Litquake Rocks San Francisco

San Francisco's week-long Litquake literary festival is attracting big names and big crowds.

Weltgeist in Frankfurt

Here are some things “everybody” knows about Frankfurt. (1) The hotels are hideously expensive (especially during Book Fair week), the food is bad and the weather is worse. (2) Since so much of the work is done in the evening over cocktails, or late dinners, you don't schedule appointments before 10 a.

Live from Frankfurt:
'War Child’ Headlines Deals on Day Two at Frankfurt

An autobiography of Emmanual Jal, Kenya's biggest music star, is drawing lots of interest at Frankfurt; the book will be published in the U.S. by St. Martin's, which paid $200,000 for American rights. Several other top titles are still being fought over by U.S. houses as the fair winds down its second day.

Live from Frankfurt: RH In Beijing Guide Deal; Lerner Starts U.K. Unit

Random House and the Beijing Publishing House have struck a deal to co-produce Fodor’s Guide to Beijing: 2008 Olympics Edition and an announcement from Lerner Publishing that it has formed a U.K. division.

Live from Frankfurt: Frankfurt Buzzing on New and Familiar Names

As the first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair neared an end, no one title was dominating the conversation, but a number of books were creating buzz, ranging from those from familiar names including Dave Eggers and Keith Richards, to debut novelists. The upbeat mood among American publishers was fueled further by the late afternoon announcement of the National Book Award finalists.

Digitalization Seen as Top Industry Challenge

A Frankfurt Book Fair survey found digitalization as the top industry challenge, while competition from other media was seen as the biggest threat to the health of book publishing.

Follett Will Have New Series at Frankfurt

GLBA Booksellers Buzz Books

A rundown of this year's Great Lakes Booksellers Association trade show, which was held at the new Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center in a Chicago suburb.

Attendance at NEIBA Show Holds Steady

Given today’s economic realities—the continued decline in bookstore sales and in the number of independent booksellers—the 34th annual NEIBA trade show in Providence, R.I., September 27-29, was a decided bright spot.

What's in Your Briefcase?

David Byrne likes to bike. Haruki Murakami loves to run. And Nathan Zuckerman, at the ripe old age of 71, can still pick up younger women. Foreign editors will learn all this and more when they flip through the rights catalogues the American agents and publishers are bringing to the Frankfurt Fair next month.

UpSouth 2007 Kicks Off This Week

The second annual UpSouth International Book Festival kicks off September 19-23 in Harlem for five days of the literary and performing arts.

Brooklyn Book Festival Returns

Paul Auster, Pete Hamill, Bernice McFadden and Jonathan Lethem will be among those adding literary star power to the second annual Brooklyn Book Festival, which will be held this Sunday at Brooklyn's Borough Hall and Plaza.

Winter Galleys to Watch

A checklist of key titles available at the regional trade shows this fall.

It's All in the Pitch: Winter 2008 Galleys to Grab

Every book begins with a pitch—and at the regional trade shows, the air is full of them. To find out which are most likely to fly, we contacted five booksellers and asked for their reaction to more than 50 galley blurbs for adult books. Here's their consensus on which books merit a reading.

Warren Ellis Has Returned, But
Don't Expect Him to Enjoy It

It took 10 years to get him back to San Diego. But fueled by Red Bull, cigarettes and junk food, the comics star-turned-novelist finally faces his Comic-Con fans.

Fall 2007 Book Festivals

A list of 42 book fairs across the country ocurring from September to November, 2007.

San Diego Comic-Con Sold Out; Dark Horse Presents Launches on MySpace

At a soldout Comic-con, Dark Horse announced it had reached a deal with MySpace to launch a new digital comic venture. The project will officially begin in September.

Celebrating Jan Nathan

A celebration of Jan Nathan’s life has been arranged by PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association, the organization she led for more than 20 years.

Fans Jam Comic-con Preview

Comic-con opened to the usual mob scene last night, with fans clamoring for books and industry people unveiling several movie and graphic novel deals.

San Diego Comic-con Still Packing Them In

Despite hotel room shortages, ticket sell-outs and threats of vast crowds, this week's Comic-Con International in San Diego will be just as busy as ever. In fact, the demand to enter the three-ring circus of cartoonists, authors, movie stars, toys, videogames and Stormtroopers is greater than ever this year, and has led to a first: four-day passes sold out a full two weeks before the opening ...