We are open for registration for our fourth, much anticipated, virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel, convening on Wednesday, January 26th at 7 PM Eastern. Once again, we are honored to have the American Booksellers Association join us as co-presenter, with co-owner of Books Are Magic bookstore and bestselling novelist Emma Straub as the host. (Her latest novel, This Time Tomorrow, is out in May.) You can register here — and the first 50 booksellers who enroll will get a package of galleys for the featured titles. On January 18th, a week ahead of the panel, we’ll release the next packed edition of our popular digital sampler, Buzz […]
Events
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden On Access to Tech
During the opening keynote of OverDrive’s Digipalooza librarian and educator conference, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden emphasized the importance of having access to technology in all libraries and all communities, rural and urban, as the pandemic brought digital inequities into stark relief. Digital access, she said, is “an equalizer in culture.” “Part of my role now is to talk about how important it is to have those institutions and places for people to go, and the Library of Congress is going to be a partner in digitizing as much as we can,” she said. Hayden said that the pandemic “accelerated […]
ALA Conference Continues With Wilkerson
The ALA Annual Conference continued over the weekend, with author Isabel Wilkerson speaking on Sunday afternoon as part of the President’s Program. Wilkerson’s remarks centered on race in America and her book Caste, as well as touching on a variety of topics from the legacy of slavery to social iniquities made even more apparent by COVID-19. “We often speak of slavery as a sad, dark chapter in our country’s history,” she said. “When in fact it is the foundation of our country’s social, political and economic order.” She emphasized the importance of libraries, noting that they’re vital for filling in […]
Nikole Hannah-Jones Kicks Off ALA Annual
In the opening general session of the ALA annual meeting, journalist and author of THE 1619 PROJECT, A NEW ORIGIN STORY Nikole Hannah-Jones discussed the origins of and responses to the project and the upcoming book. In conversation with publisher and eic of One World Chris Jackson, she made no mention of her tenure rejection at UNC, but focused instead on the original New York Times Magazine piece and how it challenges education and patriotism. The origins began when as a teenager in Iowa, she took the one Black studies class that was offered at her high school, the first […]
This Week’s Discuss Guest: Agent and Attorney Jesseca Salky
Join agent and attorney Jesseca Salky to ask questions about legal issues that face authors and agents at noon on Wednesday, May 5 as our next weekly AMA guest on the PM forum Discuss. Feel free to post your questions for Jesseca in advance; the discussion will happen at this link. This is a straight forward, typed message board conversation. Discuss has no cameras, no sound, no zooming, no separate apps required. Use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Jesseca will post back. While all of these conversations are scheduled and conducted live on our site, everything […]
Winter Institute Day 1: Futurist Brian David Johnson’s Keynote; More Equitable Work Environments
In a Winter Institute keynote, futurist author Brian David Johnson walked booksellers through the process detailed in his book, The Future You: Break Through the Fear and Build the Life You Want, while also fielding specific questions from ABA president Allison Hill. Johnson urged booksellers to start by giving themselves permission to create what he called their “future story,” by getting really specific about what they want for their businesses as the world seeks to normalize after the pandemic. Then, he said, write it down. The remaining steps: Find your people: Who are your partners in creating this future? Share […]