PW Show Daily, May 30, Day 2

Day
Friday
May 30, 2014
Publishers Weeklys Show Daily is produced each day during the 2012 BookExpo in New York.
The Show Daily press office is in room 4A1. PWs booth is #1252.
T H E
B U Z Z
O N
B O O K E X P O
Strong Traffic, Talk of

Amazon-Hachette
By Clare Swanson
This has been the most
active, popular show, said
John Murphy, newly named
v-p, publishing strategy, at
St. Martins. Among the
highlights, said Murphy,
were the tributes to Maya
Angelou at Thursdays
author breakfast, which
featured Anjelica Huston,
Tavis Smiley, SMP author
Lisa Scottoline, and Neil
Patrick Harris as emcee. In
particular, hearing Huston
read Angelous poem A
Brave and Startling Truth
was, said Murphy, extraordinary.
Seta Zink, publicity manager at Perseus Books
Group, also spoke in superlatives about traffic and
energy at BEA thus far. In
the seven years that shes
been with the company, its
the most exciting show
shes seen, and Perseus has
more events lined up at this
years show than ever
(three well-attended signings yesterday, with long
lines that moved quickly)
and giveaways. Perseuss
most buzzed about book
this year is Accidental
Billionaires author Ben
Mezrichs foray into fiction,
Seven Wonders. Film rights
to the novel have been
optioned by 20th Century
Fox.
Tracy van Straaten at
Scholastic said that more
than 200 people crowded
into their booth yesterday
morning to get a copy of
Maggie Stiefvaters Sinner,
which is a companion book
to her bestselling Shiver
trilogy. Van Straaten said it
was exciting to see people
interested in the wide
range of titles on the pub-
lishers list.
Michael McKenzie at
HarperCollinss Ecco
imprint said the booth was
busy with lots of traffic as
they gave away galleys of
two books acquired by
soon-to-depart editor Lee
Boudreaux (who is leaving
to run her own imprint at
Little, Brown). The first was
The Miniaturist, which
Boudreaux plugged on
Wednesdays buzz panel.
The second novel in high
demand, another of
Boudreauxs books, is
Lauren Olivers adult
debut, Rooms.
Jacques Glnat, owner of
Glnat, one of Frances biggest comics and manga
publishers, noted that
A M E R I C A
fewer of the publishers he

wants to meet with are
attending the show. Still, he
said, interest in their titles
from U.S. publishers is
growing.
A subtext to the show, of
course, is the showdown
between Amazon and
Hachette. At the Hachette
booth, everyone was predictably mum on the subject of the ongoing terms
dispute. Sonya Cheuse,
Grand Centrals director of
publicity, was happy,
though, to discuss some of
the houses books that were
drawing attention. Noting
that both Jeffery Deaver
and David Baldacci were at
the show for signings and
pulling in crowds, Cheuse
said Hachette had a really
robust list of authors here.
Cheuse also pointed to The
Secret Wisdom of the Earth, a
debut novel by Christopher
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A L L
Crowded aisles and overloaded totebags were the hallmarks of a busy Day One.
Scotton, acquired by Deb

Futter, and special BEA edition galleys were given out.
Although the major
houses were reticent about
the public battle between
the publisher and the
online retail giant, other
attendees had a few choice
words about the situation.
The industry conflict was
very much in the open at
the ABA Celebration of

Bookselling & Author
Awards Lunch, where
James Patterson received
the Indie Champion
Award.
When Patterson was
announced for the award,
he received a standing ovation for the support he has
shown independents with
his million-dollar grants. A
second ovation at the end of
his talk came for his
remarks, which opened
with, Hi, Im Jeff Bezos.
He added, All we can ask
of people is that they try to
do the right thing, the best
thing.
But according to
Patterson, it also means
taking a stand. There is an
evolution, revolution going
on and it affects everybody, he noted. Every
publisher is feeling a great
deal of pain and stress. Id
like the press to think
about this: publishers are
not terribly profitable. If
publishers dont make
money, he said, they wont
be able to support good literature.
As Patterson sees it,
readers and the bookselling community must step
up in order to safeguard
the future of our literature.
He spoke about how this
economic war will affect
grocery stores, libraries,
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BEA SHOW DAILY DAY 2
PUBL I SHERS
W E E K LY
Telling Stories at Breakfast

The spirit of Maya Angelou
call on those in the
and Martin Luther King Jr.,
audience to publish
along with a bit of Doogie
diverse books. Its not
Howser, hovered over the
enough for us just to
opening breakfast of BEA,
celebrate the life and
which began with a tribute to
legacy of Maya
Angelou by PW co-editorial
Angelou, he said. [We
director Jim Milliot. He also
need] to recognize that
presented the PW Sales Rep of
every one of us has a
the Year Award to Teresa Rolfe
voice, a unique thumbKravtin, and gave the PW
print on our throats,
Bookstore of the Year Award to
and each of us has a
Pete Mulvihill on behalf of
story. I want to encourGreen Apple Books in San
age all of us in the book
Francisco. But spirit doesnt
publishing world to
necessarily imply somberness, Breaking bread with Anjelica Huston, Neil Patrick Harris, Lisa Scotto- work a little bit harder
lini, and Tavis Smiley.
especially with stage and
to get the stories of peoscreen performer Neil Patrick
ple of color told.
Harris acting as host. He carefully
her childhood in Ireland and how
In his new book, Death of a King
delineated the difference between
she went on to become an award(Little, Brown, Sept.), written with
moderating the BEA breakfast and
winning actress; hers is the only
David Ritz, Smiley warns of the trihosting the Tony Awards (which
family with three generations of
ple threat of racism, poverty, and
Harris has done four times) or the
Oscar winners. She spoke about
militarisma message that Martin
Emmys (which hes hosted twice):
the influence of her father, director
Luther King Jr. tried to spread durno music.
John Huston, and her beloved
ing his final year. At the BEA breakHarris is best known for playing
mother, who died in a car crash
fast, Smiley spoke about there
Barney Stinson on TVs How I Met
when Huston was a teenager, and
being more to King than one senYour Mother, and as the title charher on-again, off-again relationtence in one speech, and opened
acter on Doogie Howser, M.D., but
ship with Jack Nicholson. Huston
and ended his talk with this quote,
his first job was doing bookstore
also discussed a car crash of her
also from King: Cowardice asks
inventory at age 10. That job influown that made her realize, Id
enced the format of his memoir,
been marginally wasting my life.
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your
Afterward, she applied herself to
Own Autobiography (Crown, Oct.),
her acting career with renewed
which was inspired by his favorite
vigor, and has gone on to appear in
childrens book series. I wanted
more than 70 movies and television
there to be that kind of magical
series.
quality that draws the reader in,
Tavis Smiley, host of PBSs Tavis
Harris said.
Smiley and PRIs The Tavis Smiley
Before discussing her own memShow, spoke about how he was
oirs, A Story Lately Told and the
influenced as an African-American
forthcoming Watch Me (Scribner),
boy, growing up in a large family
Anjelica Huston read Angelous
among the cornfields of Indiana, by
poem A Brave and Startling
Angelous poem Still I Rise.
Truth. From there, she segued into
Smiley used the poets passing to
On the whole, publishers were

excited about the rebranded consumer day, BookCon, to be held
www.bookexpoamerica.com
With additional reporting by Rachel

Deahl, Claire Kirch, Judith Rosen,
and Heidi MacDonald
Billy Idol brought his patented sneer to

the Javits Center, where he signed galleys
of his memoir Dancing with Myself
(S&S/Touchstone, Oct.).
stevekagan.com
Looking to Saturday
tomorrow. Its a great development, said Murphy, one that, per

Perseuss Zink, will make the whole
event friendlier.
If I was not in the industry, I
would totally want to be there, said
Zink. Anybody who loves books
will be there, or should be.
Anmiryam Budner, a buyer at
Main Point Books in Bryn Mawr,
Pa., said, This feels like BookCon
already: there are so many young
women here who are so excited
about what theyre reading. There
are all these enormous lines.
Theres a lot of energy here and
theres going to be even more on
Saturday. The names they attracted
to it are huge. Anything that gets
people in the door is a good thing.
Speaking of BookCon, Scholastics
van Straaten said she was excited
and interested to see what its going
to be like. She added, Well see how
many people come.
the question, Is it safe?

Expediency asks the question, Is it
politic? But conscience asks the
question, Is it right? And there
comes a time when one must take a
position that is neither safe, nor
politic, nor popular, but because
conscience tells one it is right.
Welcome to my own personal
nightmare, quipped New York
Times bestselling author Lisa
Scottoline (Betrayed, St. Martins
Press, Nov.), speaking about following Smiley, Huston, and Harris.
She neednt have worried. She
kept the audience laughing with
her tales of her ostracized Aunt
Lena, who brought a gun to a wedding, or possibly a communion
party, and of a rain storm that
caused the cheap red rug on the
top of her white car to bleed, turning it into a blood mobile. These
events inspired her books The
Vendetta Defense and Look Again.
She quoted director Francis Ford
Coppola, who said, Nothing in my
movies ever happened, but all of it
is true. Scottoline added, It only
connects if its true. Its that truth,
she continued, that speaks to readers, soul to soul.

