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Kawasaki, Raccah, Houle Keynote 2013 IBPA
Guy Kawasaki, founder of several tech companies and former chief evangelist at Apple, will kick of the 25th annual IBPA Publishing University on Friday, April 26.
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For Children's Booksellers, Winter Institute Was a Blast – in More Ways Than One
Despite a paralyzing winter storm, almost 500 booksellers attended this year's Winter Institute in Kansas City.
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Winter Institute Proceeds, Despite Stormy Weather
The annual gathering of independent booksellers proceeded as scheduled, although many booksellers and publishers left early Monday to avoid a second snow storm.
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Combination of Big and Small Ideas Wows Wi8 Booksellers
The theme of the resilience of independent booksellers resounded throughout this year's Winter Institute, with booksellers braving snow storms to gather in Kansas City.
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Photos from Winter Institute 8 & CAMEX
Photos from the show that was rocked by a vicious winter storm.
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Toy Fair 2013: Arts and Crafts Hot, Though Publisher Attendance Dipped
A noticeable trend at the 2013 New York International Toy Fair, held at the Javits Center February 10–13, was the continued growth of the arts and crafts category.
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'Spreading the Knowledge' at SCIBA'S Children's Literacy Dinner
An exuberant group of children's booksellers, educators, authors, illustrators, and librarians gathered in Pasadena, Calif., for the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association’s seventh annual Children's Literacy Dinner.
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Savannah Book Festival Charms Attendees
Over this past President’s Day weekend in Georgia, more than 10,000 people gathered in Telfair Square to celebrate the Savannah Book Festival (SBF).
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TOC 2013: Startups, Sharing, And the Future of Publishing
O’Reilly Media’s annual Tools of Change for Publishing conference finished its seventh year doing what it does best—highlighting trends, identifying new businesses and startups looking to offer books and other content to a global market of readers in new ways, while also trying to offer a broad perspective on an industry in the midst of a “disruptive” transition from print to digital.
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JIBF Brings Crowds, Talk of Israel's Retail Discount Wars
In various talks at the Jersualem Book Fair, which closed on Wednesday, a number of challenges were raised, as well as concerns about the future.
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World Book Night Announces Milestones
World Book Night, which will give away half a million free books on April 23, 2013, announced that giver applications for this year closed two weeks ahead of last year’s deadline with all targets met for an ideal number of qualified givers.
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Jerusalem Book Fair Kicks Off
The Jerusalem International Book Fair celebrated its jubilee year, opening up its 26th biennial event on February 10, and the first in 30 years without its charismatic and beloved chairman Zev Birger at its helm.
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Philly's African American Children's Book Fair Marks 21 Years
Over 21 nationally known authors and illustrators, along with 2,500 people, attended the 21st Annual African American Children's Book Fair in Philadelphia.
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ReDigi Takes Stage at CEO Roundtable
At Monday's CEO Roundtable, co-hosted by Tools of Change and Publishers Weekly, ReDigi Inc. founder John Ossenmacher talked about his company, which offers a new platform for consumers to re-sell their digital goods, particularly content.
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Self-Publishers: Author (R)evolution Live Streamed for Free
Author (R)evolution, the full day conference for self-publishers that kicks off O'Reilly's Tools of Change, is being streamed live for the first time and is available to anyone who provides an email address.
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High-Energy Attendees Crowd the Aisles at Toy Fair 2013
“Delayed by the Storm” placards marked a few booths on the opening day of the 2013 New York International Toy Fair at the Javits Center on Sunday, including that of Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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ALA Midwinter 2013: Sunny in Seattle
After a tough few years of lagging budgets, e-book battles, and questions about their future, there was a palpable sense of momentum among librarians at the American Library Association’s 2013 Midwinter Meeting held January 25–29 in Seattle.
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ALA Midwinter 2013: In Keynote, Caroline Kennedy Rallies Librarians
In her keynote speech at ALA, Caroline Kennedy called librarians "levers for positive change in their communities."
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ALA Midwinter 2013: ALA Creates E-book Scorecard
When it comes to e-books, publishers may soon be getting report cards from libraries. That’s because, late last week, in conjunction with the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, the American Library Association released a “Business Model Scorecard” to help libraries evaluate the myriad licensing terms under which e-books are being offered to libraries.
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ALA Midwinter 2013: Next Up, Pew Will Look at Library ‘Marketing’
At the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting, Lee Rainie, executive director of the Pew Internet and American Life project told librarians that the results of a recently released Pew survey shows that they’ve done a good job carrying their brand forward into the digital age. And in the next phase Rainie said Pew would look at creating a “Library User Segmentation Typology,” or, roughly translated, a marketing report.
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