but the Vermont-based (and Japan-founded) house is spinning its list out in new directions, with such titles as Happy Homemade: Sew Chic, Happy Homemade Chic Kids (both in English for the first time) and Itty Bitty Crochet Critters.
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BEA 2013: Life is Like an Hourglass
The publishing industry has endured many changes over the past two decades that have surely tested our collective mettle.
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BEA 2013: A Nibble from Deen
It’s been a few years since Paula Deen’s last book appearance, and she’s come to BEA with a new cookbook and lifestyle.
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BEA 2013: E-books with Chocolate
Colorado’s Douglas County Libraries and Califa, a consortium of California libraries, are both so eager to introduce you to their new e-book purchasing model, the DCL Model, they’re going to do something at BEA that’s definitely verboten inside public libraries: they’re handing out samples of Frrrozen Hot Chocolate, the signature treat from New York City’s Serendipity 3 at booth 963.
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BEA 2013: Revisiting the Holy Grail
From the Knights of the Round Table to Indiana Jones, the search for the Holy Grail has proved to be a timeless story. Not only has it set the stage for epic adventures, the Grail was “made to order” for historical suspense thrillers, says bestselling author Nelson DeMille.
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BEA 2013: CRP Is 40
Chicago Review Press is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
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BEA 2013: Ticktock at Octopus
Octopus Publishing Group believes that time is on its side in wrapping its tentacles around the children’s illustrated book market.
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BEA 2013: A Tutoring Friendship: PW Talks with Bob Shacochis and Kent Wascom
They met as teacher and student in a graduate nonfiction workshop, Bob Shacochis, taught at Florida State University, Shacochis a National Book Award–winning author with a heralded reputation as a novelist, short story writer, and journalist; Kent Wascom, a young aspiring novelist.
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BEA 2013: Tony Kushner: From Stage to Page
Only after the renowned Lincoln movie hit the screens did the idea come up to publish Lincoln: The Screenplay (TCG Books, Jan.).
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BEA 2013: Bill Bryson: Serendipitous Summer
Bestselling writer Bill Bryson stumbled upon the concurrence of Charles Lindbergh’s historic flight across the Atlantic the same summer that Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs.
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BEA 2013: Wendy Corsi Staub: Internet Thriller
A few years ago, bestselling writer Wendy Corsi Staub and her agent of nearly 20 years, Laura Blake Peterson, were commiserating about having middle school–aged children with access to the Internet and social networking.
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BEA 2013: Stephen L. Carter: Playing the Conspiracy Theorist
Today, 11 a.m.–noon, meet Yale law professor and bestselling author Stephen L. Carter (The Emperor of Ocean Park) at the HarperCollins booth (2038) as he signs galleys of his new thriller, The Church Builder (Zondervan, Oct.).
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BEA 2013: Tom Barbash: Empire State of Mind
“Even though I’m living in California, my fictional life has stayed on the East Coast,” says Tom Barbash, who grew up on New York City’s Upper West Side, the setting for several stories in his first collection: Stay Up with Me (Ecco Press, Sept.).
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BEA 2013: Jamie Ford: Depression-Era Novel
Thanks to a series in Seattlecalled “Bedtime Stories,” sponsored by the nonprofit Humanities Washington, author Jamie Ford wrote a short story that changed his writing direction.
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