Judith Rosen
Book Expo Challenge whittled down 19 new ventures

to six finalists, and yesterday it issued the top prize
of $10,000 to the most promising startup. Pictured:
David Roland, chief venture capital officer for Ingram,
with the winner, Alexander White, CEO, Next Big
Book, New York City.
Tenor of the Show continued from page 1
and bookstores. Ultimately it will

put thousands of mom-and-pops
out of business. If Amazons not a
monopoly, its the beginning of one.
If this is to be the new American
way, this has to be changed, by law
if necessary. He wanted the media
and authors groups to take up this
topic. Its a worthy subject of this
BEA.
Patrick Hughes, Fulcrums marketing and sales director, was also
vocal on the subject of Amazon, and
completely unsympathetic toward
Hachette. I cant complain, theres
nothing better out there, he said.
Amazon is our largest customer.
He continued: One international
corporate behemoth complaining
about another international corporate behemothI have absolutely
no sympathy.
FRIDAY, MAY 30 , 2014
Michael Coffey, who steps down this

week as PWs co-editorial director, spoke
at the Uptown Stage and signed galleys
of his forthcoming book of stories, The
Business of Naming Things, coming next
January from Bellevue Literary Press.
An original signed print by the late Kurt Vonnegut was

awarded by Seven Stories Press publisher Dan Simon to
bookseller Ruth Love of Aarons Books in Lititz, Pa., for the
stores winning window display.
Why DRM Is the Problem

The subject of DRM and e-books
has been a hot topic in recent years,
and in an afternoon talk at the
opening International Digital
Publishing Forum at BEA, Tor
Books founder Tom Doherty discussed the publishers 2012 decision to dump DRM from its e-books.
After discussing it with authors
and readers, it became pretty clear
that DRM was not much of a problem for the sophisticated pirate, but
it was a meaningful problem and an
annoyance to many of our readers,
Doherty told the audience. So we
went all in.
Although piracy continues to be
an issue for Tor, and the publishing
industry in general, Doherty
acknowledged, dumping DRM on
its entire list has paid off.
So far, the lack of DRM has not
increased the number of Tor
e-books online illegally nor has it
visibly hurt our sales, Doherty
said. We decided that if we play
fair with [our customers], they will
play fair with us. And you know, it is
working.
While those looking for numbers
Pete Mulvihill (r.), co-owner of Green Apple Books,

accepts the award for PW Bookstore of the Year from
PW co-editorial Jim Milliot.
or more concrete evidence about

Doherty and Tors DRM experience
were likely disappointed, Dohertys
broader message about DRM was
much needed, and well timed.
Good publishing, he stressed, is
about fostering a community, and
not just a community of publishers
and booksellers, but librarians,
authors, readers, teachers, fans,
and critics.
Books create the conversations
we hear and are part of, Doherty
said. So it is important that we
make these conversations critical
to any decision we make in our publishing programs.
Doherty said the sci-fi community has always talked in the physical space and shared books and
ideas, and now that the conversation also takes place digitally, how
DRM throttles that conversation
had become a central concern at
Tor. Authors need to connect, he
said, and barriers, whether DRM
or something else, disrupt these
connections.
The community approach has
continued on page 76
Random Houses Jon Meacham swapped

his editors badge for an author badge, and
signed copies of his Thomas Jefferson:
President & Philosopher (Crown, Sept.), a
young readers adaptation of his bestselling biography for adults.
Italian-Americans
in publishing gathered to preview the
forthcoming history
from Norton, The
Italian Americans,
a PBS companion,
by Maria Laurino.
Editor Alane
Salierno Mason is
seated to the left
of Laurino, both
seated at the left
side of the table.
W E E K LY
Buzzing About
Multicultural, Fantasy,
and History
The books dished about during the YA Editors Buzz Panel included some
with multicultural characters, some that unfold in vibrant fantasy worlds,
and some that capture pivotal moments of history. The panelists were
Karen Chaplin, editor, HarperTeen; T.S.
Ferguson, associate
editor, Harlequin
Teen; Alvina Ling,
executive editorial
director, Little,
Brown Books for
Young Readers;
Daniel Ehrenhaft,
editorial director,
Soho Teen; and Krista
Marino, executive
editor, Delacorte
Press. The panel was At Thursdays Young Adult Editors Buzz Panel (l. to r.): Daniel
moderated by Valerie Ehrenhaft, Soho Teen; Krista Marino, Delacorte; T.S. Ferguson,
Harlequin Teen; Alvina Ling, Little, Brown; Karen Chaplin,
Koehler of Blue
HarperTeen; and moderator Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Bookshop,
Willow Bookshop in
Houston, Tex.
Houston.
Chaplin discussed The Jewel (HarperTeen, Sept.), the first in a planned
fantasy trilogy by debut author Amy Ewing. The novel takes place in a world
called the Lone City, whose territories are sharply divided by social class.
Violet is meant to serve as a surrogate in the Jewel, the wealthiest quadrant
of the Lone City. With fantasy elements and a dusting of feminist polemic,
the book may draw comparisons to Kiera Casss The Selection (2012).
Lies We Tell Ourselves (Harlequin Teen, Sept.) by debut author Robin
Talley, takes place in 1959 Virginia, during the beginnings of the civil rights
movement. The story features a protagonist who confronts her deeply
embedded racial prejudices when she becomes emotionally involved with a
black student. Calling the novel fearlessly realistic, Ferguson described
how Talley cogently parallels the struggle for equal rights for AfricanAmericans and the fight for gay rights today.
Graudins The Walled City (Little, Brown, Nov.) is set in a fictional version
of a densely populated settlement that existed in Hong Kong until 1994. It
follows a cast of teenage characters living within a brutal and lawless society. Calling the book genre bending and gender bending, Ling noted that
despite its edgy themes of human trafficking, drugs, and survival, the novel
is fundamentally a moving and powerful book about sisterly and brotherly
love. Ling jokingly suggested that, with its integration of historical and dystopian elements, the book might fall into a new genre category: Hystopian?
Dystory? She also praised the books multicultural cast and its ability to
walk the lines between reality and fantasy.
From the squalid maze of the Walled City, the panel shifted focus to the
1960s New York City music scene. Songwriter Cynthia Weil (her credits
include Youve Lost That Loving Feeling) draws from her own experiences
writing music at the Brill Building in her historical YA mystery, Im Glad I
Did (Soho, Jan.). Ehrenhaft commented on Weils acuity in remembering
those days and the way she weaves social commentary about segregation
and other issues into the book, as she did into her songs.
Merino introduced author and musician Frank Portmans King Dork
Approximately (Delacorte, Dec.), a sequel to his 2006 novel, King Dork,
which Merino purchased based on the character-driven appeal of a small
sample (I bought 50 pages of voice and it was 100% worth it, she said). The
story of high school student Tom Henderson, whose ambitions include playing in a rock band, getting a girlfriend, and discovering why adults love The
Catcher in the Rye so much, continues in King Dork Approximately. Merino
revealed little about the second book, saying only that Portman pulls the
carpet out from under his readers.
Matia Burnett
PW at BEA
PW will be at booth 1252 on the main floor, at BookCon at booth 3063, and
at uPublishU at Table 19. And get to know more about BookLife, PWs new
program for indie authors, at booth 1249. Keep up with all the BEA news
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W E E K LY
Highlights
of the day
MEETINGS AND EVENTS

89:30 a.m.: Childrens Author Breakfast: Carl Hiaasen, Mem Fox, Jeff
Kinney, with Jason Segal as emcee.
9 a.m.5 p.m.: BEA Exhibit Hall open

9 a.m.5 p.m.: International Rights and Business Center
1111:50 a.m.: Middle-Grade Editors Buzz: Life of Zarf, Pennyroyal
Academy, The Truth About Twinkie Pie, The Witchs Boy, and Zoo at the Edge of
the World (Room 1E12)
1111:50 a.m.: Let Common Core Power Your Publishing Strategies (1E15)
1:302:30 p.m.: The Women of Contemporary Fiction, featuring Amy
Bloom, Susan Jane Gilman, Randy Susan Meyers, Liane Moriarty, with Elin
Hilderbrand as moderator (Downtown Stage)
45 p.m.: APA Author Tea: Jodi Picoult, Dick Cavett, Ruth Reichl, with Pat
OBrien as emcee.
AUTOGRAPHS
9:30 a.m.5 p.m.: Authors will be signing at appointed hours all day
at tables in the Autographing Area or at publishers booths. The list
includes Mark Nielsen, Josh Sundquist, Heather Gudenkauf, Valeri
Gorbachev, Robyn Carr, Kailin Gow, Amy Ewing, Camille Battaglia,
Diane Lawson, Lincoln Pierce, M.J. Rose, Amy Zhang, Ilyasah
Shabbazz, Lori St. John, David Kirkpatrick, and many more.
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Correction: In yesterdays PW Show Daily, some of the signing times for

Random House childrens authors were incorrect. Check out the RH ad in this
issue, page 11, for the right time.
Workman opens up the BEA floor with a bunny rabbit flash dance to celebrate Sandra Boyntons
forthcoming The Bunny Rabbit Show.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Daisy Maryles
MANAGING EDITORS Michael Coffey, Sonia Jaffe Robbins
ART DIRECTOR Clive Chiu
PHOTOGRAPHER Steve Kagan
STAFF REPORTERS Andrew Albanese, Adam Boretz, Matia Burnett, Jessamine Chan,
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W E E K LY
Kicking off this years BookExpo, the

Adult Editors Buzz Panel featured
a number of boldface editorial
names, and a few titles that have
already drawn attention for landing
their authors major advances.
One title where the advance
became an early story is Matthew
Thomass We Are Not Ourselves.
Simon & Schusters Marysue Rucci
plugged the debut novel, which she
had acquired for a rumored seven
figures at the 2013 London Book Fair.
While Rucci did discuss the authors
appealing rags-to-riches backstoryhe worked on the novel for a
decade and was living in a one-bedroom apartment with his wife and
twins when he sold the book in a
splashy dealshe focused on the
work itself, calling the novel, about
three generations of an IrishAmerican family, transcendent
and one of the most beautiful and
moving books she has ever read.
Lee Boudreaux, who recently
decamped Ecco to launch her own
imprint at Hachette, was touting a
book that will be published by her
soon-to-be-former employer. Jessie
Burtons The Miniaturist is yet
another debut novel, and highly
sought after; Boudreaux

reportedly bought U.S.
rights for high six figures last year, in a
feverish auction in
which multiple bidders
were vying for the work.
The novel, which she
said reminded her of
Elizabeth Gilberts latest
novel, The Signature of
Pictured (l. to r.) are moderator Robert Sindelar; Jennifer
All Things, is set in the
Jackson; Lee Boudreaux; Amy Einhorn; Jeffrey Shotts;
1700s and opens with a
Marysue Rucci; Josh Kendall; and Colin Harrison.
young woman knocking
on the door of the older, wealthier
The title refers to a doll house the
man to whom she has been betrothed.
heroines husband gives her, thinking it will be a source of entertainment. Boudreaux said the book is a
novel of secrets and hypocrisies,
detailing how our private lives so
often differ from our public ones.
Knopfs Jennifer Jackson kicked
off the panel touting Emily St. John
Mandels Station Eleven, set in a
postapocalyptic America and follows a traveling Shakespeare company. The novel, which marks the
authors fourth effort, is, according
to Jackson, a departure for the
author. I finished this book feeling
utterly homesick for my life right
now.... I felt grateful for electricity
and running water, for what Emily
Stage
calls the sweetness of life on Earth.
It changed the way I thought about
the world. And what more can we
ask for in fiction?
One of the two nonfiction books on
the panel is Eula Bisss On Immunity:
An Inoculation. Graywolfs Jeff
Shotts said the book, Bisss sophoMEET AMANDA!
more effort, hits a cultural nerve
as it explores the history of inoculaSigning
tion. Joking that he was destined to
TEASE
edit the book, given his last name,
Shotts called out a reference Salon
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made about Bisss first book, the
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essay collection Notes from No
Mans Land, calling her Joan
Didions heiress apparent. Shotts
said, This book is in line with Susan
Sontag. On Immunity, Shotts said,
explores the myths and metaphors
that govern our ideas about immunization and each other.
Amy Einhorn, whose departure
from her eponymous imprint was
recently announced, was touting
M.O. Walshs debut novel, My
MEET AMY!
Sunshine Away. The book, which
kicks off with the narrators comSigning
pelling statement that he was one
FALLING
of four suspects in a rape case, is,
INTO PLACE
she explained, not a book about a
rape. A very Southern novel, as
Friday, 1:302:00 PM
bookseller moderator Robert
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Sindelar called it, My Sunshine
Away is set in Baton Rouge, La., in
the summer of 1989 and is, as
Einhorn put it, a meditation on
memory and a love letter to this
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longer rsum was Mulholland
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Measuring the E-book Market

