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BEA 2011: A PW Preview
All our pre-BEA 2011 coverage in one place.
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Booths by Numbers
As a kind of analog GPS system—and in response to reader requests—we offer a master list of BEA exhibitors, Meeting Room locations, and Rights Center tables, organized numerically by booth, room, and table number. This compilation is taken from a master list provided by BEA. Our hope is this will help attendess navigate their way and organize their booth visits. Happy strolling.
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BEA Show Floor and Booths
Pictured is the layout of the BEA show floor at Javits. Here you can spot Meeting Rooms, stages, various pavilions, and see as well the numerical sequence of booths. Exhibitors in numerical sequence start on page 95.
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The Big Children's Books of BEA
Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle and James Dashner's Maze Runner trilogy are both drawing to a conclusion, while noteworthy collaborations from Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman, and Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, set sail. Also look for fresh ventures from William Joyce, Maggie Stiefvater, Lane Smith, Jack Gantos, Hilary Knight, and Richelle Mead, among others, as well as a picture book debut for a charismatic little mollusk with a lot of YouTube fans, and a middle-grade debut from the lead guitarist of the Decemberists.
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The Big Books of BEA 2011: Adult Titles
BEA is almost here and that means learning about publishers' hopes and dreams for the seasons ahead. They've selected their important titles and set up events for their authors; this year, we've polled them, but put our own spin on the highlights for the 2011 Expo. Let the games begin.
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Librarians at the Gate
Librarians have become an important constituency at Book Expo America, showing up in increasing numbers year after year to hear publishers pitch their latest offerings. This year, however, BEA won't just be about the books librarians will buy, but how they will buy them—and, in the case of e-books, if they can buy them at all.
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Where to Eat at BEA
The author of Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef (Random) shares some of her favorite restaurants near (and not so near) the Javits Center.
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BEA 2011: It's Personal: A Show Overview
"The value of personal interaction still trumps all" is a firm belief of Steve Rosato, BEA show manager, who is all fired up for BEA 2011, the second under his command. And while the event's main focus is books and authors, technology and the digital revolution is also at the epicenter of this year's Expo—big time.
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John Eklund: 'PW' Rep of the Year 2011
It's only appropriate that John Eklund would be a house rep for a trio of university presses—Harvard, Yale, and MIT—sharing a sales force and a warehouse to collectively sell and distribute their separate lists.
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Anderson’s Books: PW Bookstore of the Year 2011
Anderson’s was singled out by sales rep Sheila Hennessey, of Penguin Books for Young Readers: “[Anderson’s] takes bookselling to new heights.”
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BEA Unveils Insight Stages
BookExpo America has announced that its new Insight Stages, formerly known as Author Stages, will provide authors with a speaking platform as well as the opportunity to interact with readers and booksellers. The Insight Stages will host a series of branded events called Signature Events that will be promoted in BEA materials as well as one the trade show's Web site.
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ABC @ BEA
Next month's BookExpo America will give children's booksellers a chance to see the newly merged Association of Booksellers for Children and the American Booksellers Association — or the ABC Children's Group at ABA as it is now known — in action.
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Calling All BEA Exhibitors
Deadline for your free listing in PW’s April 25 Pre-BEA issue is March 28. If you are exhibiting at the show, please join the 300+ exhibitors who have already entered their information. You can make your entries here.
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BEA 2012 to Honor Russia in Global Market Forum
Russia will be the Guest of Honor at BookExpo Amercia’s Global Market Forum in 2012 in New York. Russia’s Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications, as well as Academia Rossica and Intelligent Television, are planning events focusing on Russian publishing aimed at both publishing professionals and the general public.
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BlogWorld & New Media Expo Comes to BEA
The social media business conference BlogWorld & New Media Expo is expanding to two events this year, including a new East Coast event in New York City which will be co-located with BookExpo America May 24 to 26 at the Jacob K. Javits Center. BlogWorld & New Media Expo CEO and co-founder Rick Calvert said, "After a record-setting 40% attendance growth at our event in 2010, and due to a huge demand from bloggers and social media professionals from across the eastern United States and Canada, we decided it was time to launch our East Coast event this year."
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BEA Children's Breakfast Speakers Announced
The speakers for the annual Children's Book and Author Breakfast at this year's BookExpo America convention have been announced. The breakfast will feature Brian Selznick, author of Wonderstruck (Scholastic); Sarah Dessen, author of What Happened to Goodbye (Viking); and Kevin Henkes, author of Little White Rabbit and Junonia (Greenwillow).
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Moore, Kaling, and Lehrer to Headline BEA Events
Julianne Moore, Mindy Kaling, and Jim Lehrer have been tapped to headline the author breakfasts at this year's BookExpo America. Moore will be the MC of the Children's Breakfast, while Office actress/writer Kaling, and Lehrer will serve as MCs of the two Adult Author Breakfast events. Speakers currently scheduled to join the hosts are: Sarah Dessen, Roger Ebert, Anne Enright, Jefferey Eugenides, Charlaine Harris, Kevin Henkes, Diane Keaton, Erik Larson, and Brian Selznick.
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'PW' Named Official Publisher of BEA Show Dailies
Reed Exhibitions and PWxyz have reached an agreement making Publishers Weekly the official publishing partner for BookExpo America. Under the three-year deal, PW will publish three issues of Show Daily coinciding with the days the show's exhibition floor is opened. "Our new partnership with PW will fulfill a critical goal for 2011 of streamlining some of BEA's communications which will make for a better experience for both exhibitors and attendees," said BEA show director Steve Rosato.
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BEA, ALA End Talks; Events Will Stay Separate
The proposed combination of BookExpo America with the American Library Association's annual meeting will not move forward. Following months of talks between the ALA board and Reed Exhibitions, parent company of BEA, the two parties issued a statement this afternoon saying that talks have been concluded and that the two events will remain separate.
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BEA 2010: Bare Truths About Hot YA Titles for Fall
Six editors touted their favorite fall teen reads at the YA Editors Buzz panel during BEA with what can best be described as naked passion – the tone set by a story from Jennifer Weis from St. Martin’s about how she came to acquire Infinite Days by debut author Rebecca Maizel. Weis read the book, about a 500-year-old vampire who chooses to become human again, the day the manuscript arrived from agent Matt Hudson of the William Morris Agency. “There was a lyricism to this author’s voice that elevated the storytelling and showed a real command of language,” Weis said.
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