BookExpo 2017: Seventh Street Books Marks Fifth Anniversary

It’s only been five years since the start of Seventh Street Books—the mystery, thriller, and crime fiction imprint of Prometheus Books—but there’s reason to celebrate, and it’s happening in the Prometheus Books booth (2706).

BookExpo 2017: A Web-Savvier Edition of the ‘Chicago Manual of Style’

Good-bye, ibid.; hello, tweet. “3-D” or “3D”? “Fewer” or “less”? “Hi Mom” or “Hi, Mom”? If you’re a writer, editor, or simply an unreconstructed grammar nerd, there’s a good chance that at some point you’ve sought an answer to such questions in The Chicago Manual of Style.

BookExpo 2017: From Runway to Roux with Zac Posen

It’s hard to believe that fashion designer Zac Posen, a judge on "Project Runway" and Brooks Brothers creative director, has the time to whip up panko-crusted soft-shell crab and orange blossom bundt cake in his New York apartment, but he does.

BookExpo 2017: Coming of Age in Mississippi: Jesmyn Ward

Jesmyn Ward is a BookExpo veteran, who has attended the show multiple times, in connection with her bestselling titles "Salvage the Bones" (Bloomsbury), which won the 2011 National Book Award, and her memoir,"Men We Reaped" (Bloomsbury, 2013).

BookExpo 2017: Official BookExpo Exhibitor Addendum

BookExpo 2017: New York Rights Fair Gets Send-Off

Organizers of the New York Rights Fair held a party last night to introduce the event to the American publishing community.

BookExpo 2017: Audiobooks Evolve in the Age of Podcasts

“There’s a renaissance for spoken-word content and our media diet is expanding, but as the landscape becomes more saturated, audiobooks face greater and greater discoverability challenges,” said Tom Webster, v-p, strategy and marketing, at Edison Research.

Amazon Will Be the Fifth Largest Bookstore Chain

A combination of bookstore attrition and its own startup efforts will make Amazon Books the fifth largest general bookstore chain in the U.S. based on the number of outlets.

BookExpo 2017: Pete Souza

Pete Souza, chief official White House photographer during the Obama presidency, culled more than 300 images from the nearly two million that he took of President Obama alone.

BookExpo 2017: Fox Chapel Publishing Celebrates Its Silver Anniversary

Twenty-five years ago, Alan Giagnocavo founded Fox Chapel Publishing at his kitchen table, focusing on books about the arts of woodcarving and creating with a scroll saw.

BookExpo 2017: Why Reality Broke? Brooke Gladstone

When Brooke Gladstone, the cohost (with Bob Garfield) of the popular podcast "On the Media," began working on her new book, "The Trouble with Reality" (Workman), her brief was to “provide a consolation” to readers troubled by the recent presidential election.

BookExpo 2017: Would-be Army Ranger Gone Wrong: Ben Blum

The furthest thing from Ben Blum’s mind in August 2006 was that his 19-year-old cousin Alex Blum, whom Ben was very close to and admired for his loyalty, his intelligence, and respectful nature, would become an armed bank robber in Tacoma, Wash.

BookExpo 2017: Nicole Krauss Tackles a New Form

“When I write,” says Nicole Krauss, “I’m simply trying to make something I hope at some point will be whole enough to meet readers.”

BookExpo 2017: Questioning Nigerian Traditions: Ayobami Adebayo

“Nigerian society has changed quite a bit [over the past 30 years], and more and more people are having conversations about being a woman in Nigeria,” says Ayobami Adebayo, who explores the subject in her debut novel, "Stay with Me" (Knopf, Aug.).

BookExpo 2017: TCG Books takes a Bow

Theatre Communications Group, in New York, is dedicated to strengthening and nurturing professional nonprofit theater in the U.S.

BookExpo 2017: A Real Steal: Emily Culliton

Debut novelist Emily Culliton originally planned to write a book about a disaffected young adult whose mother wasn’t in her life.

BookExpo 2017: List Maker: Pamela Paul

Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times Book Review and author of five books, is quick to admit she’s a list maker.

BookExpo 2017: ‘Empire’ Writer Returns to Her Texas Roots: Attica Locke

Attica Locke—writer and producer of the Fox hit show "Empire"—is also the author of four acclaimed novels.

BookExpo 2017: A Publisher Turns Pseudonymous Author: A.J. Finn

There are a number of surprising twists to first-time novelist A.J. Finn’s psychological thriller, "The Woman in the Window" (Morrow, Jan. 2018), which chronicles several weeks in the life of a female psychologist isolated in a Manhattan townhouse with a serious case of agoraphobia.

BookExpo 2017: Living with Uncertainty: Chloe Benjamin

For her sophomore effort, Chloe Benjamin ("The Anatomy of Dreams," 2014) ponders how knowing when you will die would alter the way you live.