Last year Reed Exhibitions made an energetic effort to position Book Expo as fully “reimagined,” focused in particular on the needs of the small but valued bookseller audience. But those efforts yielded fewer booksellers and retailers at the show (about 17 percent fewer); fewer librarians as well (with attendance down about 18.5 percent); and therefore fewer attendees overall. [This is from their initial attendance data; final audited results are usually lower still, but despite repeated requests Reed has not released the audited figures as they usually do. Exhibitors are entitled to this data and should be asking for it.] This […]
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Picks: Book Expo Buzz Panels, April Indie Next List
Book Expo has named the books to be featured during the three annual Editors’ Buzz panels at this year’s show. The adult panel includes two memoirs (Jones and Wiener) and three debut novels (Russell, Prescott and Reid). Adult How We Fight for Our Lives, by Saeed Jones (Simon & Schuster) Uncanny Valley, by Anna Wiener (MCD/FSG) My Dark Vanessa, by Kate Elizabeth Russell (William Morrow) The Secrets We Kept, by Lara Prescott (Knopf) Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid (Putnam) The Warehouse, by Rob Hart (Crown) Young Adult Frankly in Love, by David Yoon, (Penguin Children’s) The Grace Year, […]