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BEA 2013: Landmark's Fiction Goals
If there is one thing that Shana Drehs, editorial manager of Sourcebooks Landmark imprint wants booksellers to know about its fiction line, it’s that while it remains committed to publishing good historical fiction, Jane Austen–inspired sequels, and new work by noted authors like Michael Malone, it is in pursuit of novels that will be “great book club reads” and provide lots of hand-selling opportunities.
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BEA 2013: Read the Movie
Best known for beautiful art books, Thames & Hudson this year expands its definition of visual culture with a big title that celebrates the moving image.
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BEA 2013: Booth Advice From Mar
Mar Jennings, a lifestyle expert, television personality, and interior designer, has come to BEA to promote Life on Mar’s: Creating Casual Luxury from Room to Room (S&J Multimedia, Sept.), the latest in his Life on Mar’s series, but he’d also like to give BEA exhibitors some “sMARt tips” regarding booth design.
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BEA 2013: Biology a la Dawkins
If you haven’t previously encountered Richard Dawkins, now’s the perfect opportunity to meet this celebrated English evolutionary biologist.
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BEA 2013: Graywolf Delights
Graywolf Press’s mascot, the gray wolf, might be on the list of endangered species (although word has it the U.S. government intends to take it off that list), but the press certainly isn’t in any danger; in fact, it’s coming off of a year marked by triumph, such as a Pulitzer Prize for one author (Tracy K. Smith) and an NBCC Award in Poetry for another (D.A. Powell).
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BEA 2013: Livrada's E-book Delivery Platform
Corporate and event giving of books, pre-pub sales, and book promotions have now officially entered the 21st century.
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BEA 2013: Redhook's Big Catch
Hachette’s new commercial fiction imprint, Redhook, will be making its BEA debut this year, with four debut novels and a much talked about new marketing philosophy.
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BEA 2013: Hoffman Meets New Challenges
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman got involved with fund-raising for breast cancer research following her own bout with the illness 15 years ago.
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BEA 2013: Play Ball
New York City’s history is seldom as colorful as when viewed through a historic lens—and the Yankees fit the purpose nicely.
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BEA 2013: Discounts! Let's Make a Deal
This A–Z listing includes specials available to retailers who place orders at BEA.
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BEA 2013: Creature Features at Penguin
Those popping into Penguin Young Readers Group booth (1520) will get an animated preview of the exotic cast of The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston, an illustrated middle-grade novel due from Razorbill in November.
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BEA 2013: Close Collaborators, On and Off the Page
Acclaimed authors and illustrators Ted and Betsy Lewin have written seven children’s books together and have created dozens of additional titles either solo or in tandem with other authors.
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BEA 2013: The Kids Take Over Uptown Stage
Children’s authors will be front and center on the Uptown Stage tomorrow, when a day of back-to-back kids’-only programming takes place.
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BEA 2013: Spotlight On Children: Editors Happy to Buzz
Two popular panels return to BEA’s programming this year, giving five editors of young adult and five editors of middle-grade books a chance to share news of a forthcoming novel for which they have high hopes.
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BEA 2013: Spotlight On Children: Marking Memorable Milestones
A handful of children’s publishers have arrived at BEA eager to announce and celebrate anniversaries of books, characters, or imprints.
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BEA 2013: Spotlight On Children: Browsing the Booths, Chapter 1
Booksellers scouting new and upcoming children’s books will have plenty to pore over at this year’s show.
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BEA 2013: Eric Lindner: The Road Seldom Taken
On the surface, Eric Lindner seems an unlikely hospice volunteer.
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BEA 2013: Brendan Jay Sullivan: A Visit to Rivington with Lady Gaga
In Rivington Was Ours: Lady Gaga, the Lower East Side, and the Prime of Our Lives (It Books, Sept.), Brendan Jay Sullivan, also known to his clubbing fans as DJ VH1, recalls the recent heyday of one of New York City’s hippest neighborhoods, where aspiring writers, latter-day hair metal acolytes, and wannabe pop stars dated one another, drank till the sun came up, and dreamed of making it big.
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BEA 2013: Nancy Horan Follows Her Heart
In 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson was on a train to California in pursuit of Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, 10 years his senior and married, with whom he’d fallen in love.
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BEA 2013: Jason Mott: Best-Case Scenarios
A year ago, Jason Mott was working at a Verizon wireless call center—“talking to angry New Yorkers for 40 hours a week.”
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