When e-books first began to make
meaningful inroads in publishing in
20092010, a number of executives
predicted they would become
another format within the industry.
In 2013 e-books had become part of
the normal book market.
In 2013, Nielsens Books &
Consumers survey shows that
among U.S. buyers of adult fiction
and nonfiction, 25% of book buyers
bought an e-book; 31% of new books
purchased in adult fiction and nonfiction were e-books; and 15% of the
dollars spent on these books were
for e-books.
Adult fiction is the category most
affected by the move to digital, and
the format accounted for about 40%
of e-book purchases in 2013. The
increase in e-books share of book
spending showed smaller growth
than in unit terms, mainly because
of the increase in self-publishing.
Its now estimated that around 10%
of fiction e-books bought are selfpublishedand they are most commonly bought for under $3, whereas
mainstream fiction e-books average $4.77 per new unit sold. Overall,
the average price paid for a fiction
e-book dropped to around 57% of
UNITS AND DOLLARS IN 2013 BY FORMAT

1%
that paid for mass market paperback fiction and approximately

37% of that paid for trade paperback fiction in 2013.
Internet-only retailers continued
to dominate the e-book market in
the U.S. and represented more
than 9 in 10 adult fiction purchases
in digital formats; furthermore, 1 in
4 new print books in 2013 were purchased online. But there is little
evidence that bookstores are no
longer relevant. In 2013, while
e-commerce book buyers reported
that they trust this site and may
stay loyal because they are a member of (a) frequent shopper program, sentiment toward delivery
terms, ease of purchase, and
book selection offered dropped
year on year. The reverse can be
said of chain bookstores: factors
such as ease of purchase and
book selection offered held
strong in 2013, although special
offers and sales were less influential. Similar reasons are cited for
independent bookstores, though
being conveniently located holds
sway, and increasingly staff knowledge is a vital aspect of why consumers prefer an indie store.
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Hardcover
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Much of the growth in the e-book

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device ownership, with the numbers of owners increasing when
new devices become available,
especially after the holidays.
Access to suitable devices rose
among American book buyers in
2013, although mainly through
increased ownership of tablets and
smartphones rather than dedicated e-readers. By the end of last
year, more than half of book buyers
(60%) were in a household with a
tablet device, and nearly threequarters owned a smartphone. In
January 2014, tablet ownership was
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fall of 2012.
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Despite the increase in tablet
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Baker Publishing Group celebrates its 75th anniversary at BEA and for the occasion is offering free copies
of The Baker Book House Story, the recently released
history of the company, and another gift, while supplies
last at booth 1031.
The Grand Rapids, Mich., company began as a used
bookstore in 1939, when Herman Baker opened his
rented shop with 500 of his own books, homemade
shelves, and two desks and a typewriter bought at the
Salvation Army. Baker quickly moved into publishing
with the release in 1940 of More Than Conquerors: An
Interpretation of the Book of Revelation by William
Hendriksen, a professor at nearby Calvin College. The
book is still in print today.
By 1942, orders for used books were coming in from
around the world and as close as the next block. Baker
stocked his small store with the best reference works,
commentaries, teaching aids, and history books, drawing world-renowned preachers and theologians to his
doorstep. He also began reissuing such reference works
as Barnes Notes and the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia
of Religious Knowledge, soon making a name as one of
the largest distributors of new and used religion books
in the U.S. and abroad.
The 1960s saw expansion of the publishing division and building of the current offices in nearby Ada, Mich. The company began purchasing smaller
publishing houses, including Canon Press and W.A. Wilde Company, and
expanding its retail base, owning half a dozen retail stores at one point, under
the leadership of Herman Bakers son Peter. His other son, Richard, became
president of the company in 1987, though Herman continued working until
his death in 1991. Richard Baker oversaw the purchase of the Fleming H.
Revell Company and Chosen Books in 1992, a move that brought Baker out
of the academic/classics market and squarely into the trade book market.
Dwight Baker, Richards son, became president of the company in 1997, overseeing the addition of Brazos Press in 1999 and the purchase of Bethany
House Publishers in 2003, followed by the acquisition of Regal Books as well.
Dwight Baker sees only benefit in the purchase.
We will concentrate on incorporating Regal books and authors into our
lines, with a goal to maintain the publishing process as effectively as possible, he says. In every conversation Ive held so far, the community of publishers, agents, and authors has expressed a common impression that this
transition will serve the church well over the long term.
Among Baker Publishing Groups top sellers: 90 Minutes in Heaven by
Don Piper, has sold more than five million copies; Beverly Lewis books have
sold more than 15 million; and Janette Oke has more than 25 million of her
books sold.
In 10 years I would prefer to be just where we are, but surrounded by emerging young leaders who bring a passion and talent for Christian book publishing that makes me feel like a novice, says Baker. Ten years down the road, I
hope to be standing on the curb and cheering the racers.
Ann Byle
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Signing with Lassie

As the official biographer of Lassie,
bestselling author Ace Collins
understands the inherent potential
of canine companions. Lassies onscreen heroics are symbolic of the
innate ability of dogs, from highly
trained professionals to backyard
pooches, to perform acts of courage
and service, says Collins.
In a special treat for both Collins
and fans, the current official Lassie
joins the author today to help him
promote his new title, Mans Best Hero:
True Stories of Great American Dogs
(Abingdon, June).
The book explores both the strength
of the human/canine bond and the

potential of all dogs to channel their
inner Lassie, who is also represented
in one of the 13 stories. Canine heroes
of all shapes and sizes are included,
says Collins, from rescue dogs that
race into burning buildings to save
lives to little stories like the shepherd/collie mix who made it her
business each day to help a local
crossing guard guide school children
safely across a street.
I think every dog is looking for a
calling... they want to serve, says
Collins, and that includes family pets.
My goal is to have people take a
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second look at their own

dogs to see the potential
there, if they will just
take time to unlock it. To
help facilitate that process, the book includes
resources on assistance
dogs, shelter rescues,
organizations, and programs.
As to what people can
learn from canine friends, he offers,
Dogs can teach us how to be a better human being. They have the
unique ability to be all the things we
should be. If you are looking for a
role model, make it a guide dog.
With more than 60 books in his
canon, including Lassie:

A Dogs LifeThe First
Fifty Years and Music for
Your Heart: Reflections
from Your Favorite Songs,
Collins is taking a short
break from a four-bookper-year schedule to
attend his first BEA. I will
get to meet fans and
observe what other
authors are doing and talk to them
about the process of writing.
Lassie will be joining Ace Collins
as he signs copies of Mans Best
Hero today, at 2 p.m., in the
Abingdon Press booth (1064).

