Winter Institute: How Digitization is Impacting the Industry By Judith Rosen - 02/04/2010
With the Amazon-Macmillan price war as a backdrop, ABA's fifth Winter Institute got underway in full yesterday with discussions about how bookstores can participate in the digital future, but there was also plenty of talk about the importance of maintaining brick-and-mortar stores.
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Talking Food Writing with Powell, Hesser, and Company By Lynn Andriani - 01/19/2010
Last year was a tough one for print, with stalwart magazines folding and seemingly more bloggers than ever crowding the Internet. But the January 7 “Word of Mouth” panel on food writing for the Web, which I moderated at Housing Works Bookstore Café in lower Manhattan, proved one thing: cookbooks and food writing still have incredible power—and that the medium through which it’s delivered is starting to matter less and less.
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NY Center for Independent Publishing Honors Epstein 01/07/2010
The New York Center for Independent Publishing will honor Jason Epstein with its Poor Richard Award on January 21. Epstein, who created Anchor Books in 1952, helped establish the trade paperback format, cofounded the New York Review of Books, created the Library of America, and served as editorial director of Random House, most recently published Eating: A Memoir in October 2009.
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Steven Rosato Promoted to BEA Event Director By Lynn Andriani - 01/05/2010
Following the December 9 promotion of former BookExpo America show manager Lance Fensterman to group v-p of Reed Exhibitions, show officials today announced Steve Rosato, who has been with the company for 15 years, will take over as event director of BEA.
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Canadian Booksellers Conference Set for May 28 in Toronto By Leigh Anne Williams - 12/21/2009
The Canadian Booksellers Association has chosen a new name, time and location for its annual conference. The CBA National Conference will take place from May 28 to 30, 2010 at the Toronto Delta Airport West hotel. CBA executive director Susan Dayus said she hoped the timing, immediately after BookExpo America in New York, would be convenient for booksellers and help them reduce costs if they were going to BEA.
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Big Read to Continue Despite Kipen Departure By Claire Kirch - 12/21/2009
David Kipen's position as director of literature for the NEA has been eliminated, but indications are the Big Read, which he oversaw, will continue.
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