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Fall Regionals 2023: Programming Highlights
This year’s gatherings provide opportunities for booksellers to rub shoulders with authors and strategize about challenges facing the book world.
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Fall Regionals 2023: Bookselling Shows Usher in Fall
Booksellers, exhibitors, and authors alike can expect a mix of business and camaraderie at this year's fall trade shows.
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New Voices New Rooms Makes Its In-Person Debut
The joint conference from NAIBA and SIBA leapt off the screen into the real world for the first time from August 7–10 in Arlington, Va., where 278 booksellers gathered to prepare for what will hopefully be a strong fall selling season.
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Manga Was Marquee at San Diego Comic-Con
Superstars Junji Ito and Makoto Yukimura drew enthusiastic crowds at this year's con.
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Stars Shine at Comic-Con, Despite Strike
With the SAG-AFTRA strike preventing actors from attending this year's San Diego Comic-Con, the spotlight fell on cartoonists—much to the delight of publishers and creators.
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Kate Beaton, Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Win Graphic Novel Eisners
Beaton won two prizes and DC Comics had eight winners as the comics and graphic novel industry held its annual Eisner Awards ceremony July 21 at the start of this year's San Diego Comic-Con.
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The Fall Regional Bookselling Conferences Beckon
The lineup for this year’s fall regional booksellers shows is complete, with six shows being held across the country from August to October.
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U.S. Book Show: Human Connection Powers the Book Business
Editors and literary agents on the mechanics—and the emotions—behind the publishing business, what makes a bestseller, and how book bidding wars can cloud expectations.
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In a PEN America Lecture, Ta-Nehisi Coates Exercises Freedom to Write
MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award–winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates talked about the war on books, the imbalance of power, and learning as liberation at the PEN America World Voices Festival on May 11.
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AAP Meeting Looks at Publishing During a 'Dicey Time'
Publishing is facing its severest set of challenges in a generation, experts noted at this year's AAP annual meeting: book bans, the lack of diversity, climate change, and “unrelenting” challenges to copyright.
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BISG Members Challenged to Rethink Publishing Supply Chain Strategies
The annual meeting, held on April 28 at the Harvard Club of New York, included a daylong program with panel discussions and presentations that highlighted accomplishments and key challenges facing BISG's members.
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ThrillerFest Returns to New York City
The upcoming event, to be held May 30-June 3, welcomes dozens of authors and thousands of fans to celebrate the best in the category. Kimberley Howe, executive director of International Thriller Writers, introduces the show.
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Teachers Union Protests Outside Literacy Partners Gala in New York City
The Movement of Rank and File Educators turned up to the event on May 1 to protest cuts to public resources spearheaded by Mayor Eric Adams, who was being honored with Literacy Partners' Champion of Literacy Award.
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Keegan-Michael and Elle Key to Close the U.S. Book Show
The Keys will interview each other about their debut nonfiction book, 'The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor' (Chronicle Books, Oct.).
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2023 Whiting Award Winners Recognized as Emerging Talents
Ten award winners were announced in the categories of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama at an in-person ceremony held in New York City.
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Audio Publishers Association Conference Spotlights Tech Disruption
The audio performers and publishers in attendance were encouraged to embrace the new tools of the trade, from TikTok to ChatGPT.
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Author Sim Kern Launches #TransRightsReadathon
More than 2,100 participants will spotlight books by trans authors and raise funds for trans rights organizations via TikTok and Instagram this week under the #TransRightsReadathon hashtag.