Karen Jones
APAC Is 20
Years Young
The 20th Audio Publishers
Association Conference kicked off
with a State of the Union address
from APA President Michelle Lee
Cobb on Wednesday morning.
Were pleased to say that the
Audio Publishers Association is
doing well, Cobb tells Show Daily.
All of our volunteers are contributing heavily. And both financially
and in a marketing capacity, were
doing big, great things.
The presentationtitled APA
2014 and Beyond, and meant to
review all things audio for the coming yearwas just the start of a
busy day of programming at APAC
featuring dozens of sessions and
networking breaks.
Among some of the days highlights were the keynote address
Thinking in New Boxesfrom
Alan Iny of the Boston Consulting
Group, as well as two program
tracks: one targeting business and
the other, performance.
Iny, the author of Thinking in New
Boxes: A New Paradigm for Business
Creativity, aims to break down
assumptions and constraints that
hold people back. Cobb pointed to
Inys keynote, the APA membership
meeting, and increased attendance
as highlights of the show, noting,
We actually sold out this year.
Programming on the business
track included a publishers roundtable, as well as panels on advanced
social media tools, useful apps, and
a session focusing on childrens
audio. On the performance track,
sessions dealt with home-studio
workflow and how publishers and
narrators can collaborate on promotion; a narrator roundtable;
speed dating networking between
narrators and publishers; and the
ever-popular Listening Lounge.
Its a great opportunity to hook
up with your colleagues, says
award-winning narrator Xe Sands.
Theres been a lot of change in
audiobook publishing this year... so
its a great time to check in with
everybody.
Adam Boretz
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Humor is very likely on the menu at todays Childrens Book and Author
Breakfast, which is highlighted by three lively veteran childrens book authors
and one debut author whose specialty is comedy. New to the book world but
familiar to film and TV viewers, Jason Segel will host this mornings event.
Joining him on the podium are Mem Fox, Carl Hiaasen, and Jeff Kinney.
Jason Segel, whose writing credits include movie
scripts and songs, teamed up with Kirsten Miller,
author of the Kiki Strike and the Eternal Ones
series, to write Nightmares! (Delacorte, Sept.), the
debut book in a middle-grade trilogy introducing a
boy whose worst nightmares start to come true.
The story is based on the first movie script that
Segel, now 34, wrote when he was in his early 20s.
I had terrible nightmares as a child, and I found
that films like The Goonies and Labyrinth really
helped remind me that theres still magic in the
world, he says. I hope my book helps kids realize Jason Segel
that as well. I think when kids reach the age of eight
or 10, the fact that they have responsibilitiesand will for the rest of their
livessuddenly hits them, and that can be scary. I want to let kids know that
you can use nightmares to learn to cope with fears, and can work through
nightmares to make them your dreams.
Segel was anxious to shape his original nightmares-themed script into a
novel. One thing Ive learned through my work [as writer] on The Muppets
movies is that a childs imagination is more powerful than anything you can
put on a screen, he observes. So I really wanted to put this story into book
form.
He reports that his collaboration with Miller was a smooth one. Ive found
in my career that collaboration is the key to success for me, and I was grateful to be able to work with Kirsten, he notes.
Segel, who will sign copies of Nightmares! at the Random House booth
(2839) at 1:30 p.m. today, is very excited to be making his first visit to BEA
and to be around people who really love books. Still, he admits to a few butterflies anticipating his breakfast gig this morning: In general, I am terrified of hosting things, but it was comforting to learn about the context of the
breakfast and that Ill be introducing my fellow authors. But Im still trying
to pick out a really good sweater to wearmaybe something Christmassy or
something with elbow patches? Im wading through lots of choices.
Mem Fox is delighted to speak at todays breakfast,
and recalls her reaction to being asked to do so: I
live in Australia, by the sea, and when the invitation
arrived I felt like running along the beach screaming, even though Im an asthmatic in my late 60s. I
was not only honored, I was shocked. My fevered
excitement and gratitude know no bounds. Fox
will sign copies of her latest book, Baby Bedtime,
(S&S/Beach Lane Books, Aug.) at 1 p.m. today at
Table 8 in the Autographing Area.
The author notes that this picture book, which is
illustrated by Emma Quay, started very differently
Mem Fox
from any of her earlier picture books. In early 2010,
her first grandchild, Theo, was born 10 weeks prematurely, and Fox spent a
good deal of time visiting him in the neonatal ward. I read, sang, and talked
to him daily, she says. One day I noticed Theos ears dont stick out. Mine
do, so I was so happy for him. I loved his earsand his nose, fingers, and toes.
So I whispered, I could eat your little ears. I could nibble on your nose. I
kept on going, and realized Id accidentally written the first verse of a love
poem to a baby. Over the next couple of days, I finished the poem, which
eventually became the text of Baby Bedtime.
A devoted literacy advocate who believes in the importance of reading
aloud to very young children, Fox consciously shapes the verse of her books
so it is especially effective when read aloud. Im passionate about children
being read to long before they go to kindergarten, so theyll learn to read
easily, happily, and quickly when they finally make it into school, she says.
And its not only verse that I consciously shape for read-aloud perfection,
its prose as well. My editor and I were recently working intensively on a
new book, and I wrote 39 drafts in five days. The final story will be a meager
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450 words, but each one will be the right word in the right place.
Because she loves speaking about her work, Fox expects todays breakfast
to be a highlight of BEA for her, adding, I hope booksellers will take from
my presentation a greater understanding of the agony of writing for very
young children. I also hope they will find it deliciously easy to sell until kingdom come.
Carl Hiaasen arrives at BEA with a new feather in his cap: with the release
of SkinkNo Surrender (Knopf, Sept.) he will add YA author to his long list
of writing credits. In his new book, the Newbery
Honor author (for Hoot) brings back Skink, the
hermit ex-governor of Florida he first introduced
more than 25 years ago in a novel for adults, Double
Whammy. Here, Skink and a teen named Richard
embark on a search for the boys missing cousin,
undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying
bullets, and giant gators.
Both Skinks sketchy character and the story
linethe missing girl runs away with a guy she
meets onlineskewed the novel to young adults,
observes Hiaasen. The world has obviously
Carl Hiaasen
changed with the Internet, and it brings a host of new
threats, like cyber predators, that kids and adults have to worry about, he
says. This story is obviously a bit heavier than what goes on in my middlegrade books, so it naturally fell into the YA categorythough my books are
so peculiar that they dont really fit into any category.
And of course theres the roguish Skink, whom Hiaasen describes as
probably the most adult character in any of my books, so it made sense to
bring him into a book aimed at teens rather than younger readers. In addition, the authors teen readers appear to be ardent fans of Skink. A lot of
teens who read Hoot when it first came out and now read my adult novels
have told me that Skink is their favorite character, he adds.
Asked if he felt the need to tone down Skinks character for the YA audience, Hiaasen replies that he decided to tell the story in Richards voice,
which gave me the chance to filter Skinks dialogue. Richard became somewhat of a built-in editor. At one point he remarks that Skink is cussing, but
he refuses to tell the reader what hes hearing. Skink is a character who
needs some supervision, even in an adult book.
Not surprisingly. Hiaasen, who signs ARCs of SkinkNo Surrender at 11
a.m. this morning at the Random House booth (2839), doesnt keep a straight
face as he describes his reaction to being asked to speak at the breakfast: I
immediately thought, What are they thinkingare they out of their minds?
Im always flattered and also surprised when asked to appear at a dignified
function like this. My fan base and audience are a little more raggedwhich
I lovebut here I may have to dress up and behave.
Jeff Kinneys ninth Diary of a Wimpy Kid novel, The Long Haul (Amulet,
Nov.), marks several departures from his earlier books in this bestselling
series. For starters, Greg Heffley and his family leave home for the first time
to embark on a road trip. Kinney notes that though taking the characters
out of their element is freeing, its a little
risky for me creatively. Normally, I dont
figure out the novels theme until Ive
written all the jokes for the book, but
this time the road-trip structure was
already there. I was intent on writing
the book cinematically, in three acts,
where I ordinarily build the story
around scattershot jokes that the plot
strings together. Here, I feel a bit as
though Im writing right-side-up rather
than my usual upside-down.
Jeff Kinney
Changing the setting by taking the
Heffleys out of their home turf also
brought new problems. With the family in one car together, I have to have
them all doing something, moving toward some kind of goal, which is a different approach for me, he remarks. I thought it might be limiting, but it was
very liberating, because all the characters had to have some sort of character
development, which I dont usually focus on.
Citing an additional creative departure, Kinney adds that he also tweaked
his approach to the humor in The Long Haul. With this book, the humor has
to be a bit more observational and the jokes more action-driven, he says.
When characters are in a car, you need flat tires, chases, and things to go
wrong. Its all a little more madcap.
Speaking of humor, Kinney says he is honored to be a breakfast speaker
this morning, but a tad anxious as well. Im a bit nervous about having to
deliver laughs, since that can be tough at that time of the morning, he says.
In one lifetime, I can only collect so many funny stories, so I pray if I tell one
that booksellers have already heard they wont call me out on it.
After the breakfast today, Kinney heads to the Abrams booth (2727) at
10:30 a.m. to autograph copies of the Wimpy Kid School Planner, and will
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For those navigating the booths of
childrens publishers today, heres
a preview of new books on display,
author signings, and giveaways to
pick up.
At booth C1681, NorthSouth is
featuring two new picture books,
both starring animal protagonists.
Author-illustrator Torben
Kuhlmann has traveled to BEA
from his native Germany to introduce booksellers to Lindberg: The
Tale of a Flying Mouse. The publisher is giving away Let Your
Imagination Soar posters to promote the book. Also on display is
Two Parrots, based on a tale from
Rumi, the 13th-century Persian
poet. The story, which centers on a
parrot in a golden cage that has
everything he wantsexcept his
freedomis illustrated by Persian
artist Rashin, who is attending BEA.
Pathfinder Equine Publications,
in Reading, Pa., is celebrating the
publication of Quincy and Buck, the
third book in the Quincy the Horse
series by Camille Matthews, illustrated by Michelle Black. In this
picture book, released in March in
hardcover and e-book editions,
Quincy must contend with a bully
when he ventures beyond the corGuests can

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ral and takes his first trail ride in
sample the hot
novel. Fans of
the desert. Books in the Quincy the
chocolate bar
Sammy
Horse series, inspired by a young,
and other
Spiderand
real-life horse that is now 24 and
goodies while
chicken soup
still works as a therapy horse, have
watching the movie play in the
can pick up a recipe card based on
been named Moms Choice Award
booth.
Sammy the Spiders First Mitzvah,
winners and will be displayed at the
Those stopping by Kar-Bens
the arachnids 15th picture book
Moms Choice booth (2767, 2768)
booth (1847) will have a chance to
adventure (Sept.). Written by Sylvia
during the show. Matthews, a cliniview some of the publishers latest
A. Rouss and Illustrated by
cal social worker and equineofferings. These include The
Katherine Janus Kahn, the series
assisted learning specialist, will be
Whispering Town, a story about a
has more than 300,000 copies in
at that booth to sign copies of her
family who hides a Jewish woman
print.
three books this afternoon, 2 p.m.
and her son in their cellar in 1943
Also on display at the booth are
Pathfinder Equine Publications
Nazi-occupied Denmark. Author
four new Jewish-themed science
books are distributed by Small
Jennifer Elvgren
Press United/IPG.
is at BEA to proBooksellers eager to
get into the holiday spirit
on the early side will
want to visit the Silver
Dolphin Books booth
(2020) today, 34 p.m.,
when the publisher is
throwing a Christmas
party to celebrate
Rudolph the Red Nose
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middle-grade
Her Plant by Ellie B.
adventure involving
Gellman, Seder in
feuding kingdoms, a
the Desert by Rabbi
cursed boy, a cunJamie Korngold,
ning girl, and an
Storks Landing by
enchanted forest.
Tami LehmanNext up is William
Wilzig, and New
Ritter, who will
Month, New Moon by
autograph (against
Allison Ofanasky
a backdrop of
and photographer
scenes from his
Eliyahu Alpern.
novel) ARCs of
Algonquin Young
Jackaby, a story set
Mara Rockliff will be visiting the
Readers is hosting
in 1892 that centers
Peachtree booth.
two author autoon a girl who partgraphings this afternoon at booth
ners with an investigator with
839. From 2 to 3 p.m., Kelly Barnhill
extraordinary powers to track
will sign ARCs of The Witchs Boy, a
down a serial killer. Also featured
W E E K LY
Spotlight
at the booth is
Winifred
Conklings
Passenger on
the Pearl, a YA
nonfiction title about a girl and 70
other slaves who made an unsuccessful attempt to escape north by
ship from Washington, D.C., in 1848.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt welcomes a literary luminary to booth
1657 today, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.,
when Lois Lowry signs hardcover
copies of the classic edition of her
Newbery-winning novel The Giver.
In July, the publisher will release a
new hardcover edition to tie in to
the Weinstein film based on the
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Signing ARCs of EXQUISITE CAPTIVE
Autographing Area Table 11
novel, which is
due in August
and stars Jeff
Bridges, Meryl
Streep, and
Katie Holmes. HMH is giving away
The Giverthemed cloth tote bags,
as well as totes promoting Ivan: The
Remarkable True Story of the
Shopping Mall Gorilla, an August
Clarion title by Katherine
Applegate, based on her Newbery
winner, The One and Only Ivan.
Up for grabs at the booth are
these HMH ARCs: His Fair
Assassin, Book 3: Mortal Heart by
Robin LaFevers; Vivian Apple at the
End of the World by Katie Coyle;
Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts; Robots
Rule, Book 1: The Junkyard Bot by
C.J. Richards, illustrated by Goro
Fujita; The Woodcutter Sisters, Book
3: Dearest by Alethea Kontis; The
Chronicles of Kazam, Book 3: The
Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde; The
Question of Miracles by Elana K.
Arnold; and A Plague of Bogles by
Catherine Jinks. Also available are
two Clarion ARCs: The Perfect Place
by Teresa E. Harris and Where I
Belong by Mary Downing Hahn.
Soho Teen hosts two YA author
autographings at its booth (2946)
today, including debut novelist
Cynthia Weil, who is celebrated for
her writing skills in another medium.
A member of the Rock and Roll and
the Songwriters Halls of Fame, winner of multiple Grammy Awards,
and co-writer of such classic songs
as On Broadway and Youve Lost
That Lovin Feeling, Weil will be at
the booth this morning, 1111:30 a.m.,
to sign ARCs of her novel, Im Glad
I Did, which centers on a young
songwriter starting out in 1963
Manhattan. She will also autograph
posters featuring lyrics to Im Glad
I Did, one of four original songs she
wrote based on the novels plot. At 3
p.m., Adele Griffin will be on hand
to sign ARCs of The Unfinished Life
of Addison Stone, an illustrated
docu-novel exploring what drove
a teenage art prodigy to take her
own lifeif indeed she did.
At Perseus booth 1406, the folks
from Weinstein Books are spreading
their enthusiasm for a spring 2015
novel, The Haunting of Sunshine
Girl, Book 1 by Paige McKenzie with
Alyssa Sheinmel. The novel launches
a series based on the YouTube YA
Web series about a teen living in a
haunted house, which boasts more
than 52 million total views and
averages five million views per
month. The book series will offer
the backstory about characters featured in the YouTube videos, and
the YouTube and book properties
have been optioned by the Weinstein
Company for development for film
or television. The publisher is giving away chapter samplers at the
booth, which features a large light
box booth poster.
Staffers at the Peachtree booth
(2813) are in town from Atlanta to
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Autographing Area Table 10
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PUBL I SHERS
share news of some of the houses

