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BEA Day 2: Book Country
Book Country is an online community for writers of romance, fantasy, sci-fi, thriller, and mystery novels. The name gives the website a sense of being a real place. The site opened its beta site to the...
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BEA Day 3: Swag
Today was the third and last day of BEA. At 2:30 p.m., all the exhibitors shut down and started giving away their display copies, which meant I (and everyone else in the Jacob Javits Center) got a lot...
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BookExpo America
It’s almost that time of year again, the time for BEA. Not in New York? Well, people interested in the publishing industry, you can watch BEA live streaming on my blog. Just bookmark this post!...
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BookExpo America 2012
This year’s BEA was exciting, and well, a little tiring. Next week I’ll be posting some of my highlights of the show, but for now I’d like to share a couple interesting tidbits. At this year’s show...
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Understanding Metadata
One of the first talks I went to at BookExpo America (BEA) this year was called, Understanding Metadata in the Digital Age. Bill Newlin, the publisher of Avalon, an imprint of Perseus, and Fran Toolan,...
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Basics of Licensing
The legal aspects of publishing fascinate me. Sure, they’re complicated and hard to understand at first, but it’s interesting to learn what you can and can’t do. Licensing is a very lucrative aspect of...
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Speed Dating: An Overview of 9 Innovative Digital Publishing Companies and...
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) held a Digital Show and Tell last week at BEA. This consisted of 15 new companies, split up in to two groups, giving five minute pitches to attendees. It’s...
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PubSlush Press: Platform, Publisher, and Partner
First off, PubSlush is a great name. But what do they do? Well, a lot of things. First, you sign up to use them as a platform. Then you crowdsource funding/support. Once you have 1,000 people who have...
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NYU Publishing Students on Next Generation Publishing
The last day of BEA was incredibly busy. Between speed dating and interviews, I only had time to hear the last half of my fellow NYU publishing graduates panel. The topic was What The Next Generation...
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BookExpo America 2013
I attended my last BEA as a resident of the east coast (though I’m sure I’ll find a way to get back there next year). Although I was pressed for time and unable to make any of the panels this year, I...
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