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IPA Postpones 30th Congress
The International Publishers Association has postponed its 30th Congress that had been set for March 25-27 in Bangkok.
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Wi9 Breakfast Salutes Indie Presses and 'Third Places'
The celebration of small presses at WI9 was enhanced by the presence of groundbreaking sociologist Ray Oldenburg, author of "Great Good Places."
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Baker Street Irregulars Turns 80
The group celebrated at their annual dinner at the Yale Club in New York City.
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BEA Rebrands Consumer Day BookCon
BookExpo America is renaming and refocusing its day dedicated to the general public. Consumer Day, which launched in 2013, will now be called BookCon, and it will take place on Saturday, May 31, 2014.
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WBN Makes More Plans for 2014
World Book Night U.S. has announced more developments for its third annual book giveaway campaign, which caps off in the organization's nationwide event on April 23.
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ABA's Winter Institute Heads to Seattle
In less than a decade the American Booksellers Association's Winter Institute (Wi) has arguably become the second-most important bookseller gathering in the U.S., after BookExpo America.
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Stafford’s 100th Celebrated with Readings, Releases
For the past 15 years or so, poets and poetry lovers around the world have earmarked January 17 as a day to pay tribute to the late poet and pacifist William Stafford (1914–1993) with public readings from his works.
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Words & Music Feast Draws A Crowd to New Orleans
Each fall the Words & Music "literary feast" brings writers, readers, editors, and agents to the Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
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ABFFE Art Auction Hits New High
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression's 2013 Holiday Children's Book Art Auction, which closed December 3, hit a new high, raising more than $10,000 to help defend the free speech rights of kids. Winning bidders walked away with 80 pieces by artists and illustrators.
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BEA, Toy Fair Team Up
BookExpo America and the American Booksellers Association have teamed up with the Toy Industry Association, producers of the American International Toy Fair, to cross promote their two events to their respective attendee bases.
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ABFFE Children's Book Art Auction Opens
The American Bookseller's Foundation for Free Expressions's auction of more than 70 pieces of art created for children’s books launches today.
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WBN U.S. Adds YA Books for 2014
The new picks for 2014 are: Zora and Me, by Victoria Bond & T.S. Simon (Candlewick); Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews (Amulet/Abrams); and The Raven’s Warrior, by Vincent Pratchett (YMAA Publications).
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Connecticut Children's Book Fair in Photos
The UConn Bookstore in Storrs and the University of Connecticut Libraries hosted the 22nd annual Connecticut Children's Book Fair on November 9 and 10.
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At NYU, Experts Debate Future of Book
Familiar topics, for those who work in book publishing, were addressed at an NYU Media Talk Monday night called The Future of the Book.
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A YA Festival with a Southern Accent: YALLFest 2013 in Pictures
The third annual YALLFest – Charleston, S.C.'s free YA and middle-grade literary event – took place on November 9.
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ABFFE Holiday Art Auction Set for Nov. 26
The weeklong eBay auction will feature work from artists and illustrators working in book publishing today.
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Pub West Moving Annual Conference to February
Pub West, the trade organization of independent publishers, is moving its annual conference from the fall to February beginning in 2015.
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Self-Publishing Book Expo Marks Fifth Year
The Self-Publishing Book Expo marked its fifth anniversary Saturday at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City with a day full of panels, workshops, and addresses, as well as a host of exhibitors—all dedicated to indie books.
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BISG Details Program for Annual Conference
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced details for their annual conference, "Making Information Pay for Higher Education," held at the Digital Book World Conference and Expo in New York City on January 13.