The APA’s audiobook conference drew big crowds on BookExpo’s opening day, with other compelling discussions on storytelling, rights, and translation drawing modest audiences.
At BookExpo: New York Rights Fair Brings Its Programming With It
As the BookExpo rights trading center returns to the Javits Center with the rest of the trade show—and now branded as the New York Rights Fair—a discussion series is included.
BookExpo Hears the Call of Audio: APAC Becomes the Big Conference
Audiobooks’ sales have done their work and the Audio Publishers Association’s program is the main conference event at BookExpo 2019.
Frankfurt’s Juergen Boos on the International Book Industry: ‘It’s Always Changing’
Ask Boos what he and his fellow book fair directors have in common, and he’ll tell you it’s what they don’t have in common that counts.
The Hottest Topic of London Book Fair 2019: Brexit and the Books
‘If there’s no deal, GDP will reduce by 6 to 9 percentage points,’ attorney Andrew Hood told a packed Olympia Room during London Book Fair. Unnerving tremors ran through the export-reliant UK books business—daily.
Industry Notes: Wattpad Opens a Paid Subscription, BookExpo Calls for Submissions
At Wattpad, a new premium subscription is being rolled out for the US and Canadian markets; BookExpo and BookCon call for program submissions.
BookExpo’s Trade Floor: Spacious, Smaller, and Talking OptiQly
Smaller and quieter, this year’s BookExpo hums with anticipation about a new marketing analytics tool meant to boost success on Amazon.com.
Conference Collisions: Publishing’s Spring and Autumn
Nobody’s wrong, there’s no blame here, and no easy answers, either. But world publishing has a calendar-stuffing problem and we’re giddy on jet fuel: we can do better.