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Will Eisner Week To Celebrate the Graphic Novel
Will Eisner Week features a series of events to be held March 1 to March 10 in more than a dozen cities around the country to honor the work and career of the great comics innovator.
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What’s Brewing for Publishing at This Year’s Fest: SXSW 2013 Preview
What do authors Douglas Rushkoff, Bob Garfield, Mathew Inman, Amy Webb, Nate Silver, and Eddie Huang have in common? All of them will be attending SXSW Interactive, the annual technology festival in Austin, Tex., held this year from March 8–12.
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Reinvention & Resilience at Wi8 & CAMEX
Whether intended or not, resilience—in the face of two blizzards—served as the subtext for the American Booksellers Association’s eighth annual Winter Institute (Wi8) and the National Association of College Store’s 90th annual meeting and Campus Market Expo (CAMEX), held in Kansas City, Mo., the last weekend in February.
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Stranded Booksellers Finally Home After Unofficial Winter Institute 8.5
Booksellers and publishers unexpectedly stranded in Kansas City by a Tuesday storm held an unofficial "Wi8.5" in hotels and local restaurants, before finally heading home Wednesday. According to travel status updates posted on social media, all Wi8 attendees seem to have made it home by now.
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Kawasaki, Raccah, Houle Keynote 2013 IBPA
Guy Kawasaki, founder of several tech companies and former chief evangelist at Apple, will kick of the 25th annual IBPA Publishing University on Friday, April 26.
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For Children's Booksellers, Winter Institute Was a Blast – in More Ways Than One
Despite a paralyzing winter storm, almost 500 booksellers attended this year's Winter Institute in Kansas City.
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Winter Institute Proceeds, Despite Stormy Weather
The annual gathering of independent booksellers proceeded as scheduled, although many booksellers and publishers left early Monday to avoid a second snow storm.
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Combination of Big and Small Ideas Wows Wi8 Booksellers
The theme of the resilience of independent booksellers resounded throughout this year's Winter Institute, with booksellers braving snow storms to gather in Kansas City.
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Photos from Winter Institute 8 & CAMEX
Photos from the show that was rocked by a vicious winter storm.
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Toy Fair 2013: Arts and Crafts Hot, Though Publisher Attendance Dipped
A noticeable trend at the 2013 New York International Toy Fair, held at the Javits Center February 10–13, was the continued growth of the arts and crafts category.
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'Spreading the Knowledge' at SCIBA'S Children's Literacy Dinner
An exuberant group of children's booksellers, educators, authors, illustrators, and librarians gathered in Pasadena, Calif., for the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association’s seventh annual Children's Literacy Dinner.
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Savannah Book Festival Charms Attendees
Over this past President’s Day weekend in Georgia, more than 10,000 people gathered in Telfair Square to celebrate the Savannah Book Festival (SBF).
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TOC 2013: Startups, Sharing, And the Future of Publishing
O’Reilly Media’s annual Tools of Change for Publishing conference finished its seventh year doing what it does best—highlighting trends, identifying new businesses and startups looking to offer books and other content to a global market of readers in new ways, while also trying to offer a broad perspective on an industry in the midst of a “disruptive” transition from print to digital.
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JIBF Brings Crowds, Talk of Israel's Retail Discount Wars
In various talks at the Jersualem Book Fair, which closed on Wednesday, a number of challenges were raised, as well as concerns about the future.
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World Book Night Announces Milestones
World Book Night, which will give away half a million free books on April 23, 2013, announced that giver applications for this year closed two weeks ahead of last year’s deadline with all targets met for an ideal number of qualified givers.
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Jerusalem Book Fair Kicks Off
The Jerusalem International Book Fair celebrated its jubilee year, opening up its 26th biennial event on February 10, and the first in 30 years without its charismatic and beloved chairman Zev Birger at its helm.
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Philly's African American Children's Book Fair Marks 21 Years
Over 21 nationally known authors and illustrators, along with 2,500 people, attended the 21st Annual African American Children's Book Fair in Philadelphia.
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ReDigi Takes Stage at CEO Roundtable
At Monday's CEO Roundtable, co-hosted by Tools of Change and Publishers Weekly, ReDigi Inc. founder John Ossenmacher talked about his company, which offers a new platform for consumers to re-sell their digital goods, particularly content.
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Self-Publishers: Author (R)evolution Live Streamed for Free
Author (R)evolution, the full day conference for self-publishers that kicks off O'Reilly's Tools of Change, is being streamed live for the first time and is available to anyone who provides an email address.
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High-Energy Attendees Crowd the Aisles at Toy Fair 2013
“Delayed by the Storm” placards marked a few booths on the opening day of the 2013 New York International Toy Fair at the Javits Center on Sunday, including that of Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.