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BEA 2015: Strides in Content Management
The latest news coming out of Ixxus, publishing and media specialists, is its partnership with Inkling, which is aimed at delivering off-the-shelf integration of Inkling’s Habitat publishing platform with Alfresco’s content management system.
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BEA 2015: Momentum on Social Media Unlocks
Today at BEA, a Chicago web development company called Mess is launching Momentum, a turnkey subscription service that can be used to generate social media campaigns, and manage and track social engagement.
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BEA 2015: PW at BEA
The big show is here. And here’s how you can use PW to get the most out of your BookExpo experience.
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BEA 2015: New on Nurnberg’s Dance Card
Charles Nurnberg, cofounder and publisher of Imagine Publishing, and former CEO and publisher of Sterling Publishing, is developing a new children’s imprint at Quarto Publishing Group USA.
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BEA 2015: Kuyper New BISG Chief
The Book Industry Study Group has named Mark Kuyper, current president and CEO of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, as executive director, effective June 15.
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BEA 2015: Celebrating Hijuelos—His Work Lives On
The sudden death of Oscar Hijuelos at age 62 in October 2013 was a shock to the literary world.
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BEA 2015: Amazon: Is It Good For Readers?
The impact of Amazon on the book business is a longstanding, ongoing debate. But is Amazon good for readers? That’s the topic of this afternoon’s discussion at this year’s International Digital Publishing Forum conference.
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BEA 2015: BEA’s Opening Act: Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen, arguably the most anticipated author at Book Expo, will be featured at the show’s opening session today to talk about "Purity" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1), his long-awaited novel and his first in five years.
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BEA 2015: Coping with BEA’s Schedule Changes
BookExpo America shifts to midweek this year, running Wednesday through Friday rather than Thursday through Saturday as in years past.
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BEA 2015: The More Crime the Merrier
What could be a more positive sign of a healthy book industry than the launch of a new publishing venture? Crooked Lane Books, a new crime fiction imprint, debuts at BEA with its fall titles.
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BEA 2015: Graphic Novels Make Their Mark
Although Marvel and DC Comics will sit out BEA this year, there will still be plenty of comics publishers on the Javits Center floor. Derf Backderf (Trashed), actor John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown) will be promoting new works for Abrams ComicArts and bestselling Scholastic cartoonists Jeff Smith and Raina Telgemeier will be on hand.
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BEA 2015: Big Names from a Little Press
Last year, the South Dakota Historical Society Press gave away blads and tote bags promoting its fall release, "Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder" by Pamela Smith Hill, but no one predicted the success that would come.
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BEA 2015: Peace Signs from Minedition
As the world observes the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and continues to weather numerous conflicts, minedition’s fall offerings include two September picture books that sound a note of hope for peace in our time.
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BEA 2015: Silvera Discloses Favorite New York City Bookish Haunts
Adam Silvera, whose first novel, "More Happy Than Not," is due from SohoTeen June 2, is a native New Yorker, a former bookseller, and a frequenter of some Manhattan book lovers’ attractions that he reveals to BEA attendees.
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BEA 2015: Discovery Expansions
Discovery Communications’ publishing program is set to expand with an array of new titles from Time Inc. Books, Parragon, and other licensees.
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BEA 2015: A Purr-fect Pair
Time Inc. Books arrives at BEA with good news: the publisher has entered an exclusive three-year deal with Animal Planet, the cable TV channel, to produce nonfiction books for children.
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BEA 2015: At Tuttle, East Meets West
As China is this year’s guest of honor at BEA’s Global Market Forum, it is fitting to recognize Tuttle Publishing, the largest English-language Asian publisher in the world.
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BEA 2015: Listen to Buddha
In the middle of all that chaos on the convention floor, you can find an oasis of calm. New Harbinger (2951) is offering everyone a chance to take a Buddha break.
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BEA: 2015: Bound for Suspense
Prometheus Books takes special pride in its “Top Fall Priority” authors; this year the focus includes two writers who are also lawyers.
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BEA: 2015 Lonely Planet’s BEA Guide to New York City
In New York City for BEA? Lonely Planet’s got your free time in the morning, afternoon, and evening covered. From strolling wild urban greenways to sipping sangria on a riverside dock, there’s a world of great attractions within easy reach of the Javits Center.