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Los Angeles Book Festival Draws Record Crowd
The 15th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books drew a record-breaking crowd 0f 130,000 to the campus of UCLA over a sunny, cool weekend.
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LBF: Up from The Ashes
Though it seemed like something out of a science fiction novel, the reality that an active volcano in Iceland kept most Americans—and legions of Europeans—from attending this year's London Book Fair has started some thinking about the importance of the event itself. Reports from those who were at the fair said the rights hall seemed 50% vacant, and indications from LBF suggest atten...
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A Glimpse at Show Highlights
BookExpo America is a bellwether for trade book publishing. Simple numbers, of attendees and exhibitors, measure commitment to the value of old-fashioned community as part of what makes an industry an industry—even if the majority of the talk is about virtual community, viral marketing, and digital delivery of “content.
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BEA Announces CEO Panel with Galassi, Miller, Shanks, and Others
FSG president Jonathan Galassi will moderate a CEOs' panel discussion with Bob Miller, David Shanks, Esther Newberg and other publishing executives at BEA, convention organizers announced today. The panel will be jointly sponsored by the ABA and will serve as the Opening Plenary session, taking place from 8:30 to 10:00 AM on Tuesday, May 25. The discussion subject-"Value of a Book"-was partly inspired by an op-ed piece Galassi wrote in the Times in January, "There's More to Publishing Than Meets the Screen."
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The Future of the Book Might be in Librarians' Hands
Gregory (Wicked) Maguire's opening keynote, "No Place Like Home", got the first annual Empire State Book Festival in Albany, NY, on April 10, off to an inspirational start as a standing room only crowd listened attentively to his story of how he became a writer and the power of storytelling across different cultures. After Maguire's keynote, the Festival broke up into a series of scheduled signings by nearly 150 authors, along with an ambitious program featuring 42 different sessions--a mix of panel discussions, presentations and workshops--covering a myriad of topics and genres, from graphic novels and the importance of libraries, to poetry workshops and the requisite "Future of the Book" debate.
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Barbra Streisand to Headline BEA
BEA will be getting a little glitz on opening night when actress and singer Barbra Streisand takes the stage at the Opening Night Keynote Reception on Tuesday, May 25. Streisand will be interviewed about her first book, My Passion for Design, which Viking will publish on November 16.
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BEA and Above the Treeline Partner for Books@BEA
BEA is partnering with publishing business software company Above the Treeline to create a new online catalog at this May's trade show, featuring information about the titles on exhibit.
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Jon Stewart to Emcee BEA Author Breakfast
BookExpo America has announced its star lineup for the main Author Breakfast of the trade show, to take place on Thursday, May 27. Jon Stewart, who appeared at BEA in 2004, is returning to emcee the breakfast, and he will introduce the main speaker, Condoleezza Rice, whose first memoir is being published by Random House's Crown Publishing Group in October 2010.
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Copyright, iPhone Apps, and Virtual Reality Among Topics at TOC
More than 1,200 attendees packed into the main hall at the Marriot Marquis in Times Square for O'Reilly Media's fourth annual Tools of Change for Publishing conference to hear keynote presentations from the likes of Google counsel William Patry, Arianna Huffington, and Ingram's Skip Prichard, and to attend a dizzying arrangement of panels
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Spring Book Festivals 2010
Spring is coming! Time to mark your calendars for the spring book festivals, held in various cities around the nation to celebrate authors, books, literacy, and local library systems. The following 22 festivals are scheduled to take place from February through July 2010.
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Steven Rosato Promoted to BEA Event Director
Following the December 9 promotion of former BookExpo America show manager Lance Fensterman to group v-p of Reed Exhibitions, show officials today announced Steve Rosato, who has been with the company for 15 years, will take over as event director of BEA.
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Fensterman Promoted, Search on For Successor
BookExpo America manager Lance Fensterman has been promoted and Reed is looking for someone to take over his BEA duties.
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BEA 2010 Global Market Forum to Focus on Spain
Spain will be the focus of BookExpo 2010’s Global Market Forum, conference organizers announced today.
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2010 IDPF Conference to Be Held During BEA
The 2010 IDPF conference will be held in conjunction with BEA.
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Penguin Floats BEA Consumer-Event Concept
A dding a public component to BookExpo America has been one of the most hotly debated topics regarding possible changes to the annual event. BEA officials have discussed it internally and with their customers, and the concept has now received a major boost from Penguin, whose CEO, David Shanks, and president, Susan Petersen Kennedy, have outlined what they see as a viable way to bring book love...
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Word for Word Series Looks at New York Writers
A recent panel examines what part New York City plays in the works of different authors.
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BEA 2009 Verdict: Better Than Expected
The 2009 edition of BookExpo America was seen by many as a show in transition, and the changes implemented so far met with a generally good response. In an interview with Penguin president Susan Petersen Kennedy and CEO David Shanks on the second day of the convention, Shanks said he was “happy with bookseller traffic, happy with the booth, happy with the [booth] location.
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BookExpo America 2009: Religious Publishers Hope for Improvement
With only The Shack a big hit, Christian book publishers talked up promosing fall titles.
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BookExpo America 2009: A Lively Children's Gathering
All eyes were looking ahead to fall, as children’s booksellers and publishers arrived in New York City last weekend for BookExpo America. The season’s biggest titles were on display, and a wide range of panels and events educated and entertained. Given the state of the economy, many had voiced concerns before BEA about what the mood and the turnout might be. In the aisles of the Javits Center, though, those worries didn’t seem to be borne out.
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BookExpo America 2009: Children's Books and Authors at the Show
Our photographers walked the aisles of the Javits Center last weekend, throughout the convention, capturing the sights, highlights and mood of the show. We’ve assembled dozens of pictures of authors, illustrators, booksellers, publishers, events and book signings for your perusal. Relive all the memories, or see what you missed!
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