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International Audiobook Publishers See More Growth Ahead
The inaugural International Summit of Audio Publishers held September 10 in New York City drew 137 participants who discussed current market conditions, the impact of AI, and what is coming next for the booming industry.
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The Harlem Book Fair Returns After Nearly Calling It Quits
The renewed community event returns on September 7 under the theme, “Literary rɛvəˈluʃən (revolution).”
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American Short Fiction Announces Fall 2024 ‘MFA for All’ Program
American Short Fiction, a nonprofit literary organization based in Austin, Tex., has announced its fall 2024 "MFA for All" program. The series will feature three accomplished authors as faculty: Jamel Brinkley, Susan Choi, and Karen Russell.
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Fall Regionals 2024: Programming Highlights
This year’s fall gatherings provide booksellers across the country with plenty of opportunities to meet authors, collect ARCs, and network with other booksellers as well as publishers.
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Fall Regionals 2024: Fall Forward for Regionals Season
Bookselling’s regional associations put the finishing touches on their 2024 trade shows.
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Fall Regionals 2024: Booksellers Buzz About Fall Titles
With summer on the wane and holiday titles on order, excitement around this fall’s fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books is building. PW talked with booksellers about what they’ll be handselling and displaying in the coming months.
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Fall Regionals 2024: Booksellers Reach Across Regional Divides
For some regional bookseller associations, joint trade shows are a winning formula.
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Fall Regionals 2024: Bookselling in an Election Year
Although the 2024 election season won’t shift into high gear until after Labor Day, booksellers across the country are making plans for what Lissa Muscatine, describes as a “dramatic and historic” presidential campaign.
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In Glasgow, Worldcon Worked to Put Hugos Controversy Behind It
This year's World Science Fiction Convention, held in Scotland's largest city August 8–12, hoped to put a year and change of controversy in the rearview mirror. To publishers’ minds, those hopes were met.
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NVNR Draws Large Turnout as Trade Show Season Kicks Off
New Voices New Rooms, the collaboration between the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, kicked off the fall trade show season with an energetic and productive conference that drew 250 booksellers and 137 exhibitors to northern Virginia.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Amid Industry Changes, the Con Lights Up the Skies
This year's show, held July 24–28, saw Marvel flexing its massive budget with a drone show and other spectacles—even as attendees and exhibitors alike expressed concerns over the cost of doing business at the Con.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Pre-Show News, Must-Go Panels, and More
It wouldn’t be SDCC without a little drama, a lot of hype, and some big questions. We've rounded up the big stories of this year's show—among them the show’s future in the city that gives it its name—and 22 of the top panels to attend.
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Resurgent ALA Annual Conference Draws More than 13,000 to San Diego
Advocacy and the freedom to read took center stage at a high-energy, well-attended ALA Annual Conference.
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ALA 2024: Ali Velshi Calls for Courage
At a June 30 keynote at this year’s American Library Association's Annual Conference, MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi discussed the plight of frontline librarians in the present political climate and his memoir, 'Small Acts of Courage.'
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ALA 2024: Authors and Librarians Address 'Soft' Censorship
Numerous activities and events at the ALA annual conference addressed the problem of book bans.
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ALA 2024: Librarians Showcase Creativity
Librarians got hands-on experience with tools of the trade and shared their own innovative approaches to meeting community needs at this year’s American Library Association Annual Conference.
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ALA 2024 Opens with Applause, Determination, and Trevor Noah
The American Library Association's meeting started with a keynote from the former host of 'The Daily Show' and a fierce stand for the right to read.
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ALA 2024: Librarians Rally for the Right to Read
The American Library Association’s 2024 conference emphasized the threats posed by book bans and the undermining of public institutions and trust with a Rally for the Right to Read and more.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Not Just Comics at the Con
Fans attending SDCC can discover genre titles and authors featured across all formats.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Welcome to Comic-Con City
SDCC draws fans and industry folks from around the world, but it’s a hometown show at heart.