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On to Bologna!
As children's publishers from the world over convene in Italy later this month (March 23—26), a number of issues hang in the balance. How will the economy shape this year's fair? Is the age of the big YA fantasy trilogy finally over? Will picture books make a resurgence? What of the co-edition market? The digital revolution? We asked a sampling of Bologna veterans for their take on what to expect at this year's fair, and what they're looking for.
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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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Huffington, Patry, Kurzweil Highlight O’Reilly’s Tools of Change Confab
O’Reilly Media’s Tools of Change For Publishing Conference will be held at New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel February 22-24.
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Winter Institute: How Digitization is Impacting the Industry
With the Amazon-Macmillan price war as a backdrop, ABA's fifth Winter Institute got underway in full yesterday with discussions about how bookstores can participate in the digital future, but there was also plenty of talk about the importance of maintaining brick-and-mortar stores.
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ALA Midwinter Meeting: Let It Snow
Although attendance was up at this year's ALA Midwinter Meeting, held during the Martin Luther King holiday weekend at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, over last year's meeting in Denver — 11,095 compared to 10,220 in 2009 — it was still down compared with the last time it was on the East Coast. The 2008 show in Philadelphia drew 13,601 people. Some attributed the fact that attendance wasn't stronger this year to economics, including cuts in libraries' travel budgets...
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Talking Food Writing with Powell, Hesser, and Company
Last year was a tough one for print, with stalwart magazines folding and seemingly more bloggers than ever crowding the Internet. But the January 7 “Word of Mouth” panel on food writing for the Web, which I moderated at Housing Works Bookstore Café in lower Manhattan, proved one thing: cookbooks and food writing still have incredible power—and that the medium through which it’s delivered is starting to matter less and less.
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NY Center for Independent Publishing Honors Epstein
The New York Center for Independent Publishing will honor Jason Epstein with its Poor Richard Award on January 21. Epstein, who created Anchor Books in 1952, helped establish the trade paperback format, cofounded the New York Review of Books, created the Library of America, and served as editorial director of Random House, most recently published Eating: A Memoir in October 2009.
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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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Canadian Booksellers Conference Set for May 28 in Toronto
The Canadian Booksellers Association has chosen a new name, time and location for its annual conference. The CBA National Conference will take place from May 28 to 30, 2010 at the Toronto Delta Airport West hotel. CBA executive director Susan Dayus said she hoped the timing, immediately after BookExpo America in New York, would be convenient for booksellers and help them reduce costs if they were going to BEA.
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Group Offers Free Display at Riyadh International Fair
American publishing’s testing of the Middle East book market via book fairs will continue in 2010 at the Riyadh International Book Fair set for March 2-12.
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Big Read to Continue Despite Kipen Departure
David Kipen's position as director of literature for the NEA has been eliminated, but indications are the Big Read, which he oversaw, will continue.
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Dubai Children’s Book Fair Postponed
The first Dubai International Children’s Book Fair, set for February 3-10, 2010, has been postponed indefinitely, according to a brief statement issued by the organizer, the Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. No official reason was given for the cancellation, although financial problems there are believed to have played a role. It was also unclear how many publishers had signed up to attend the event...
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Friedman, Sharp Kick off Mediabistro E-Book Summit with “Open Road” Discussion
The Mediabistro.com E-Book Summit kicked off this morning with an engaging, cordial discussion with Jane Friedman and Jeffrey Sharp, co-founders of Open Road Integrated Media—an appropriate start to the event as the discussion hinted at both the promise of digital to transform publishing, as well as the thorny issues and legal battles still to come.
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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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Sharjah Book Fair Opens
The 27th Sharjah International Book Fair opened today with a ceremony led by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qassimi. Over the next 10 days, the fair, which is open to the public, will host more than 750 publishers from some 40 countries, and draw more than 400,000 visitors. Fair organizers said they expect about $28 million worth of business to take place at the fair.
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National Bookstore Day: The View from Southern California
Skylight Books of Los Angeles held a wine and cheese reception that brought together many of the areas independent bookseller who shared stories of the art of bookselling. Diesel Books said National Bookstore Day turned into National Reader Appreciation Day.
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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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Independents Plan Events for National Bookstore Day
More than 100 bookstores across the country are planning to participate in the PW-sponsored event National Bookstore Day this Saturday, November 7. Event organizers are hoping promotions tied to the day will attract local and national media coverage—and, in turn, draw new customers into bookstores.
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Pace Publishing Program Turns 25
This week, Pace University celebrates the 25th anniversary of its master of science in publishing program. Since its 1984 inception, the program has seen vast changes in the book business, from corporate conglomeration to the rise of e-publishing, financial cutbacks to declining book sales. And even as a similar program, the Stanford Publishing Course for Professionals, shut down earlier this f...
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