It’s a Wrap Sunday was a travel day rather than a show day for many East coasters, after a BEA Saturday on which even the help wanted out, an unfortunately a propos metaphor for the show at large, as hundreds of catering staff at the LA convention center staged a multi-hour walkout. (Apparently it was part of a labor dispute with the company that has the catering concession at the center, though it’s unclear how this would serve as an effective tactic). Show management gamely picked up the ball at Saturday’s traditional author lunch, with Lance Fensterman leading his staff […]

Setting McClellan Free Public Affairs moved up the release date of Scott McClellan’s book WHAT HAPPENED: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception following the media storm earlier this week and Perseus ceo David Steinberger says the point-of-sale movement on Wednesday and Thursday was as strong as he has seen for any title from the company. The first printing of 65,000 copies is quickly being supplemented with another 100,000 copies delivering in two installments. Flat and What Else? With Thomas Friedman’s morning keynote appearance at BEA it would be poetic to characterize BEA as HOT, FLAT AND […]

BEA Begins In keeping with the mellow image of Los Angeles, activity in the LA Convention Center proper is low-key today, with a full roster of educational programming playing to a rather light group of attendees, as the ABA’s educational day convenes off-site at their official hotel. Most of our coverage will focus on forums that we’re videotaping to play on Publishers Lunch TV, but right now I’m sitting in an interesting interview between Wired contributing editor and author of Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business Jeff Howe, and Clay Shirky, author or […]

Another Hyperion Departure as Dorman Goes Back to Viking Pam Dorman is leaving the Voice imprint she helped to start up at Hyperion in 2006 to return to Viking Penguin — where she worked for 19 years — to serve as publisher of the eponymous Pamela Dorman Books. She will report to Viking president Clare Ferraro. Dorman says in the announcement, “I am delighted to be rejoining my colleagues at Viking Penguin in this exciting new capacity, and look forward to building a strong, up-market and talented group of authors in this new imprint.” At Hyperion, Barbara Jones, has been […]