As you consider this year’s “official” Buzz Panel books–and all the other titles clamoring for buzz on the show floor during BEA–we thought it would be interesting to take stock of the performance of last year’s selections. Bear in mind that part of the point of the panel is to shine a light on a […]
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Perseus Crowdsources Search for the 10 Hottest BEA Books
What does Perseus do for an encore after last year’s all-consuming Book: The Sequel BEA project in which they compiled a published a book live during the show? This year they are asking attendees to contribute their picks for the 10 most anticipated titles, across 10 different categories of books. Their publishing client The Daily […]
BEA 2010 Party Planner
The party schedule reshapes itself a little as everyone switches gears to the first-ever midweek BEA. As usual, here is our overview of the known celebrants and events so far. Along with our usual disclaimer: This guide is to help survey the landscape of honorees and acknowledge some of the celebrations that companies have worked […]
Everything BEA
Today’s news bulletin is that Oprah Magazine editor-at-large Gayle King has been enlisted to interview Barbra Streisand in Tuesday night’s keynote reception. App-ly Now<img align=”right” src=http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/icon.png width=”80″ border=”0″ alt=””>We’ve had a lot of enthusiastic reactions to yesterday’s launch of our handy, feature-packed convention mobile web app, Publishers Lunch: BEA To Go. Load it into your […]
Icelandic Volcano Hates Book Fairs?
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano sent up a fresh plume of ash over the weekend, resulting in at least some closures of UK air space. As of now restrictions have been lifted for London’s airports, but clearly international visitors coming to New York for BEA will need to watch the situation carefully and may experience some travel […]
See Barbra, Or Attend BEA Educational Sessions?
BEA has issued an advisory on procedures for gaining entrance to Tuesday night’s opening “keynote” interview with Barbra Streisand. Tickets will be distributed through an Opening Night Keynote Ticket Counter in the main convention registration area, and the window will open the day before, Monday, May 24 from 1 to 5, and then again on […]