In his refreshing and thought-provoking presentation on the opening day of IDPF Digital Book (June 4-5, 2012) at BEA 2012, Richard Nash cited the amazing statistic that 16 million people claimed to be engaged in “writing” on the last US census. His point was that publishers have to try to monetize these 16 million beyond selling…Continue Reading
Publishers Launch BEA was one of several conferences that kicked off BEA 2012 this year on Monday, June 4, and it focused on helping publishers get their houses in order in a bifurcated world of print and digital — from workflow to discovery, to partnerships with established and newly minted vendors, to sales and marketing…Continue Reading
As dozens of Russian authors, poets, translators, and publishers descend on New York City for BEA’s Global Market Forum and Read Russia 2012 from June 2-7, Publishing Trends set out to explore Russian literature in the US as it exists even when large delegations from Russia aren’t holding readings and workshops around New York City….Continue Reading
As though navigating endless booths at the Javits Center isn’t an overwhelming enough endeavor, throw in many collocated events with various websites and it’s easy to see how you can feel a little lost preparing for the 2012 BookExpo America (BEA). With the big event quickly approaching, we thought we would pull together a quick…Continue Reading
