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Day
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ThursdayMay 27, 2010
“Today I walked by Pele andScott Turow. Where else couldyou do that?” said AllisonHill, president/COO of Vro-man’s Bookstore in Pasa-dena, Calif. Despite somechanges in the schedulingand duration of this year’sBookExpo, Hill’s commentssummarized that industrymembers still love BEA forwhat it’s traditionally beenabout—bringing booksell-ers face-to-face with editors,celebrities, and big-ticketauthors.Overall, people thoughttraffic on Wednesday wasstrong. And booksellers,despite some grumbling,embraced the shift to mid-week. Workman’s grouppublisher, Bob Miller, calledthe mood “rocking,” noting,“It feels busier and moreenergetic than it has in thepast five to six years.” WillWeisser, v-p, associate pub-lisher, marketing directorof Portfolio/Sentinel, said,“People seem happier aboutthe midweek. It’s certainlymore convenient for NewYork publishers.” And bothMiller and Weisser notedthat attendees seemed lessfocused on the economythis year.Roger Cooper, publisherof Vanguard Press, was happywith the greater focus thisyear on digital: “People aretalking about e-books anddifferent platforms, morethan just what’s the hot new book.” Cooper elaboratedthat it’s been exciting to seepeople on the show floor,tech entrepreneurs andothers in the digital space,interested in the contentthe industry creates and thevariety of ways it can, and will, be used.Penguin’s Susan PetersenKennedy said she was happywith the turnout and thatthere was a good mix of booksellers and media atthis year’s show. Harlequin’sAmy Jones added that shethinks the move to midweekhas allowed more librariansto come to the show: “themood is much more positiveeven than last year.”Of course, booksellersweren’t without complaint.Some were frustrated by thelack of the galleys. Otherscomplained about having toleave their stores on nightsdedicated to in-store events—as one marketing managernoted, Monday, Tuesday, andWednesday nights are pop-ular nights for in-store authorevents. And still others, saidone sales rep, were disap-pointed with the switch tomidweek, since they could nolonger make a long weekendout of their BEA trip.Regardless of the inevita- ble complaints, the heart of BEA, which allows booksell-ers to come together, is asimportant as ever. As Millernoted, with more and morepressure on smaller retail-ers as the e-book businessgrows, BEA allows book-sellers to share ideas andcommiserate. “The more bookselling is under siege,”he said, “the more booksell-ers want to connect andprosper.”
With additional reportingby Judith Rosen and Claire Kirch
Change Is Good for BEA
Industry largely pleased with shorter,midweek show
The shorter show made for long lines at the opening bell but they moved swiftly hallward.
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medallionpress.com
Medallion Press is located within IPG booth #
2723
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ALL THE BUZZ ONBOOKEXPOAMERICA
BEA has its big book: todayCrown and the Jean NaggarLiterary Agency announcedthat the sixth and final bookof the record-breaking, best-selling Earth’sChildren serieswill be publishedMarch 29, 2011.Titled
The Landof the PaintedCaves
, it will bepublished in bothhardcover and e-book edi-tions, and in a rare move, itwill be published simultane-ously in all territories, in aone-day laydown, orches-trated by Jennifer Weltz andthe Naggar Agency, with dealsso far in the U.K., Croatia,Finland, France, Germany,Holland, Japan, Norway,Serbia, Spain, and Sweden.The new book also marks asignificant first for the author:
The Land of the PaintedCaves
will also be publishedin an e-book edition, and forthe first time, Auel
’s
entireseries will be published in e- book format. Bantam will bring out e-book editions of the previous books in advanceof the new installment.Auel’s groundbreakingEarth’s Children series hassold more than 45 million cop-ies worldwide, and more than22 million copies in the U.S.alone. The series began withthe classic
Clan of Cave Bear (
1980). In 1985, the third in theseries,
The Mammoth Hunt-ers
, was the first hardcovernovel to have a one million-copy printing. The last install-ment,
The Shelters of Stones
(2002), debuted at #1 on 16international bestseller lists.Maya Mavjee, Crown presi-dent/publisher, said Auel’sfans “will be thrilled with thisstirring and satisfying finale.”