new releaseswith the help of several authors and an illustrator.
Carmen Agra Deedy, coauthor with
Randall Wright of The Cheshire
Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale, and
illustrator Barry Moser will be at
the booth this afternoon, 22:30 p.m.,
signing their novel about a cat and
his mouse friends living in the
London tavern frequented by
Charles Dickens. The book will be
released in paperback in September.
Also at BEA are Mara Rockliff,
author of The Grudge Keeper, a picture book illustrated by Eliza
Wheeler that reveals what happens
when the wind scatters the villagers
grudges that one resident has kept

tucked away in his cottage. And Fred
Bowen is at the show promoting
Double Reverse, a middle-grade
football novel that joins his Sports
Stories series.
At booth 1439, Scholastic has an
array of giveaways tying into forthcoming books. Star Wars fans can
pick up galleys of Star Wars: Jedi
Academy: Return of the Padawan
by Jeffrey Brown, as well as buttons
touting this title. Galleys and posters
are available for Sisters, a graphic
novel by Raina Telgemeier from
Scholastic/Graphix; and galleys are
on hand for Maggie Stiefvaters
Sinner, a novel set in the same world
as her Shiver trilogy. Double-sided
tote bags promote Dav Pilkeys
Captain
Underpants and
Ricky Ricotta
series, and other
Ricky Ricotta
themed giveaways include
posters, bookmarks, and tattoos. And for
thirsty YA devotees, there are
This Is Teen: I
Read YA tumAlgonquin hosts Ritter this afternoon at 3 p.m.; and Pathfinder will have
blers up for
Matthews at 2 p.m.
W E E K LY
Spotlight
grabs.
Making its
BEA debut is
Pine Tree
Publishing
(1644), a Grove City, Pa., company
with a three-fold mission: developing good stories, encouraging family traditions, and ensuring quality
keepsakes. In the spirit of those
goals, the publishers initial titles
spotlight the wonders of the holidays and of building a snowman.
Released in July 2013, these are The
Magic Christmas Key by Leann
Smith, illustrated by Kip Richmond,
and Smiths My Snowman and Me,
illustrated by Kacey Schwartz. Both
are available as individual hardcovers and as boxed novelty gift sets.
Smith will be at the booth tomorrow,
10 a.m.noon, to sign copies of The
Magic Christmas Key, which won a
Moms Choice Award Gold Medal.
At BEA, Pine Tree is also previewing upcoming books by company
founder Smith, due in August: The
Hope Tree and The Winning Garden,
both illustrated by Richmond.
At booths 1513 and 1613, the Italian
Trade Agency is featuring several
childrens book published by
Corraini Edizioni, winner of this
years BOPBologna Prize for the
Best Childrens Publisher of the Year
in Europe. On
display from
that publisher
are Taro
Miuras
Workman Stencil, which invites
readers to use an accompanying
stencil to draw helpers at a work
site; Blind Mice and Other Numbers
by Ivan Chermayeff, a pun-filled
counting book; and This Is the
Cheese by Andy Goodman, a rhyming tale of a mouse who might set off
a chain of mishaps if he snaps a
mousetrap holding cheese. Other
childrens publishers exhibiting at
the booth are 24 ORE Cultura,
Atlantyca, ATS Italia Editrice,
Carthusia Edizioni, Giunti Editore,
La Coccinella, and Secop Edizioni.
The Macmillan Childrens
Publishing Group is hosting two
author signings at booth 1738. Today,
1010:30 a.m., Brandon Stanton,
blogger and bestselling author of
Humans of New York, will sign Little
Humans (Farrar, Straus and Giroux),
an October title that offers photos
and anecdotes focusing on young
New Yorkers. Tomorrow, 12 a.m.,
Obert Skye will be on hand to sign
Katfish (Holt/Ottaviano), the latest
addition to his middle-grade
Creature from My Closet series.
Other new titles featured at the
on children
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This Day in June
Parenting Children With ADHD
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Illustrated by Kristyna Litten
A wildly whimsical, validating, and exuberant
reflection of the LGBT community, This Day in June
welcomes kids to experience a pride celebration and
share in a day when we are all united. 32 pages.
10 x 8. Full-color illustrations. Ages 4-8.
Not Every Princess
Jeffrey Bone, PsyD, and Lisa Bone, PhD

Illustrated by Valeria Docampo
The authors keep their messaging to a minimum; coupled
with the emotion and humor in Docampos artwork, it goes
a long way to helping the book feel like a book and not just
a resource.
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32 pages. 9 3/8" x 9 3/8". Full-color illustrations. Ages 4-8.
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Friends Always
Tanja Wenisch
Illustrated by Tanja Wenisch
This fun, colorfully illustrated story about the ups and
downs of childhood friendship gently teaches kids about
appropriate social behavior and conflict resolution.
32 pages. 9 3/8" x 9 3/8". Full-color illustrations. Ages 4-8.
Hardcover: $14.95 | ISBN 978-1-4338-1639-0
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10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach

SECOND EDITION
Vincent J. Monastra, PhD
This guidebook synthesizes medical, nutritional, educational,
and psychological research on ADHD and shows how
parenting techniques can significantly reduce ADHD
symptoms. 2014. 252 pages. Paperback.
Taking Control of Anxiety
Small Steps for Getting the Best

of Worry, Stress, and Fear
Bret A. Moore, PsyD
This is a self-help book in the best sense of the term
conversational in tone, supportive, and filled with simple
tips and suggestions that can help people reduce their own
anxieties. 2014. 248 pages. Paperback.
List: $16.95 | ISBN 978-1-4338-1747-2
APA Books
Clinical Neuropsychology
A Pocket Handbook for Assessment

THIRD EDITION
Edited by Michael W. Parsons
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This pocket handbook leads users through the complicated
process of assessing, diagnosing, and treating an enormous
range of neurologic, neuropsychological, psychiatric, and
behavioral disorders and syndromes. 2014. 704 pages.
Paperback.
List: $59.95 | ISBN 978-1-4338-1687-1
Upside Down and Backwards
A Siblings Journey Through Childhood Cancer

Julie Greves, CCLS, Katy Tenhulzen, CCLS,
and Fred Wilkinson, LICSW
With the help of his family, friends, and support group,
Bryce gets through the ups, downs, twists, and flips of
having a sister living with cancer. 112 pages.
5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Ages 8-13.
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American Psychological Association
SIXTH EDITION
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological
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writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the word
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A Story About Sibling Relationships

Marlene L. Szymona, PhD, Illustrated by Christine Battuz
In this charming, adorably illustrated story Jen is envious of the attention and gifts her little
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PUBL I SHERS
W E E K LY
booth include Kid Sheriff and

the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea
and Lane Smith (Roaring
Brook), an Old West talecum
dinosaurs; Rain Reign by Ann
M. Martin (Feiwel and Friends),
centering on a girl with Aspergers
syndrome who sets out to find her
missing dog; Starry Night by Isabel
Gillies (FSG), a YA novel exploring
first love and first heartbreak; and
Mike Curatos Little Elliot, Big City
(Henry Holt), a series launch starring an elephant living in New York
City, for which the publisher is
handing out promotional tote bags.
BEA attendees will find a lot to
chuckle over at booth 2657,
where AMP! Comics for Kids
hosts a quartet of celebrated
cartoonists who will sign
their new books today and
tomorrow. Heres the lineup:
Mark Tatulli, Desmond
Pucket and the Mountain Full
of Monsters, today and tomorrow, 1011 a.m.; Stephan
Pastis, The Croc Ate My
Homework, today, 11 a.m.
noon; Patrick McDonnell,
The MUTTS Diaries (today,
12:301:30 p.m.); and Lincoln Peirce,
Big Nate: Great Minds Think Alike
(Apr.), whose Big Nate: The Crowd
Goes Wild is due in October (today,
1:302:30 p.m., and tomorrow, 11
a.m.noon).
Giveaways at the booth include
galleys of The Ice Cream Kid: Brain
Freeze! by Todd Clark; Dragon Girl:
The Secret Valley by Jeff Weigel;
and Muddy Max: the Mystery of
Marsh Creek by Elizabeth Rusch,
illustrated by Mike Lawrence. Also
available are samplers for Reading
with Pictures: Comics That Make
Kids Smarter by Josh Elder, a
graphic anthology due in August.
At Firefly Books booth (1549),
Annick Press is giving out galleys
for spoken-word artist Shane
Koyczans antibullying poem, To This
Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful,
illustrated by 30 artists from around
the world. This laminated hardcover
edition is due in September.
Random House (2839) has a trio of
in-booth author signings scheduled
for tomorrow.
From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., three-time
Newbery Honor author Jennifer L.
Holm signs The Fourteenth Goldfish,
a middle-grade novel about a girl
who begins to believe in the impossible when a mysterious boy appears.
Bob Staake autographs My Pet Book,
a picture book about a boy whose
beloved pet (a book) goes missing,
11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. And Matt de la
Pea signs The Living (Delacorte), a
YA novel about a teen whose summer cruise ship job turns into a fight
for survival when an earthquake
hits, noon1 p.m.
At the Tuttle booth (2744), staffers
are spreading word of the publishers expanding childrens and YA
fiction lines, which focus on multicultural Asian books. Picture book
Spotlight
on children
offerings include All About China,

