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Susan Shapiro's Book Party Offers Speed Shrinking
Author and journalism professor Susan Shapiro says “shrinks saved my life,” referring to how therapists helped her kick her cigarette and marijuana addictions. So it isn’t surprising that Shapiro decided that the launch party for her new novel, Speed Shrinking, out today from St. Martin’s, would entail guest “therapists” offering quick advice sessions to party guests.
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San Diego Media-Con: One Big Size Fits All
Originally founded as a kind of fan-fest and back-issues swap meet for comic book, science fiction fans and retailers, the just concluded San Diego Comic-Con has grown to become an international platform for popular culture, servicing the fans that love it as well as the artists and publishers that create and distribute it. But with the book industry openly questioning the usefulness of a strictly trade show like BEA, has the San Diego Comic-Con become a possible model for publishing/media conventions?
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San Diego Comic-con 2009: Not Just for Grown-ups
The annual San Diego Comic-Con International ended July 26, leaving 125,000 attendees alternately dazzled and exhausted by the four-and-a-half day marathon of comics, movies, panels, signings and parties. More than ever, the show has become the biggest marketing platform of the year for film and TV as well as comics—including comics material aimed at children and teens.
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"PW,’ BookBrunch Team for Frankfurt Coverage
Publishers Weekly is teaming up with BookBrunch, the London-based online daily newsletter and website, to produce two issues of the Frankfurt Fair Dealer at the Frankfurt Book Fair this fall. The first issue will appear Wednesday, October 14 and the second Friday October 16.
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Scavenger Hunt Set for Twin Cities
It's a year of milestones for four of Minnesota's most prominent literary entities, with Graywolf Press marking its 35th anniversary, the Loft literary center and Milkweed Editions their 30th anniversaries, and Coffee House Press its 25th anniversary, and the four organizations are collaborating with booksellers across the metro area to highlight the richness of the Twin Cities cultural scene b...
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As Romance Booms, Authors and Publishers Invest in Face Time
Despite the weak economy there was a big turnout for this past weekend's Romance Writers of America annual conference. Authors and would-be authors exchanged tips and pitched agents and publishers amid much networking. There were even a number of parties.
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Picture This: Our ALA Photo Essay
With a record number of attendees turning out for the ALA’s annual conference last weekend, there were plenty of photo-ops with children’s book authors. Read on to peruse our ALA photo essay, in which we’ve rounded up some of the highlights of the author appearances, featuring Ashley Bryan, Florence Parry Heide (who celebrated her birthday at the show), Neil Gaiman, Lauren Myracle, Kadir Nelson, Sharon Robinson, Brian Selznick, Lane Smith, Melissa Sweet and many others.
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Smaller Christian Retail Show is All Business
Most attendees gave the 2009 International Christian Retail Show good marks with lots of business being done despite a drop in attendance.
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Thrillerfest 4 Honors Authors
Brad Meltzer, Jeffrey Deaver and David Morrell were among the winners at this year's at the fourth annual International Thriller Writers convention.
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Fancy Food Show Is BEA for Foodies
The best way to describe the Fancy Food Show to book people might be to call it a BEA for food. But that doesn’t do the event justice. The fair, held last week at the Javits Center in New York City, has more exhibitors than Book Expo: about 2,300, compared to BEA’s 1,500. And while BEA exhibitors sometimes give out samples (i.e., books), nearly every exhibitor at the Fancy Food Show gives out samples (i.e., food). BEA may be a feast for the brain, but the Fancy Food Show is a straight-up feast.
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Canadian Booksellers Ready For New Summer Conference
Following the February decision by organizers to cancel BookExpo Canada, the Canadian Booksellers Association didn’t have much time to come up with an alternate event to coincide with its annual general meeting in Toronto in June, which usually took place just before BEC. But according to CBA executive director Susan Dayus, by keeping its summer conference relatively small and not trying ...
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Messe Frankfurt and Frankfurt Book Fair Renew Contract
Frankfurt’s mayor, along with Michael von Zitzewitz of the Frankfurt exhibition grounds, fair director Juergen Boos, and director of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association Prof. Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder jointly announced that the fair will remain in Frankfurt to 2022.
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'PW' Announces National Bookstore Day
Publishers Weekly is inviting booksellers and publishers to participate in the first annual National Bookstore Day on Saturday, November 7, to stimulate in-person visits to retail bookstores. PW will provide marketing and publicity for the event, including promotional materials and online outreach. “We want to celebrate the vibrant culture of bookstores,” publisher Ron Shank said, &...
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BEA 2009 Verdict: Better Than Expected
The 2009 edition of BookExpo America was seen by many as a show in transition, and the changes implemented so far met with a generally good response. In an interview with Penguin president Susan Petersen Kennedy and CEO David Shanks on the second day of the convention, Shanks said he was “happy with bookseller traffic, happy with the booth, happy with the [booth] location.
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‘PW’ Announces National Bookselling Day
Publishers Weekly is inviting booksellers and publishers to participate in the first annual National Bookstore Day on Saturday, November 7, to stimulate in-person visits to retail bookstores. PW will provide marketing and publicity for the event, including promotional materials and online outreach.
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BookExpo America 2009: Religious Publishers Hope for Improvement
With only The Shack a big hit, Christian book publishers talked up promosing fall titles.
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BookExpo America 2009: A Lively Children's Gathering
All eyes were looking ahead to fall, as children’s booksellers and publishers arrived in New York City last weekend for BookExpo America. The season’s biggest titles were on display, and a wide range of panels and events educated and entertained. Given the state of the economy, many had voiced concerns before BEA about what the mood and the turnout might be. In the aisles of the Javits Center, though, those worries didn’t seem to be borne out.
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BookExpo America 2009: Children's Books and Authors at the Show
Our photographers walked the aisles of the Javits Center last weekend, throughout the convention, capturing the sights, highlights and mood of the show. We’ve assembled dozens of pictures of authors, illustrators, booksellers, publishers, events and book signings for your perusal. Relive all the memories, or see what you missed!
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BookExpo America 2009 Remains Strong for Comics Publishers
The book publishing industry may be in a crisis over the future of BookExpo America, but you couldn’t tell that from talking to comics and graphic novel publishers at the show. Comics publishers big and small seemed to have nothing but praise for this year’s BEA, citing a steady stream of foot traffic, meetings, deals and new opportunities during the show.
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BookExpo America 2009: Library Journal's Wilda Williams on the Show
Library Journal's Wilda Williams gives her impressions of BEA 2009.
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