—Andrew Albanese
New Auel inMulti Formats
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
THURSDAY, MAY
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MEETINGS AND EVENTS
8-9:30 a.m.
Adult Book & Author Breakfast. Master of Ceremonies,Jon Stewart; Speakers, Condoleezza Rice, John Grisham, and MaryRoach (Special Events Hall)
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
“Big Ideas at BEA.” Sessions include Big Name Authors with|Graphic Novels: How Will this Change the Market (1E14); Tomorrow’sLibrary in a World of Digits (1E15); and Maximize Your Sales Potential:Amazon for Small and Mid-Size Publishers (1E03)
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Global Market Forum: Spanish Publishing Text
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Exhibit Hall, Author Stages
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
International Rights & Business Center
Noon-2 p.m.
Adult Book & Author Luncheon. Master of Ceremonies: PattonOswalt. Speakers: Christopher Hitchens, Sara Gruen, and William Gibson(Special Events Hall)
AUTOGRAPHS
Diane Chamberlain, Charles Elton, Mo Williams, Dr. Wayne Andersen, PattiLuPone, Tia Stewart, Jane Velez-Mitchell, James Gurney, Linda Lael Miller,Deborah Coonts, Michael Connelly, M.J. Rose, Carla Neggers
GOAL! Hyperion hit the back of the net with an appearanceby soccer legend Pelé, who attracted a long line of fans forhis signing of
For the Love of Soccer
, written by Pelé andillustrated by Frank Morrison. The book, for kids 9–12, tellsthe story of Pelé’s life and weaves in a tale of a youngstertrying to follow in his fleet footsteps—no easy task!
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Today in the Autographing Areameet two women who overcameviolence and tragedy to become aninspiration to othersDawn Schiller
THE ROAD THROUGH WONDERLANDSURVIVING JOHN HOLMES
TABLE 12
3:00P.M.
Staci Boyer
MOTIV8N’ U
TABLE 810:00A.M.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Daisy Maryles
MANAGING EDITORS
Michael Coffey, Sonia Jaffe Robbins
ART DIRECTOR
Clive Chiu
PICTURE PRODUCTION EDITOR
Igor Tsiperson
PHOTOGRAPHER
Steve Kagan
STAFF REPORTERS
Andrew Albanese, Lynn Andriani, Rachel Deahl, Louisa Ermelino, LynnGarrett, Sarah F. Gold, Jim Milliot, Calvin Reid, Diane Roback, Mark Rotella, JonathanSegura, Parul Sehgal, John A. Sellers
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Gwenda Bond, Sue Corbett, Lucinda Dyer, Donna Freitas, KarenJones, Hilary S. Kayle, Bridget Kinsella, Claire Kirch, Sally Lodge, G. Jeffrey MacDonald,Suzanne Mantell, Shannon Maughan, Marcia Z. Nelson, Diane Patrick, Karin Pekarchik,Karole Riippa, Judith Rosen, Liz Thomson, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Wendy Werris, Leigh-AnneWilliams, Kimberly Winston, Douglas Wolk
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Paula Gordon, Kady Francesconi
TECHNOLOGY MANAGER
Milan Patel
10:30 am:
Enter a raffle to winreal ghost huntingequipment, and learnabout
Ghost Hunt,
anew middle grade bookby TV’s world famousGhost Hunters.
3:00 pm:
Are you a Gleek? Declareit with a Glee-shirt andfind out more about thenew YA series, based on the hit TV show!
4:00 pm:
Limited edition ARCgiveaways of
Beautiful Darkness,
the sequel to
Beautiful Creatures
. Say“Some loves are cursed” to claim your copy!
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