the latest installment in the All
About series; Korean Folk Songs,
packaged with a CD; and Mei-Meis
Lucky Birthday Noodles. Also featured are My First Book of Japanese
Words and two Chinese tales: The
Horse and the Mysterious Drawing
and Mings Adventures with the
Terracotta Army. For middle-graders, My Awesome Japan Adventure
by Rebecca Otowa is the story of a
Look for King Sheriff books at the Macmillan

booth.
fifth graders trip to Japan as an

exchange student.
On the YA side, the publisher has
a limited supply of ARCs on hand
for three new titles: Revenge of the
Akuma Clan, the second volume in
Benjamin Martins shape-shifter
saga; Jet Black and the Ninja Wind,
the launch title of a trilogy about the
last living female ninja by Leza
Lowitz; and In Real Life by
Lawrence Tabak, a debut novel
introducing a boy whose dreams
come true when he qualifies to play
on the Korean online gaming team.
Tuttle is also featuring titles with its
new publishing partner, China
Institute (In the Forbidden City and
This Is the Greatest Place), and books
with Shanghai Press, an ongoing
partner (The Sheep Beauty and Mings
Adventure on Chinas Great Wall).
For those craving an afternoon
snack, sample treats from Tuttles
adult cookbooks will be available
each day at 2 p.m.
Visitors to Carson-Dellosa
Publishings booth (C1575) will find
a sprawling display introducing the
companys newly relaunched
Spectrum series of workbooks,
updated with new content that aligns
with current state and Common
Core standards. Due in August, the
revised 62-volume series covers a
range of subjects (including math,
reading, writing, language arts, science, and vocabulary), with separate
workbooks for each discipline and
each grade level, k8. The workbooks
aim to prepare children for the next
grade level, reinforce classroom
learning, offer enrichment opportunities for advanced learners requiring an extra challenge, and build
students confidence. Sally Lodge
Visit Booth
#1031
Inspire
TRUE STORIES That Will

Your Readers
Prepared for a Purpose
Lost and Found
Out of the Depths
by Antoinette Tuff with Alex Tresniowski
by Sarah Jakes
by Edgar Harrell, USMC, with David Harrell
The incredible true story of how one woman talked a

school shooter back from the brink, and the amazing
journey of how God prepared her for that moment.
ISBN: 978-0-7642-1272-7 $15.99
SEPTEMBER 2014
With heartbreaking vulnerability, Sarah Jakes, daughter of Bishop T.D. Jakes, shares her inspiring personal
story of overcoming past mistakes and finding her
faith and purpose again.
ISBN: 978-0-7642-1209-3 $24.99
A WWII heros courageous, inspiring true story

of survival against all odds after the sinking of the
USS Indianapolis.
ISBN: 978-0-7642-1260-4 $16.99
MAY 2014
APRIL 2014
90 Minutes in Heaven,
10th Anniversary edition
The Reason
Steel Will
by Lacy Sturm
by Shilo Harris with Robin Overby Cox
The mega bestselling true story of Don Pipers visit

to heaven celebrates its tenth anniversary with this
special edition.
Once a suicidal atheist, now a Christ-following rock

star, Lacey tells her story of finding purpose behind
the pain, sharing the many reasons for her hope and
helping readers see how valuable they are to God.
ISBN: 978-0-8007-2323-1 $14.99
ISBN: 978-0-8010-1673-8 $15.99
by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey
JULY 2014
OCTOBER 2014
The incredible memoir of a soldier who survived an

IED explosion, spent 48 days in a coma, underwent
50 skin graft surgeries, and battled PTSD to emerge
with a renewed confidence in the goodness of God
and a deeper love for his wife who stood beside him
through it all.
ISBN: 978-0-8010-1655-4 $21.99
SEPTEMBER 2014
Please help us celebrate Baker Publishing Groups 75th Anniversary today at Booth #1031.
A free book, The Baker Book House Story, and a gift will be given away while supplies last.
To order call 1-800-877-2665

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Acclaim to
Pannell
Winners
Spotlight
on children
At todays Childrens Book and

Author Breakfast, two booksellers will be on hand to
accept this years WNBA
Pannell Award, given annually
since 1983 by the Womans
National Book Association to
two bookstoresone general
Kenny Brechner, owner of DDG Booksellers, with two
happy customers, Lydie and Byrnne Robbins.
and one childrens specialty
storethat enhance their communities by bringing exceptional creativity to foster a love of reading in
their young patrons. This years winners are Devaney Doak & Garrett
Booksellers in Framingham, Maine, in the general bookstore category, and
4 Kids Books & Toys in Zionsville, Ind., for a childrens specialty store.
A jury of five book industry professionals deliberated for weeks before
selecting the winners based on creativity, responsiveness to community
needs, and an understanding of young readers. Each recipient of the award,
which is co-sponsored by Penguin Young Readers Group, receives a $1,000
check and a piece of original art by a childrens book illustrator.
It was really hard to choose this year, as there were so many impressive
stores that do so much to support their community, not only through reading but philanthropy as well, wrote Pannell Award juror Kelli Chipponeri,
executive editor of childrens books at Chronicle Books. The outreach that
these booksellers do, with little resources and support, makes them not
only cultural touch points for the people who shop at their stores but also
promotes reading, art, and education in communities.
That is a fitting description for longtime Devaney Doak & Garrett owner
Kenny Brechner, who notes that childrens book buying, reviewing, literacy
outreach, and creative event programming is the area of bookselling to
which I have given my greatest emphasis and taken the greatest satisfaction and pride.
Noting that his stores location in rural central Maine has greatly influenced its programs, he explains, Framingham has a population of more
than one millionpine trees. Since we are not near any urban center and
are not on the way to any, our tradition of creative marketing and direct outreach to publishers and authors is a necessity in terms of luring resources
up here to enrich all the programming we bring to young readers.
The seeds of one of Brechners exemplaryand ongoingoutreach programs were planted more than a decade ago, when he visited a classroom
and asked students for their feedback on some blads and ARCs hed
received from Penguin. Their fascination and enthusiasm were an epiphany for me, he says. I called my Penguin sales rep and arranged to receive
an ARC of The Heroic Adventures of Hercules Amsterdam for every student
in the class to read and review. This project led to a whole new style of classroom outreach for DDG. I started ARC Review Projects in several other
classrooms that have become annual traditions.
DDG works year-round with nine area school districts that cover hundreds of square miles and encompass more than 30 schools. These partnerships are built around the principle of sharing knowledge and resources
to bring the power of engaged reading into the lives of young readers, lighting a flame here and stoking a flame there, says Brechner. If one wants to
stimulate reading, there is one ingredient that is truly essential: modeling a
passion for reading. That is the heart of everything we do.
In 2003, owner Cynthia Compton opened 4 Kids
Books and Toys (so named for her own four children,
now ages 1321) as a neighborhood childrens bookstore. The bookseller and her staff organize a busy,
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partnerships with community organizations, and
strong relationships with schools, with the goal, says
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and create a community of readers.
At its core, 4 Kids is what Compton calls a very
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for the very young, book discussion and writing groups, summer reading programs, and
even a parent book club. Its
very important for us to get kids at every reading level involved, says
Compton.
Her store also has a wider-reaching mission. Located in an affluent suburb of Indianapolis, where parents are committed to providing books for
their children, 4 Kids works to extend that commitment to the greater metropolitan community where children do not have access to books easily. To
make this happen, we have developed a network of community partnerships, allowing us to spread these resources, most specifically to public
schools in the urban Indianapolis district.
Over the years, Compton has developed school outreach programs to
provide books and visiting authors to urban schools, which in many cases,
she says, require matchmaking between community organizations to provide resources and funding for the schools needing assistance. The roster
of sponsoring companies and local groups 4 Books has partnered with
include the Indiana Pacers, the Indianapolis Colts, Boys and Girls Clubs,
Rotary clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce. Its all aimed at getting more
books in the hands of kids, adds Compton. In 2013, for example, 4 Kids
Books participated in the donation of over 4,500 books through partnership
programs, adding to the thousands of volumes distributed in the 10 previous years.
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Tapping the YA Market Digitally
One of the basic tenets of marketing is to go to where your customers are.

