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BolognaFiere Inks Deal to Co-Organize Shanghai Children’s Book Fair
In addition to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, BolognaFiere will now oversee a global network of book publishing events that includes the Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair and the debut of the New York Rights Fair.
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New Literary Festival Coming to the Twin Cities
The Minneapolis-based literary nonprofit the Loft has announced that it's sponsoring a new annual literary festival, Wordplay. The inaugural two-day event is set for May 11-12, 2019.
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Global Kids Connect 2017: Publishers Tackle Hot Topics
Four top children’s book publishers and agents closed out this year's GKC conference with a discussion of global trends.
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Global Kids Connect 2017: 'Breaking Through the Clutter' with Attention-Grabbing Content
Publishing experts spoke about standing out in a crowded marketplace at the third annual Global Kids Connect conference, held in New York City on December 4.
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Global Kids Connect 2017: Publishing Professionals Talk International Growth
Foreign rights experts gathered during this week's GKC conference for a discussion of some of the areas of recent growth within the children's market.
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Guadalajara Book Fair Wraps a Busy Event
This year's fair attracted nearly 21,000 book professionals who, in addition to buying and selling rights, debated such topics as what a new NAFTA agreement could mean for the U.S. and Latin American markets.
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BookCon Looks to Broaden Audience
Since its inception in 2014, BookCon has mainly drawn women in the 18 to 30-year-old age bracket, but organizer ReedPop is adding more programming for the 2018 event to attract readers interested in literary fiction, mystery/thriller, sci fi/fantasy and romance.
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Global Kids Connect 2017 Brings Data, Diversity to the Stage
At the third annual Global Kids Connect conference, held Monday in New York City, children's publishing luminaries discussed hot topics in the kids' sector, in GKC's first afternoon-only event.
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Digital Publishers Find Shared Purpose at W3C Publishing Summit
Publishers, librarians, and digital leaders gathered in San Francisco last week for the W3C Publishing Summit. Participants stressed the pressing need for a common digital standard and looked to the future of digital publishing.
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Fall Regionals 2017: All Our Children's Coverage
This year’s regional bookseller shows, which took place from mid-September through the end of October, were marked by passionate discussions on diversity, robust children's programming, and appearances by prominent authors and illustrators.
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At SCIBA Show, Booksellers Look to the Future
More than 200 members of the bookselling community gathered at the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association trade show October 27-28.
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Miami Book Fair 2017: Comics Authors Look Backward and Forward
Comics artists Trina Robbins (‘Last Girl Standing’), Nate Powell (‘Omnibox’) and Robert Sikoryak (‘The Unquotable Trump’) are among the authors headed to the Miami Book Fair next month, November 12-19.
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Miami Book Fair 2017: All Our Coverage
Once again, the Miami Book Fair offers a week of rare opportunities to see and hear some of today’s biggest writers and influencers. We interview festival authors including Al Franken, Edwidge Danticat, Mariko Tamaki, and many more.
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Heartland Fall Forum 2017: GLIBA, MIBA Booksellers Bond Over Books
With approximately 275 booksellers from 109 stores attending this year's Heartland Fall Forum, attendees at the event focused on how they are all essential links in the publishing supply chain.
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Texas Book Festival 2017: All Our Coverage
Check out all the goings-on at the Texas Book Festival, which will be held November 4-5 in Austin, Tex.
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At PNBA, The Focus Was on Collaboration
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association's annual fall meeting saw a small uptick in attendance and interactions between booksellers, authors, librarians, and publishers was much in evidence.
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Amazon Buy Buttons Among Big Topics at BISG Meeting
The Book Industry Study Group devoted a large portion of its annual meeting held Monday to supply chain issues, with the relatively new phenomenon of third party resellers on Amazon being able to win buy buttons an issue panelists expressed particular concern about.
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Children's Books at the Brooklyn Book Festival: A Photo Essay
The 12th annual Brooklyn Book Festival took place in downtown Brooklyn on September 16 and 17, drawing a record 45,000 attendees.
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Brooklyn Book Festival 2017 In Photos
On a sweaty but sunny Sunday afternoon in downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Book Festival held its largest event yet, pictured here in a photo-essay.
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Comics in Libraries and Schools at the New York Public Library
NYPL and New York Comic Con are partnering to offer a day of professional programming on graphic novels for librarians and teachers on October 5, at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue. Here is a preview of the schedule, which will be finalized closer to NYCC. Admittance requires a NYCC badge (professional badges get priority). For more information contact Amie Wright (amiewright@nypl.org).



