At a June 30 keynote at this year’s American Library Association's Annual Conference, MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi discussed the plight of frontline librarians in the present political climate and his memoir, 'Small Acts of Courage.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s Institute returns to New Orleans for networking, education, authors to meet, and literary lagniappe (books, ARCs, and swag). As of May 1, 377 booksellers had registered for the annual conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Panelists from She Writes Press, Microcosm Publishing, Kickstarter, and Cake Creative spoke to the Independent Book Publishers Association's theme of 'Rise and Disrupt' at its annual conference last weekend. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the headlines this week: ALA releases the 2024 State of America's Libraries Report; PLA reports strong attendance at its annual conference; and Idaho passes a "harmful to minors" bill. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Addressing the IBPA 's annual conference, Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt said the company was acting on several promises, including making individual stores more autonomous, improving e-commerce, and diversifying management, all of which make it a viable competitor to Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
The American Booksellers Association announced that it will postpone Children’s Institute, its annual conference of children’s book publishers, authors, and retailers, until 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
As of this morning, new RWA president Damon Suede has tendered his resignation, effective immediately. Executive director Carol Ritter has also offered her resignation. A number of publishers, including imprints from each of the Big Five, have all pulled support from the RWA's national... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller is to create a Rising Stars-style listing of individual booksellers to coincide with the Booksellers Association Conference in September 2020. The Bookshop Heroes special, supported by the BA and sponsored by HarperCollins, will be published to coincide with the annual conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-11 22:52:50 UTC ]
This year’s Insider Talks, ICv2's annual conference on comics and pop culture trends, will feature presentations by Graphix publisher David Saylor, ComicHub v-p Atom! Freeman, Comixology CEO David Steinberger and others. The event will be held Oct. 7 at Pace University. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
At the American Booksellers Association’s seventh Children’s Institute, one thing was clear: the annual conference has become the most important event of its kind in America today. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
We offer a look at AASL’s full slate of activities at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference, which takes place June 20–25 in Washington, D.C. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The media is wakening up to the threat posed to the high street by Amazon, and the contribution made to wider society by bookshops, Booksellers Association president Nick Bottomley told delegates at the BA's annual conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The public should be "weaponised" into supporting libraries as part of a shift towards activism, attendees at the annual conference for the library and information association were told. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
See photo highlights from the American Library Association’s Annual Conference and Exhibition, which took place June 21–26 in New Orleans, bringing together librarians, educators, authors, illustrators, and publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association’s annual conference is set to take place in Birmingham this year, headlined by actor and author Brian Blessed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Approximately 250 people attended this year's PubWest's annual conference, the largest turnout since Kent Watson has been executive director. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, kicked off its annual conference on Thursday with politics on people's minds, as exhibitors, panelists and attendees expressed their opposition to the Trump presidency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The attack in Orlando comes just days before the ALA’s annual conference is set to open there. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Readership insights and annual award winners from the CRMA's annual conference in Denver. The post Print Ad Influence Remains Strong Among Regional Magazine Readers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers tend to be solitary creatures, and yet more than 12,000 will congregate in Los Angeles this week. The occasion is the annual conference of the Assn. of Writers and Writing Programs, or AWP, which also draws other literary kin, the teachers, editors, publishers, critics and booksellers who... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]