And when the customers are YA readers, these days they can likely be
found using social media. But though authors, publishers, booksellers, and
librarians know that the digital space is an important destination, they may
need some help finding the best way to get there and reach their intended
audience. Todays panel A Conversation on Digital Strategies for Tapping
the YA Market, in Room 1E07, 3:304:20 p.m., aims to provide a road map.
A lineup of industry experts will share their insights on the effectiveness of
various digital strategies as well as provide examples of successful online
campaigns. The growth of online communities and how they influence publishers and readers will also be discussed. Participants include authors Alaya
Dawn Johnson and Carolyn Mackler; Arthur A. Levine, v-p and publisher of
Scholastics Arthur A. Levine Books; Cheryl B. Klein, executive editor at
Arthur A. Levine Books; Jeffrey Yamaguchi, director of digital marketing at
Abrams Books; and Jennifer Hubert Swan, middle school librarian and library
department chair at the Little Red School House and Elizabeth Irwin High
School in Manhattan. Manuela Soares, lecturer and director of the graduate
seminar in publishing at Pace University, will moderate the panel.
Were facing the first generation that has grown up online, says Klein.
As a result, weve had to adapt and change our entire way of marketing. As
director of digital marketing, Yamaguchi is enthusiastic about embracing
this new world. He describes the digital space as an amazingly alive and
creative place and notes that there is a lot happening with both creators
and readers of books. Lots of authors are pretty savvy about social media,
he says. Readers are owning social media right now. They determine how
we talk there, what we talk about. They determine trends, and theres
incredible energy and excitement around that.
One of Yamaguchis key points for authors: stay focused and not get
overwhelmed when trying to optimize their online impact. The platforms are endless and always changing. You could spend all your time trying to manage that, he says. But I tell authors to find one they like. If you
like it, youll be authentic. If its forced, youre not going to connect with
your readers.
As an example, Klein points to author Trent Reedys Tumblr, created for his
speculative novel Divided We Fall (Scholastic/Levine, Jan.), which features
some military elements. Its been a great venue for him to talk about his service in Afghanistan, says Klein. Reedy has also used his Facebook page to
forge connections with military buddies and other writers. Hes been really
crafting an online space for himself, she says. Additionally, Klein will highlight the This Is Teen (www.thisisteen.com) online community of readers and
its I Read YA campaign running from May 19 to July 4: It taps into the way the
YA category has blown up, and the pride that YA readers feel.
During todays discussion, he will cite other success stories as well, but
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little bit of noise. And you should feel a little uncomfortable. You want to be a
little nervous about it because youre trying something new and youre not
sure it will work. The bottom line, he notes, If youre not trying something
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For the second year in a row, childrens authors will grab the spotlight for an entire day at BEA. Backto-back kids programming is scheduled today for the Uptown Stage,
where an array of authors will take
part in panel discussions ranging
from creating fantasy worlds to writing true-to-life fiction authentically.
Booksellers and other industry professionals will have the opportunity
to hear fresh voicesthose of promising new authors whose books
were selected for this years Young
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sionsas well as the voices of wellestablished writers.

For months, education director
Sally Dedecker, a digital and print
publishing consultant and owner of
Sally Dedecker Enterprises, worked
with many publishers to assemble
the stage programming. The decision to repeat 2013s first-ever daylong kids stage appearances
stemmed from last years success.
The kids-only programming was
very popular with booksellers and
librarians, and publishers and
authors loved the attention and ded-
icated space, reports Dedecker.

Dedecker was very impressed
with the dedication of childrens
publishers and authors, noting the
passion for building strong childrens
programming to share with attendees was the focus of every discussion
we had. Honestly, the one problem
we had this year is that there were
more authors and publishers ideas
than time on the stage schedule.
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Ourselves), Amy Ewing (The Jewel),
and Ryan Graudin (The Walled City).
1111:30 a.m.: Its Not Easy Being
Teen. How do writers believably and
authentically get into the mindset of
a teen? Its simple to skew a voice too
young or too old, or to underestimate
the breadth of a high schoolers experience. In a panel discussion moderated by Aubry Parks-Fried, a digital
marketing manager at HarperTeen,
these authors will address this challenge: Amy Zhang (Falling into Place),
Kresley Cole (Dead of Winter), Becca
Fitzpatrick (Black Ice), and Amanda
Maciel (Tease).
11:30 p.m.: Meet BEA MiddleGrade Buzz Authors 2014. Jennifer
Brown, childrens editor of Shelf
Awareness and director of the
Center for Childrens Literature at
the Bank Street College of Education,
moderates a panel of novelists whose
work was featured on this mornings
Middle-Grade Editors Buzz Panel.
They are Eric Kahn Gale (Zoo at the
Edge of the World), M.A. Larson
(Pennyroyal Academy), Kelly
Barnhill (The Witchs Boy), Kat Yeh
(The Truth About Twinkie Pie), and
Rob Harrell (Life of Zarf
22:30 p.m.: The Craft of Writing
and World Building. The world an
author creates is more than just a
background or a piece of descriptive
writing. Itbecomes the arena in
which characters stories play out,
dictating decisions, emotional histories, and beyondyet fictional
worlds are rarely born as a fully
formed idea. Five masters of the
craft will discuss the promise and
pitfalls of constructing a world from
scratch. Participating are Brandon
Mull (the Five Kingdoms Series),
Scott Westerfeld (Afterworlds), Kiera
Cass (The One), Heather Demetrios
(Exquisite Captive), and Michael
Grant (Messenger of Fear). Margot
Wood of Epic Reads moderates.
33:30 p.m.: Real YA. These bestselling, award-winning authors put
their teens through out-of-this world
struggles that are firmly planted in
reality, whether its grappling with
family drama, coping with the loss of
a family member, or healing from a
past trauma. The following YA novelists talk about delivering high-stakes
stories that readers can relate to: E.
Lockhart (We Were Liars), Meg
Wolitzer (Belzhar), Gayle Forman (If
I Stay), and Jandy Nelson (Ill Give
You the Sun). Moderator is Cristin
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Screenwriting Is His New Gig
In his second novel, The Book of Joe (2004),
Jonathan Tropper wrote about a novelist who
fears the sophomore slump after his debut
book becomes a huge bestseller and is adapted
into a film.Fast forward a decade, and Troppers
fiction becomes reality. He returns to BEA on a
high-profile panel this afternoon that kick offs
Bookcon. With director Shawn Levy and actors Tina Fey and Jason Bateman,
Tropper will discuss the movie adaptation of his fifth novel, This Is Where I Leave
You (Dutton, 2009). and attendees will be privy to sneak peeks of the film.
Its a tremendous sense of completion, says Tropper, who explained that
he has spent the past five years trying to get the movie made. In the book, the
protagonist, Judd Foxmanwhose wifes affair with his shock-jock boss has
just gone very publicreunites with his dysfunctional family for the first time
in years to sit shiva for a week following the death of its patriarch, his father.
Character-driven plots like This Is Where I Leave You are not always easy to
sell to Hollywood, Tropper points out, but he was happy to write the screenplay for Levy (director of Night at the Museum and The Internship), with
whom he had worked before and developed a shorthand.
Peoplewriters, actorsjust want to work with him, says Tropper about
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Levy, who directed Fey in Date Night. On their panel of big guns, Tropper
says Levy will show some clips from the film, and the actors, writer, and director will talk about the differences between the movie and the book.
Tropper expects the panel will be fun for all of us. But as much as Tropper
enjoys his work in Hollywood (he just completed a script adaptation for his
novel One Last Thing Before I Go [Orion, 2013]), he says novel writing remains
his first creative love.
Screenwriting and the movie stuff could all disappear tomorrow, says
Tropper, but to sit down with my laptop and still tell stories is my day job. I
didnt believe Id actually get to do it for a living.
One thing Tropper likes about writing novels over working on a film is that
he does not have to keep rewriting. Ive probably written 40 different drafts
for the movie, he says. You never have to change a book for budget.
While Tropper has started writing a new novel, he will not share any
details yet, because he knows it will change as he writes it. Im just very
excited to finally be writing prose again, he says. Theres a satisfaction I get
from writing fiction that I will never get from screenwriting.
The panel, 45 p.m., is open to both BEA and Bookcon pass holders, but a
$10 ticket is required. Earlier in the day, at 2 p.m., Tropper is signing books at
the Penguin truck, which will be parked in the Crystal Palace of the Javits.

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Then I talked to
Bill Gates, who
said, No, the history of the
Internet and the
personal computer are inter-
twined, you should do a history about both of them.

At the same time, Isaacsons daughter was applying to college and
wouldnt allow her parents to read her college essay about who in history
inspired her. He tells Show Daily, Once she turned it in, I said, Youve got to
let me read it. Whats it on? She said, Ada Lovelace. I said, Whos Ada
Lovelace? And she said, Lord Byrons daughter; she invented the computer
algorithm. I started researching Ada Lovelace, who created the idea of a
general purpose computer that could be programmed, back in the 1830s. I
became interested in her, and then Steve Jobs called so I put it aside. But
writing about Steve Jobs made me even more interested in who were the
people who made Steve possible. Hence, his latest book, The Innovators:
How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital
Revolution (Simon & Schuster, Oct.). This is a book about how true creativity
comes from being able to collaborate and work as a team, Isaacson says. If
you learn one thing from the book, youre going to learn how innovation
really happens.
Some of the big names Isaacson showcases include Alan Turing, the first
computer theorist, who broke the German codes for the British during WWII;
Robert Noyce, who invented the microchip; Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the
World Wide Web; and Larry Page, cofounder of Google. Asked if there were
surprises in his research, Isaacson says, How art and the humanities and
imagination played such a big role. We think its all engineers and technology.
But many of the people behind the digital revolution had big egos. Show
Daily wanted to know how that fit in with his concept of teamwork.
Sometimes you can be strong willed, but still know that you have to build
teams. That was Steve Jobs secret sauce. He had the best engineers and
designers. And the same with Bill Gateshe was really smart, but he knew
he needed a team. If you look at both of them, they [each] started with a partner. Steve Jobs had Steve Wozniak, and Bill Gates had Paul Allen.
The prolific writer, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, is happy to
be back at BEA. Book Expo to me is a little slice of heaven, says Isaacson.
He will be in a one-on-one discussion about his book with author Jacob
Weisberg, chairman and editor-in-chief of the Slate Group, today in room
1E10/1E11, E Hallway (lower level), 1011 a.m.
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I have great honor, The Giver said. So will you. But you will
find that that is not the same as power.
Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birth-
mothers produce newchildren, who are assigned to appropriate family units:

one male, one female, to each. Citizens are assigned their partners and their
jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. The community is a
world without conflict, inequality, divorce, unemployment, injustice . . . or
choice.
Everyone is the same.
Except Jonas.
At the Ceremony of Twelve, the communitys twelve-year-olds eagerly
accept their predetermined Life Assignments. But Jonas is chosen for something special. He begins instruction in his lifes work with a mysterious old
man known only as The Giver. Gradually Jonas learns that power lies in
feelings. But when his own power is put to the testwhen he must try to
save someone he loveshe may not be ready. Is it too soon? Or too late?
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has attended BEA, hes not intimidated at the
prospect of being surrounded by booksellers
hes never met before to talk about the highs
and lows of his 35-year career as a sportscaster
for radio and television and a celebrity journalist. Ive faced Charles Manson. Ive faced
depression. Ive faced death, he says. I survived all that. Standing in front of people I dont
know is what I do for a living. Booksellers are
going to read Ill Be Back Right After This and
theyre going to like it.
Ill Be Back Right After This (St. Martins,
Aug.) is, OBrien says, a textbook on how to land a charmed career, how to
keep a charmed career, and how to get through a scandal. In 2005, voice
recordings of OBrien drunk-dialing a woman who has never been identified
and leaving sexually explicit messages for her were widely circulated and
written about in the tabloids, which provided fodder for late night television
comedians. It was, he says now, a minor sex scandal compared to whats
going on now, but it temporarily sidelined his career.
OBrien says that he wrote his memoirs, which he describes as Forrest
Gump Meets Days of Wine and Roses, to set the record straight about his
rise and fall and rise again, after going into rehab for alcoholism in 2005 and
again in 2008. Ive been blessed with a charmed career; Ive had a career no
one else had had, OBrien says of his professional life, which expanded
beyond covering sports for CBS for 16 years to anchoring celebrity news programs for about a decade before joining Fox Sports Radio for three years.
Ive met literally everybody. I met the Beatles. He also, according to Ill Be
Back Right After This, did acid with Timothy Leary, drank with Mickey Mantle,
and hung out in Bobby Kennedys living room with Muhammad Ali.
OBrien currently hosts a podcast, on which he interviews celebrities.
Disclosing that he is embarking on a new venture in the fall about which he
cannot yet provide specifics, OBrien, who describes himself as being in
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recovery, currently spends a lot of time counseling others. When people,

