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Technology, Podcasting, Authenticity Celebrated at PubTechConnect
The morning session at PubTechConnect, a day-long conference on publishing and technology, featured recurring discussions on adapting to technologies and creating "authentic" content.
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Publishers Hop on the STEAM Train at Toy Fair 2018
Growing interest in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics was one of the overriding themes across the show floor at last week’s New York Toy Fair.
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The 2018 Taipei International Book Exhibition in Photos
The 26th edition of the Taipei International Book Exhibition, which ran from February 6 to 11, brought together a total of 684 exhibitors—up from last year’s 621—from 60 countries.
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Peer-To-Peer Power at PubWest
Publishing professionals gathered at the PubWest conference last weekend in Pasadena, California. With the theme of “Raising Voices: Creating a Vibrant Publishing Future,” the conference put panelists and participants on equal footing.
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PEN Brings the Resistance to Its 2018 World Voices Festival
The theme of this year's PEN World Voices Festival, "Resist and Reimagine," brings writers including Colson Whitehead, Roxane Gay, Eileen Myles, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dave Eggers, and Masha Gessen together in New York for six days in April.
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WI13: Children's and YA Take Center Stage at Winter Institute
Children’s books were more integral than ever at ABA's record-breaking gathering in Memphis, which drew 1,000 book people.
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An Upbeat Winter Institute—With Some Caveats
Sales at indies have been strong the past few years, but the future of bookselling still holds plenty of challenges, booksellers are told.
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WI13: Junot Diaz Urges Booksellers to Walk the Talk on Diversity
During his Winter Institute 13 keynote address, author Junot Diaz delivered a blistering political statement urging the publishing industry to "stop talking about diversity and start decolonizing our shelves."
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WI13: Talking in Memphis With the Independent Publishers Caucus
The Independent Publishers Caucus, a new advocacy organization, met during WI13 in Memphis on Monday. Topics of discussion included funding the group and developing stronger ties between indie presses and indie booksellers.
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BookCon Adds Sci-Fi, Mystery and Thriller Authors to Adult Lineup
ReedPOP has unveiled a lineup of science fiction, mystery and thriller authors for BookCon 2018, which includes such authors as David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Brad Meltzer, and Walter Mosley.
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Children's Authors and Books to Watch for at Winter Institute 13
We’ve gathered a selection of children’s and YA authors to meet at this year’s Winter Institute, will take place January 22–25 in Memphis.
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PBS Reveals Authors, Stars On ‘The Great American Read’
The Great American Read, a PBS-produced documentary series on reading in American culture that will debut in the spring, announced the authors, media celebrities and literary experts that are taking part in the program.
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WI13: Authors and Books to Watch
A selection of notable adult and children’s authors to meet at the institute, whose books are due out between now and the end of 2018.
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WI13: Remaking Bookselling by Going Mobile
In an era where food trucks are the new black, booksellers taking a page from that book by bringing books to where the customers are.
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WI13: Independent Publishers to Meet at Winter Institute
An advocacy organization for small presses finds a home with indie booksellers.
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WI13: Tennessee's Distribution Powerhouse
Ingram solidifies its place as the largest distributor for indie publishers.
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WI13: Bookselling in Tennessee
Indie bookstores see a rebound in the Volunteer State.
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WI13: Conversations with Keynoters
This year’s conference is sprinkled with publishing and writing stars. Here's the skinny.
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WI13: Rock ‘n’ Rolling in Memphis
The ABA’s premier educational conference heads to Bluff City.
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Select Book Conferences, Festivals, and Fairs in 2018
See our roundup of some of the big publishing and literary events coming in 2018.



