The ABA’s Winter Institute will double down on the winter part next year, moving to Minneapolis for the 12th annual gathering, convening Friday, January 27 through Monday, January 30, 2017. The overall Costa Book of the Year award was given to The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge, only the second children’s book to win the overall prize (Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass was the first). Amulet is due to publish the US edition in May. The Target Club Pick for February is The Autumn Balloon by Kenny Porpora (which publishes February 3). People At Hachette Book Group, Anthony Goff has been promoted to svp, content development and […]
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Coming Soon: Digital Book World Is Close
Winter Institute is the big industry event starting this weekend, but coming up soon on the calendar is our seventh annual Digital Book World, which moved to March 7 – 9, still in New York City. There is still some early pricing available now through early February, so it’s a good time to get serious about your plans (and please use the registration link for Publishers Lunch readers to save hundreds of dollars on the individual ticket prices). DBW has just released a great free white paper with over 10 essays and q&as from a number of the featured speakers that anyone […]
The Last Day for the Best Discounts
As noted yesterday, today is the final day to enroll for our big two-day Digital Book World Conference (March 8 and 9), the fifth annual Launch Kids (March 7), and/or the full three-day Total Access Pass that also includes your pick of the new Mostly Marketing Masterclasses and digital workshops, before the price goes up. So put the DBW roster of events on your calendar now, and lock in the best prices before you come back to work in January. Make sure to use this registration page just for Publishers Lunch readers, providing the best discount available on individual tickets, saving you hundreds of dollars […]
Enroll Now for DBW, Launch Kids, Masterclasses and More
The latest early pricing on our big set of conferences for March 7 through March 9 — first the return of Launch Kids, the country’s biggest event for children’s publishing — alongside a day of Mostly Marketing Masterclasses and digital workshops, followed by the two-day Digital Book World Conference, expires tomorrow. So put the DBW roster of events on your calendar now, and lock in the best prices before you come back to work in January. If you’re planning on registering, make sure to use this registration page just for Publishers Lunch readers, which will save you hundreds of dollars on the […]
Launch Kids, Masterclasses, and More Added for Digital Book World
We’re starting to add more details on the full programming line-up for the next big Digital Book World, running March 7 – 9. For the first day, before the main DBW conference begins, Launch Kids — the country’s biggest event for children’s publishing — returns. Covering both the consumer and education markets, Launch Kids looks at the latest generation of ideas and content, from the best strategies in book marketing to what’s happening in the physical — and digital — library market, to the trends driving editorial decisions. The program is still in formation, but as usual includes everything from original data on children […]
The Last Day for the Best Price for DBW 16
Just a reminder that our first super-early pricing for the Digital Book World conference — next March 7 – 9 in New York City — expires at the end of the day today. On top of that early pricing, this registration link for Publishers Lunch readers provides an extra discount, giving you the best price available on individual tickets. The early pricing and discount also applies to the return of our one-day Launch Kids event on March 7, as well as the best-value three-day total access pass. (We will be filling out the “day zero” roster for March 7 with a new series of […]