BookExpo America 2009: U.K., U.S. Publishers Associations Tout Service to Fight Piracy

At the opening day’s second session on digital piracy, representatives from the U.K.-based Publishers Association (PA) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) demonstrated a new online tool for publishers of all sizes to generate and send takedown notices to sites suspected of infringement.

BookExpo America 2009: Alyson Celebrates at BEA

LGBT publishing will be well-represented at BEA. The 21st annual Lambda Literary Awards will take place tonight, and tomorrow there will be a private party for 150 LGBT writers, booksellers and journalists. On Saturday, Alyson Books is inviting booksellers and the press to celebrate the appointment of Don Weise as publisher at The Gates in Chelsea.

BookExpo America 2009: Perseus Unveils 'Book: The Sequel' Timeline

The publisher plans to produce a book on the BEA show floor.

BookExpo America 2009: HarperCollins Featuring e-Galleys at BEA

HarperCollins is giving out e-galleys for 14 adult titles, nine children's titles and an audiobook in addition to seven print galleys.

BookExpo America 2009: Despite No-Shows, Many Comics, Graphic Novels at BEA

This year BEA will have fewer attendees, fewer galleys and reduced booth space for many giant publishers, but graphic novel publishers will still be there.

BookExpo America 2009: Local Cookbook Authors Dish On Where to Eat at BEA

After a long day at the Javits Center, unwinding with a nice meal is just what many convention-goers need. We talked to New Yorkers with cookbooks and books about food out this year to get their picks. There's plenty to chose from, but if all else fails, follow the advice of former food critic William Grimes: “Do not despise food from street carts.

BookExpo America 2009: Pizza, Boigahs, and Bangers in the Mouth -- A Guide to Eating Your Heart Out in New York

We admit it: living in New York City makes you a food snob, but not in the sense you think. We don't want to sup three times a week at three-star Michelin enterprises that cost us a kidney or worse. We want value for money; red-carpet treatments for editor and librarian budgets. Most of the restaurants listed below serve quality dinner entrees for under $20.

BookExpo America 2009: Library Journal's Guide to BEA 2009's Galley Giveaways

BookExpo America 2009: BEA African American Programming Hangs on Despite Economy

In separately organized events, former bookseller and now author, Clara Villarosa, will once again host the African American Book Publishing Professionals Program; and the African American Pavillion will move to the main floor of BEA with more than 50 exhibitors and a lively slate of awards, panel discussions, seminars and personal appearances by a wide range of authors and publishers.

BookExpo America 2009: BEA Sets CEO Panel, Bookseller of the Year Ceremony

A CEO panel with Brian Murray, Carolyn Reidy, John Sargent and David Steinberger will be held May 28 at 3 p.m. The Bookseller and Rep of the Year Awards will be presented at the Saturday author lunch.

BookExpo America 2009: Addendum to 'Around the Booths'

Owing to one technical glitch and a few late changes in exhibitor information, we offer the following updates to the “Around the Booths” feature that appeared in our pre-BEA April 27 issue. Cambridge Univ. Press Celebrating its 425th anniversary. Booth: 4146. Grand Central Publishing Featured: Spooner by Pete Dexter; A Separate Country by Robert Hicks; The Gift of an Ordinary Day b...

BookExpo America 2009: Sterling's Leaver Down on Trade Shows, High on Digital Catalogues

Thre president of Sterling Publishing Marcus Leaver told BISG attendees that the era of the trade show is over and that he is shifting more of his company's marketing dollars to online communities and other avenues. Beginning in the spring, Sterling will drop print catalogues in favor of digital editions.

BookExpo America 2009: BEA Children's Checklist: What to See and Where to Be Seen

This year’s BookExpo America convention, being held in New York City at the end of this month, will feature a host of programs and events for those interested in children’s books. In addition to our previous roundup of activities and our extensive listing of Galleys to Grab at the show, here are a few more tidbits to know about.

BookExpo America 2009: Chuck Klosterman to Interview Steven Tyler and Clarence Clemons at BEA

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and the E Street Band’s Clarence Clemons will appear together as part of BEA’s opening night keynote, where they will be interviewed live on stage by author Chuck Klosterman. The event marks the debut of BEA’s Author Stage program.

BookExpo America 2009: Around the BEA Booths: A - B

AA PUBLISHING (U.K.) Featured: The Golf Tour by Jackie Staddon and Hilary Weston; The Racehorse by Elwyn Hartley Edwards; Exploring the Ancient World by Paul Bahn. Booth: 3728. ABBEVILLE PRESS PUBLISHING GROUP Featured from Abbeville Press: Botanica Magnifica, photos by Jonathan Singer, text by W. John Kress and Marc Hachadourian; The History of Paris in Painting, edited by Georges Duby and Guy...

Chillin' in the Apple: Fun Beyond BEA

How to choose from the city's myriad cultural and recreation options when you are socked in most of the day at a trade show and watching your expenses? As most New Yorkers will tell you, there is plenty to do in the city to relax, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg. The editors of that arts and entertainment bible, Time Out New York, were happy to pass along a few of their ideas.

BookExpo America 2009: Around the BEA Booths: C - D

CABINET MAGAZINE This first-time exhibitor is an award-winning quarterly magazine focusing on art and culture, with a book-publishing program. Featured: current magazine issues; The Book of Stamps; Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip, edited by Erika Wolf; Odd Lots: Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark's Fake Estates by Jeffrey Kroessler et al.

BookExpo America 2009: The Perseus Challenge: the 48-hour Book

Perseus Books Group is putting its own spin on how to approach BEA. The company is promising to publish a book within 48 hours and have it ready for a launch party in its booth at 4 p.m. Saturday. The idea, said chief marketing officer Rick Joyce, is to disprove the notion that book publishing is a technology backwater.

BookExpo America 2009: Around the BEA Booths: E - H

EAT.SHOP GUIDES Featured: eat.shop guides (25 cities). Giveaways: canvas book bags, eat.shop los angeles guides. Discounts: 50% on 25 or more backlist. Booth: 2723. EBOOKS CO. Provides digital books with distribution agreements with publishers in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Booth: 2433. ECW PRESS Featured: Love to Love You Bradys by Susan Olsen and Ted Nichelson; Generation S by Anthony R...

Children's Galleys to Grab

Even in lean times, there's no shortage of galley giveaways at BEA. Here are some to look out for. Brave New Worlds Alphas by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown/Poppy) is a Clique spinoff set at an elite island boarding school, starring Clique's Skye Hamilton. The Amanda Project: Book 1: invisible i by Stella Lennon (HarperTeen).