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Archives for May 2018

Reimagination Brought About 35 New Bookstores to Book Expo, and More News from the ABA

May 31, 2018
By Michael Cader

The reimagined Book Expo, mission focused on “what the booksellers have said they need to do business at the show” and armed with regional scholarships for each bookselling region has yielded…35 more ABA member stores represented at the show, ABA ceo Oren Teicher said. (Book Expo officials had said, “Our goal is to bring more […]

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CEO Lessons: “You Can’t Say, ‘Go Fish, Mr. President'”

May 31, 2018
By Michael Cader

Macmillan ceo John Sargent provided some color to the Thursday morning ceo panel at Book Expo in reviewing his process when Macmillan was threatened with legal action by President Trump just prior to the publication of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. When told about the letter from the Trump’s attorney Charles Harder, “My first reaction was, […]

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Tweets, Fears, and Hope at the Book Expo Author Breakfast

May 31, 2018
By Erin Somers

Tonight Book Expo attendees can feel the Bern and tomorrow they’ll have to decide how they feel about Spicey, and politics was on the agenda for many of the opening breakfast authors as well. Trevor Noah — for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Presents The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library — said of […]

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People, Etc.

May 31, 2018
By Erin Somers

Sarah Jean Grimm has joined Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull as publicity manager. Previously she was a senior publicist at the Crown Publishing Group. Heather Huston has joined Harper Christian as senior director of marketing, specialty division, with a focus on Thomas Nelson Gift, Zondervan Gift, and Tommy Nelson. Most recently Huston was vp, marketing at Rural Media […]

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Trump Administration Offers Level Playing Field For Copyright Law

May 30, 2018
By Erin Somers

At Book Expo’s Wednesday morning State of the Industry: Publishing and Copyright Policy, participants were in agreement on something to like about the Trump administration: It has offered a level playing field for copyright policy so far. This is seen as a shift from the Obama administration, which was, as Copyright Alliance ceo Keith Kuperschmidt put […]

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Riggio Opens Book Expo, “Reimagined” As A Show About Physical Booksellers

May 30, 2018
By Michael Cader

I imagine that if you spend much time at Book Expo over the next three days, you’re going to get pretty tired of hearing the word “reimagined” as that theme is repeated everywhere possible. Today’s reimagined mini-show floor, billed as focused on business to business exhibits, pretty much feels like Ingram Day (and remainders). Ingram’s […]

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