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Children's Books at the L.A. Times Festival of Books: A Photo-Essay
More than 100,000 book fans swarmed the campus of the University of Southern California this past weekend for the 17th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. If you weren't able to attend, fear not: read on for our collection of photos from the festival, the next best thing to being there.
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World Book Night Reactions Sweep Through Twitter
Electric Literature magazine tweeted: "Handed out 20 free copies of 'Zeitoun' in 10 minutes for @wbnamerica. Lesson? People do want to read. I'll sleep easy tonight," was one of the many tweets about yesterday's World Book Night.
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IDPF 2012 Program Announced; Friedman, Charkin, McIntosh To Keynote
The IDPF (International Digital Publishing Forum) has announced its full program for Digital Book 2012, its annual conference set for June 4-5 in New York (click here to view). The keynote speakers will be Madeline McIntosh (Random House), Richard Charkin (Bloomsbury), and Jane Friedman (Open Road), who will be discussing tablets, enhanced e-books, "e-shorts," and more at the Publishing Roundtable on June 4.
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Festival of Books Successfully Completes the Transition From UCLA to USC
Two years after moving the annual event from UCLA to USC, the L.A. Times Festival of Books seems to have recovered from growing pains and achieved attendance records not seen in a few years. Over 100,000 people came to the two-day event on April 21 and 22.
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World Book Night in NYC
As part of today's first World Book Night US event, Anna Quindlen, World Book Night honorary national chairperson, will welcome Manhattan volunteer book givers to a celebration at Barnes & Noble's Union Square store from 7 to 8.
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LA Times Festival of Books Draws over 100,000 Readers
Any lingering doubts about the Los Angeles Times' decision last year to move the annual festival to USC from UCLA after 15 years were dispelled this weekend by enormous crowds of readers in a well-organized, bustling event.
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New York Restaurant Launches Literary Series
Alison Eighteen, restaurateur Alison Price Becker's new Manhattan restaurant, will kick off its literary series on Saturday, April 21 with a live streaming of a reading and discussion with Augusten Burroughs.
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PW's Complete London Book Fair 2012 Coverage
For our complete coverage of this year's show, please visit our London Book Fair landing page here.
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New England Publishing Conference Dates Set
The New England Publishing Conference will be held April 27 and 28 in Boxborough, Mass. Publishers are invited to attend the event, which will cover a broad range of subjects, including publicity, production, distribution, and digital publishing. For more information, click here.
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World Book Night Gears Up To Give Away Books in All 50 States
With just under two weeks until World Book Night--on April 23, half a million books will be given away around the country--organizers and participants are readying for the big giveaway.
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Adam Johnson Talks North Korea on the Litquake Stage
Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son, spoke at a Litquake event and talked about visiting North Korea, the setting of his novel, in 2007: "The rules change every year, so people who went in 2005 saw a very different North Korea than I did."
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World Book Night Preview
There is still time for industry members to get a first look at the WBN US finished books. The preview is set for April 2 at 5:30 at the AAP office (71 5th Ave. 2nd floor). RSVP to carl@worldbooknight.org.
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A Sense of Urgency?
More than 8,700 attendees and over 400 exhibitors gathered in Philadelphia, March 13–17, for the Public Library Association 2012 Biennial Conference, and despite lingering discord with publishers over e-books and ever-tightening budget constraints, the mood of the show was upbeat, with a strong slate of popular authors, keynote speakers, and a professional program that focused on advocacy and, of course, books.
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SXSW: Six New Ventures
What were some of the most interesting startups at SXSW? We were intrigued by a number of companies, doing everything from mining the social Web for analytics (à la CoverCake) to bringing commenters together in one space, improving options for social reading, or facilitating a collaborative writing project.
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Video from AAP Annual Meeting 2012
Catch up on this year's Association of American Publishers meetings with these videos.
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Bologna 2012: Photos from the Fair
Children's book publishers from around the world, schedules packed with meetings, award announcements, elegant parties, mouth-watering meals, and—everywhere you look—books: the 2012 Bologna Children's Book Fair was as busy as ever. For those who couldn't attend, here's a photo-tour of this year's show.
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‘Looking for the Next Thing’ at Bologna 2012
Amid the sounds of people packing boxes and dismantling stands, a few stalwarts were still getting business done as a productive Bologna Children’s Book Fair came to a close on Thursday afternoon. “I’m going to wrap up a number of deals here,” said agent Marcia Wernick of the Wernick & Pratt Agency. “That hasn’t happened for me in at least 15 years.”
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Walter Dean Myers To Chair Children's Art Auction at BEA
Walter Dean Myers will serve as the honorary chair of the annual children's art auction at BEA in an effort to raise funds to support the free speech rights of kids.
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2012 Self-Publishing Book Expo To Be Held October 27
The Self-Publishing Book Expo, now in its fourth year, will return October 27 at the Sheraton New York Hotel.
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Day One in Bologna: First-Timers and Vets Weigh In
One day into the 49th annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the mood was upbeat but realistic, with the strongest interest in the robust fiction category, and even a few positive signs for the comparatively flat picture book market.
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