The NYT offered such a fresh, informative take on BEA and our industry that we’ve excerpted the merry mix of metaphors for you in this brief recap: The NYT suggests “there is a Wild West quality to the book business these days, and it is on full display at BookExpo America,” recalling the gold rush era, I guess, when the precessors of “the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group gave a party at a French bistro in Midtown, where waiters passed around foie gras on toast.” (If only HarperCollins had positioned their rolled rare roast, also passed by hired servants, as gluten-free.) […]
