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BEA 2013: No Spitting Here -- Maybe
City Lights’ new imprint, Sister Spit, is a spinoff from the eponymous literary roadshow, which has been showcasing the writing and artwork of “irreverent, flagrantly queer, hilariously feminist, tough-talking, genre-busting ruffians” since the early 1990s.
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BEA 2013: Liaden Universe Turns Silver
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Liaden Universe series, authors and life partners Sharon Lee and Steve Miller will have a Meet and Greet as well as an autographing session.
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BEA 2013: Randi Zuckerberg: Social Media's Dear Abby
Randi Zuckerberg is signed up for two books with HarperCollins: Dot, a picture book for children with illustrations by Joe Berger, and Dot Complicated, a nonfiction book for adults.
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BEA 2013: Abingdon’s Many Categories
Abingdon Press is providing BEA attendees with a good look at their newest products and using the event to learn a few things themselves.
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BEA 2013: The Show Evolves
BookExpo America at New York City's Javits Center began with a full day of panels and presentations on Wednesday, May 29, and ended with a newly energized Consumer Day on Saturday, June 1. While exhibitors and attendees were still evaluating the new Thursday–Saturday schedule for the exhibit floor, there was a consensus that a bit of stability has returned to the book publishing industry.
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BEA 2013: John Lewis: A Graphic March
A longtime congressman and legendary civil rights veteran, John Lewis is at this morning’s Book and Author Breakfast to talk about his new graphic autobiography March, the first of a three-volume work to be published by Top Shelf in August.
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BEA 2013: Peter Lerangis Enjoys His Craft and Fans
Peter Lerangis may be a bestselling author with more than 160 books under his belt, but he’s still ecstatic about being a writer, especially one for children.
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BEA 2013: Jim Gaffigan: Writing While Standing
Jim Gaffigan has a wildly successful career as a standup comic, more than a million Twitter followers, and his just released first book, Dad Is Fat (Crown), offers his take on everything from cousins (“celebrities for little kids”) to growing up in a big family (“I always assumed my father had six children so he could have a sufficient lawn crew”) and changing diapers in the middle of the night (“like The Hurt Locker, but much more dangerous”).
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BEA 2013: Kris Miller: A Lesson in Finance
There are things about money that Kris Miller wants you to know.
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BEA 2013: Sarah Dessen: Summertime Is the Best Time
Ah, summer. It’s Sarah Dessen’s favorite season.
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BEA 2013: Chris Matthews: The Clash of Political Titans
You can hear longing for the old days when MSNBC Hardball anchor Chris Matthews talks about his latest book, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked (Simon & Schuster, Nov.).
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BEA 2013: Gennifer Albin: Weaver of Stories
Gennifer Albin explains that her inspiration for Crewel, the first novel in her YA Crewel World trilogy (2012), was sparked by the painting Embroidering the Earth’s Mantle by the Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist Remedios Varo.
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BEA 2013: Neil Gaiman: Fortunately, Making Good Art
Neil Gaiman is scheduled to speak this morning, 10 a.m.–11 a.m., on why he thinks fiction is dangerous, but since he’s an old hand at attending BEA, he knows he’ll have a “captive audience of booksellers” in conference room 1E12–1E13.
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BEA 2013: Diana Gabaldon: Wrinkles In Time
Each of her Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon emphasizes, contains enough backstory that it can be read either as a stand-alone or as part of the series—which she recommends, however, is best read in chronological order.
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BEA 2013: Spotlight on Children: Buddhist Principles
Wisdom Publications has seen increased interest in books for children that teach Buddhist principles.
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BEA 2013: Spotlight on Children: Timmy Failure is Back
The self-confident yet clueless young detective Stephan Pastis, introduced in Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, will return in a second misadventure, Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done, whose title and cover are revealed here for the first time. Candlewick will release the illustrated middle-grade novel in February 2014.
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PW BEA Show Daily, June 1, 2013
Read the complete June 1, 2013 PW BEA Show Daily to keep up with all the goings-on at Book Expo America: the notable books of the show, author interviews, coverage of the big events, and much more.
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BEA 2013: The Big Books of the Show
What books were everyone talking about? Many were written by big-name authors, some of them returning after years of silence, with everyone hoping for a repeat blockbuster.
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BEA 2013: Audible Takes Top Audie Awards
Audible grabbed the two biggest prizes at the 2013 Audies Gala, with Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair winning Audiobook of the Year and Bram Stoker’s Dracula taking home the award for Distinguished Achievement in Production.
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BEA 2013: Is E-book Lending Good for Authors?
The big question at a panel on Thursday was whether e-book lending led to lost book sales or increased discoverability.
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