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BEA Children's Art Auction Preview Live
More than 100 pieces of original children’s art that will be auctioned during BookExpo America are now available for preview online as part of the Annual Children's Art Auction and Reception on the evening of June 6.
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Publishing People for Obama to Host Event
Barbara Lowenstein, Roger Cooper, Tom Dunne and Bob Miller have organized a book industry fundraiser for Barack Obama, with 83 publishing executives now at the "host" level ($1,000 or more), in addition to many more donating and buying tickets for the event. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be the guest speaker.
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Extended L.A. Community Comes Out for a Successful LitFest Pasadena
LitFest Pasadena, the city's first community-wide book festival that featured more than 50 exhibitors, dozens of California authors, children's events, and several panels held its inaugural event on Saturday, May 12 on the grounds of Pasadena's Central Park.
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Gaithersburg Book Festival Expands Programming
The Gaithersburg Book Festival, which will have its third outing in the metro Washington, DC area May 19, has added a number of panels and discussions this year to augment its lineup of author presentations.
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BEA Announces uPublishU Panels
BookExpo America panel descriptions have been posted on the BEA Website for uPublishU, the day-long conference devoted to self-publishing which will take place on Sunday, June 3 at the Javits Center in New York City.
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MIP 2012: Big Data, Little Data and Angry Birds, Febreze and the Future of Reading
The Book Industry Study Group's annual Making Information Pay conference offered a program that outlined the broad nature of "Big Data"--specifically the ability to "tame vast amounts of data," how to manage it, and how it can help publishers run their business more efficiently.
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Roy, Grimes Headline 66th Annual Edgar Awards
Given the genre's violent tendencies, inspiration and humor might not be the first things you'd expect at a gathering of the Mystery Writers of America, but both were on display at the 66th Annual Edgar Awards Banquet, held last night.
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Children's Books at the L.A. Times Festival of Books: A Photo-Essay
More than 100,000 book fans swarmed the campus of the University of Southern California this past weekend for the 17th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. If you weren't able to attend, fear not: read on for our collection of photos from the festival, the next best thing to being there.
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World Book Night Reactions Sweep Through Twitter
Electric Literature magazine tweeted: "Handed out 20 free copies of 'Zeitoun' in 10 minutes for @wbnamerica. Lesson? People do want to read. I'll sleep easy tonight," was one of the many tweets about yesterday's World Book Night.
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IDPF 2012 Program Announced; Friedman, Charkin, McIntosh To Keynote
The IDPF (International Digital Publishing Forum) has announced its full program for Digital Book 2012, its annual conference set for June 4-5 in New York (click here to view). The keynote speakers will be Madeline McIntosh (Random House), Richard Charkin (Bloomsbury), and Jane Friedman (Open Road), who will be discussing tablets, enhanced e-books, "e-shorts," and more at the Publishing Roundtable on June 4.
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Festival of Books Successfully Completes the Transition From UCLA to USC
Two years after moving the annual event from UCLA to USC, the L.A. Times Festival of Books seems to have recovered from growing pains and achieved attendance records not seen in a few years. Over 100,000 people came to the two-day event on April 21 and 22.
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World Book Night in NYC
As part of today's first World Book Night US event, Anna Quindlen, World Book Night honorary national chairperson, will welcome Manhattan volunteer book givers to a celebration at Barnes & Noble's Union Square store from 7 to 8.
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LA Times Festival of Books Draws over 100,000 Readers
Any lingering doubts about the Los Angeles Times' decision last year to move the annual festival to USC from UCLA after 15 years were dispelled this weekend by enormous crowds of readers in a well-organized, bustling event.
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New York Restaurant Launches Literary Series
Alison Eighteen, restaurateur Alison Price Becker's new Manhattan restaurant, will kick off its literary series on Saturday, April 21 with a live streaming of a reading and discussion with Augusten Burroughs.
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PW's Complete London Book Fair 2012 Coverage
For our complete coverage of this year's show, please visit our London Book Fair landing page here.
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New England Publishing Conference Dates Set
The New England Publishing Conference will be held April 27 and 28 in Boxborough, Mass. Publishers are invited to attend the event, which will cover a broad range of subjects, including publicity, production, distribution, and digital publishing. For more information, click here.
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World Book Night Gears Up To Give Away Books in All 50 States
With just under two weeks until World Book Night--on April 23, half a million books will be given away around the country--organizers and participants are readying for the big giveaway.
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Adam Johnson Talks North Korea on the Litquake Stage
Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son, spoke at a Litquake event and talked about visiting North Korea, the setting of his novel, in 2007: "The rules change every year, so people who went in 2005 saw a very different North Korea than I did."
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World Book Night Preview
There is still time for industry members to get a first look at the WBN US finished books. The preview is set for April 2 at 5:30 at the AAP office (71 5th Ave. 2nd floor). RSVP to carl@worldbooknight.org.
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A Sense of Urgency?
More than 8,700 attendees and over 400 exhibitors gathered in Philadelphia, March 13–17, for the Public Library Association 2012 Biennial Conference, and despite lingering discord with publishers over e-books and ever-tightening budget constraints, the mood of the show was upbeat, with a strong slate of popular authors, keynote speakers, and a professional program that focused on advocacy and, of course, books.
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