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BEA 2013: EFA's Outreach
The Editorial Freelancers Association just might be the book publishing industry’s most powerful secret weapon, when deadlines loom and staff resources are already stretched beyond reasonable limits. EFA, which was founded in 1970 and is a nonprofit organization primarily staffed by volunteers, provides a free searchable database of more than 2,000 experienced freelance professionals wanting to edit, proofread, index, and manage projects. Résumés and preferences are listed in member profiles. EFA also manages a free jobs listing service for publishers.
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BEA 2013: Oneworld Embraces Its World
Oneworld Publications is officially introducing at BEA a new digital imprint that literally creates a buzz: Oneworld Expresso—the British publisher’s short story imprint.
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BEA 2013: Social Media For Dummies
If you think that a hashtag is an illegal substance, that being pinned sounds painful, that you have to visit Western Union to send an Instagram, or even that to friend or unfriend someone, you must first actually have met them, you might want to check out Wiley’s Social Media Learning Lab in booths 1838–1839.
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BEA 2013: Jazzing it Up
Well-positioned to be the music gift book of the holiday season, Thames & Hudson’s Verve: The Sound of America (Oct.) offers readers a visual glimpse into the label that was home to legendary artists like Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, and Ella Fitzgerald.
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BEA 2013: Favorite Sites by the Famous
Ever wonder who serves the best slice of pizza in New York City?
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BEA 2013: First Second Debuts Paul Pope
First Second, Macmillan’s graphic novel imprint, spotlights its new middle-grade graphic novel, Battling Boy (Oct.) by comics superstar Paul Pope.
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BEA 2013: Carole Radziwill: Wry Widow
The name Radziwill conjures up royalty, both American and foreign: the former husband of Lee Bouvier Radziwill, the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy, was Polish Prince Stanislaw Radziwill.
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BEA 2013: Execs Debate E-books' Impact
E-books are great for publishers' bottom lines, but, so far, they've proven to be not very successful for independent bookstores.
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BEA 2013: Taschen’s Big Book
It’s not a stretch that art, architecture, and design publisher Taschen (booth 1720) has had a special booth and signage created to highlight its show special, Genesis, the new photography book by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.
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BEA 2013: A Toast to PW’s 21 Booksellers Of the Year
At this morning’s Book and Author Breakfast, Publishers Weekly’s co-editorial director Jim Milliot presents Square Books in Oxford, Miss., with the magazine’s annual Bookstore of the Year award, a tradition started 21 years ago.
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BEA 2013: Mexico at BEA and NYC
Events on Mexican literature and publishing at Javits and beyond.
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BEA 2013: Mexico, the New Frontier for Libros
With Mexico as the honored country at BookExpo America, organizations such as Conaculta, Caniem, Planeta, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Sexto Piso, and many others can be seen and heard throughout the halls of the Javits Center and as part of BEA’s Global Market Forum 2013.
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BEA 2013: Chef Dining Recommendations
Some of today’s biggest cookbook authors recommend their favorite New York City restaurants.
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BEA 2013: A $9.8 Million Book!
Andrews McMeel is set to reissue a book of which 600 copies were initially printed—one of them selling at auction last year for a whopping $9.8 million.
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BEA 2013: Happy 50 for UVA
Fifty years ago, the University Press at Virginia began as a consortium press designed to serve the needs of the higher education system in the state.
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BEA 2013: Healthy Connections
As one of the leading publishers of alternative health titles, including raw foods spirituality, and martial arts, North Atlantic Press has created a lineup of events and giveaways that complement its commitment to healthful lifestyles and respect for the natural world.
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BEA 2013: Medical Witness To 11/22/1963
A witness to history, Dr. Allen Childs was at Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 22, 1963, when the mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy was rushed into the emergency room. Much has been written about the assassination in Dallas that ended America’s “Camelot,” and Childs offers yet another perspective timed for the 50th anniversary later this year.
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BEA 2013: A Year of Free E-books
Canadian publisher ECW, celebrating the first anniversary of its free e-book initiative, is promoting the program at its booth (2527) by distributing postcard handouts it hopes will make more booksellers aware of its innovative offer.
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BEA 2013: Life Advice, Buddhist-Style
BEA attendees who need a little help with relationships, have concerns about their future, or wonder about their spiritual health can find help thanks to Huffington Post advice columnist Lodro Rinzler, author of Walk Like a Buddha: Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex is Torturing You & You’re Hungover Again (Shambhala, Oct.).
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BEA 2013: Fashionable Ducting
It’s gray, it’s sticky, and most often found buried in a toolbox—it’s duct tape.