BEA Upbeat: Consumer Day, Live Streaming Plans

Two weeks before BookExpo America officially kicks off, officials have released details on its live streaming program and talked a bit about expectations for the second consumer day planned for Saturday June 1.

Hackathon Update

Approximately 170 hackers have signed up so far to take part in the Perseus Books Group-sponsored Publishing Hackathon, an event designed to put together teams to develop new approaches to book discoverability.

BEA 2013: BEA’s Big Tent

Book publishers, like all media producers, are well aware that generating valued content is only half the battle—the rest is getting it to consumers where, when, and how they want it.

BEA 2013: Bringing in the Readers

Last year BookExpo America invited the public for the first time.

BEA 2013: Around the Booths

PW's select guide to exhibitors at BookExpo America

BEA 2013: Grouped Exhibitors on the Floor by Numbers

In addition to the trade publishers, vendors, organizations, and distribution groups on the floor, BEA has grouped certain exhibitors together in separate areas or pavilions. We have included them below in numerical booth order within each group.

BEA 2013: Children’s Galleys to Grab

Call it the debutante’s ball: three new children’s imprints and a first-time publisher will be showing their wares at the trade show.

BEA 2013: Factory Town: New York City's MFA Industry

Manufacturing in the U.S. might well be dead, but New York City’s M.F.A. programs are keeping the publishing industry in gear, boasting many of the nation’s most well-respected writers as faculty, and nurturing the literary stars of tomorrow.

BEA 2013: Brooklyn Renaissance—and Beyond: New Bookstores in the Greater New York Area

In 1945, there were hundreds of independent bookstores in New York City, with 50 on “Book Row” (the stretch of Broadway between Union Square and Astor Place) alone.

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