We look back on our coverage of Reed’s 1996 purchase of the ABA’s annual trade show, which it rebranded as BookExpo America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
When Sean Spicer was given prime billing at BookExpo America and Milo Yiannopoulos tried to publish a book with Simon & Schuster, I churned out 40 pages of text about free speech, white supremacy, and independent bookstores over the next several months, returning to it now and then as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-05-27 08:54:54 UTC ]
For Renée Rettig, owner of Books on B in Hayward, Calif., her first visit to Book Expo America was a thrill: “I felt like Cinderella!” Rettig, whose bookstore is just under 2 years old, was one of 200 store owners brought to BookExpo America under a new grant program to introduce fledgling... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-03 21:55:00 UTC ]
BookExpo America will be one day shorter in 2017, and it will also have a shorter name: BookExpo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
From some of the material presented at BookExpo America, looks at the US market courtesy of Nielsen Book and Kempton Mooney: So far, it's a great year for Dr. Seuss. Again. The post Glimpses of the US Market: Charts from Nielsen’s Kempton Mooney appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Less than 24 hours after booksellers left McCormick Place in Chicago at the end of BookExpo America on May 13, the convention center's West Hall was transformed from trade show to literary amusement park. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
As McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill., filled to fit publishers, librarians, booksellers, and book lovers alike for BookExpo America, which took place May 11–13, plenty of merriment was captured. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Opportunities and challenges in Poland's publishing market are under discussion this week at BookExpo America, in the wake of a decision against fixed pricing there. The post At BEA: Poland’s Publishing Industry Is the Market Focus in Chicago appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
“For many, China is a black box,” said Ruediger Wischenbart, director of international affairs for BookExpo America, as part of his introduction to China By the Numbers, a panel discussion which sought to deliver straightforward data to those interested in the Chinese market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
With a goal of combining forces by January 2017, W3C and IDPF formalize their plans in an announcement ahead of BookExpo America. The post World Wide Web Consortium and IDPF Confirm They’re Exploring Merging appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past few years, librarians have become an increasingly important part of BookExpo America, with the expanded Library Insight track and more events and promotions for librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book fairs are an increasingly interesting phenomenon: a decade ago they looked to be out of fashion and out of time. What price a physical table or stand in a far-flung hall, when so much business could be done cheaply and more efficiently by telephone, Skype or email? Yet over the weekend much... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not only BookExpo America but also its consumer-facing BookCon will be in Chicago in May, trading New York's Javits Center for the McCormick Place complex. The post Chicago’s BEA BookCon Adds Memoirist-Comedian Tig Notaro appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Steve Rosato, former event director at BookExpo America, has joined ebook library service OverDrive in a move to “accelerate OverDrive’s global expansion.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo America will introduce a new digital network at this year’s event that organizers say will help facilitate communication among attendees.The BEA Network will include access to PubMatch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a California sweep, both 165-year-old Books Inc., the oldest bookstore in the West, and Lise Solomon with the Karel/Dutton Group took this year’s PW Awards, which will be presented at BookExpo America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo America has named the books that will be championed during its three buzz panels at this year's BEA convention in Chicago. In the past two years, nine of their selections have been NYT bestsellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild has outlined some of the "egregious terms" of current contract boilerplates it plans to address in its Fair Contract Initiative, first announced May 28 during BookExpo America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo America, held May 27–29, was once again a busy period for audiobook publishers, as the industry announced the best audiobooks of the year at its 20th annual Audie Awards Gala. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book sales in the US declined by 6% in 2014 compared to the year before, statistics released by Nielsen show. Information presented at BookExpo America and derived from PubTrack Digital, which collects ebook sales data from more than 30 of the largest publishers in the US, showed that in 2014... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]