when celebrities, are in trouble, OBrien says, they call me.
The book, OBrien says, is more than just another memoir by somebody
rehashing a colorful past: its also a playbook for life. While if you like
celebrities, its all in there, OBrien says, In 35 years in sports and entertainment, Im going to meet people. Rubbing shoulders with famous people
is heady stuff, OBrien admits, but he adds, What really matters is what you
think of yourself, not what other people think of you.
Today, OBrien emcees the APA Author Tea in Room 1E10/1E11, 45 p.m.

Claire Kirch
Avery Corman
Dads Vs. Moms
Avery Corman penned Kramer vs. Kramer back
in 1977 and had no idea that it would totally
change the landscape of divorce in America. He
learned later that the book was cited more in
divorce proceedings than actual legal precedent. More men asked for custody, but that
wasnt the only thing the book did. It made men
more likely to ask for more active visitation
rights, and it made women more likely to say
yes to that. It gave permission to both sides to
have men be more active. Nearly 40 years later,
the book still holds up, and the author is at BEA signing the first trade paperback edition of the groundbreaking book (Barricade Books, May).
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Corman tells Show Daily, The stimulus for all this is the hardcover publication of my first nonfiction book, which is, My Old Neighborhood
Remembered (Barricade Books, June). Its a memoir of my growing up years
in the Bronx in the 1940s and the 1950s. Im of that generation of people who
remember what it was like to be on the home front during WWII. The publisher thought it would be nice to go back and publish my novels in trade
paperback, which they had not been before.
Kramer vs. Kramer, his third novel, was written in the 70s during a politically heated time between the sexes. Corman says, It was prompted by what
was the most important thing in my life, which was having become a father. We
were right in the middle of all the rhetoric connected to the womens movement, with men being called out for not being productive in households and
just being concerned with their own work and careers. Quite honestly, I didnt
see the world through the eyes of some of the more radical feminists. I was a
freelance writer, and I was around all the time. My kids daddy was never anywhere but home. I wanted to right the balance of fatherhood vs. motherhood. I
thought if I wrote a book that showed an active father, Id be able to make the
point that men could be good parents, too. The movie rights were sold before
the book was published, and it ended up being sold to 50 countries.
Corman reread the book when it was reset in this new version. But for the
dollars mentioned in the bookthe salaries, costs of housekeepers, baby sitters, things in the storeit didnt seem dated. Theres a dynamic between
the characters that I dont think has changed. People still get married and
bring expectations into those marriages that arent fulfilled. People still have
anger about their situation. They still get divorced and still have to relate to
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Even though Jacqueline Woodsons latest

release, Brown Girl Dreaming (Penguin/
Paulsen, Aug.), is set during the 1960s and 70s,
its themes are still relevant today, especially
after a controversy erupted last month over the
lack of diversity in BookCons initial lineup of
authors. The civil rights movement was about
access to public space. We had to fight for public space, she says. BookCon is about private
space. Its about commerce, about business,
about the fact that people believe books by
[African-Americans and people of color] wont
sell or wont be of interest to people.
Brown Girl Dreaming, she points out, is about
the civil rights movement and my coming-ofage and understanding how powerful our voices
are in the world. And then to turn around and see how much more we have
to do. Thus, Woodson is putting her words into action by pulling triple duty
at BEA: she is autographing ARCs of Brown Girl Dreaming today, 23 p.m., at
Table 18 in the Autographing Area; participating in the Tea with Childrens
Authors this afternoon; and returning to Javits tomorrow to take part in a
BookCon panel discussion on the We Need Diverse Books campaign.
Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk
through this world together, Woodson says. It blows my mind that this dialogue continues to happen.
Woodson, 51, has written 10 picture books, seven middle-grade novels, and
10 YA novels that all contain elements of her childhood experiences, yet
Brown Girl Dreaming is her first official foray into autobiography. She notes
also that while her 1995 novel, Autobiography of a Family Photo, is emotionally autobiographical, much of it was fiction. She adds that her new book
marks the first time Ive looked back on my life, year by year, and person by
person. Brown Girl Dreaming explores Woodsons childhood and youth,
when she split her time between Brooklyn and South Carolina during the
civil rights era, while the South was still grappling with the aftermath of Jim
Crow. She says that she lived in both places, but felt as if she didnt belong in
either.
While Brown Girl Dreaming was initially sparked by Woodsons desire to
explain her origins as a writer, it was also prompted by a period of introspection that followed the deaths of her mother and grandmother. I realized,
Woodson says, if I didnt start talking to my relatives, asking questions,
thinking back to my own beginnings, there would come a time when those
people wouldnt be around to help me look back and remember.
Woodson wrote this memoir in a poetry format, she says, because she
wanted to capture the essence of those small moments of her childhood
that, in retrospect, loom so large. Thats the way memories happen, she
observes, in those small moments. Its more lyrical and wondrous than a
straight narrative.
Claire Kirch
marty umans
Remembering a Brown Girls Childhood
Ben Lerner
The Way We Live Now
A first novel with glowing endorsements from
such literary lights as Jonathan Franzen, Paul
Auster, Geoff Dyer, and John Ashberywhat
more could a young writer want? Perhaps
some work in the New Yorker? Done! Perhaps a
second novel published by a larger house?
Done! Perhaps some attention at BEA? Done!
Ben Lerners 10:04 (Faber & Faber, Sept.) is as
different from Leaving the Atocha Station
(2011) as that book was from the poetry Lerner
wrote that preceded it. A professor of English
at Brooklyn College and the recipient of honors
ranging from National Book Award finalist,
Fulbright scholar, and Guggenheim fellow,
Lerner says his first ambition, whether with
poetry or fiction, has always been to make art
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out of words. What he loves about the novel, he says, is that it can absorb
everythingpoetry, art criticism, whatever.
10:04 has at its center a friendship between the narrator, a writer recently
diagnosed with a serious medical condition, and a friend who wants his help
getting pregnant. The narrator gets a book advance in part to help pay for
fertility treatments, and so the future of his art and the possibility of fatherhood overlap.
Its a book about making art and children at a time of great uncertainty,
Lerner says. My ambition was to capture something about what its like to be
alive now, when the difficulty of imagining a future changes all of our relationships.
Lerner says the biggest challenge was how to make the book both very
serious and very funny. Luckily my inspiration often involves my own misadventures, and since Im good at making a fool of myself, I never lack for
comic scenes.
10:04 is a more emotionally open and more formally daring book than
Atocha, though it shares many of the same concerns. Instead of being in the
head of one neurotic narrator, as Atocha was, its more of a choral portrait.
Instead of being about a young artists concerns with fraudulence, its interested in social and collective possibilities in an era of increasing instability. I
hope what both books have in common is a mixture of humor and pathos.
10:04 is ultimately the more ambitious book. I hope it finds its readers.
Lerner was a featured author at the BEA Bloggers Conference this past
Wednesday. Today, at 9:30 a.m., he will be signing ARCs at the Macmillan
booth (1739).
Suzanne Mantel
a book about making art and children

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of great uncertainty.
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Desiree Zamorano
Quells Hispanic Stereotyping
In The Amado Women (Cinco Puntos Press,
June), Desiree Zamoranos first trade-published novel, the strong family ties that bind a
mother and her three daughters is the centerpiece of a story that dispels many of the
media-fueled stereotyping of Hispanics living
in America.
There are no gardeners, maids, or gang
members in my book, says Zamorano, a
playwright, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and
director of the Community Literacy Center at
Occidental College in Los Angeles.
Hispanics in this country are wildly misrepresented. The media presents a snapshot of
who we are that enrages me, but then I take a
deep breath and get writing.
The Amado Women explores the lives of four very different Latinas, each
with her own struggles, successes, and secrets. These women are professionals: a teacher, a financial adviser, and an artist, Zamorano says. Her
characters represent what she refers to as true-to-life middle-class Latinas
invisible in the fabric of American culture. The book is not a polemic, however, but a riveting family drama for Latina women that could easily cross
the borders of interest for women of all backgrounds. The Amado Women
also has the potential to bring attention to and enhance the market for
Latina fiction.
Zamorano, who received a B.A. from UC Irvine, takes her job as an educator seriously. Diversity in literature is so important, she says. I have students of all ethnic backgrounds at the literacy center, including Asian,
African-American, and Hispanic, and I always find books for them that
reflect this diversity.
Zamoranos previous books, Modern Cons and Human Cargo, were published digitally by Lucky Bat Books. They are both mysteries that feature PI
Inez Leon and represent Zamoranos penchant for the genre; among her
favorite authors are Lee Child and Naomi Hirahara. A mystery is the only
place on this Earth where we really find justice, she says from her Pasadena
home. Noting that with the exception of Cuban and Puerto Rican authors,
there are almost no Hispanic mystery writers in contemporary literature,
Zamorano hopes to help fill that gap by continuing to write mysteries. There
will also be a sequel to The Amado Women.
Attending BEA as an author was a dream I would never allow myself,
Zamorano says happily. Its quite an accomplishment, and Im thrilled.
She looks forward to signing copies of her new book today, 2:303 p.m., at
Wendy Werris
Table 9 in the Autographing Area.
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Danni Pettrey grew up canoeing, scuba diving,
wind surfing, and sailing. After she married,
she added rock climbing and family hikes.
From the time our daughters were little, we
put them in a carrier and took them hiking, and
weve already taken our 10-week-old grandson
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and sibling. In the fourth book, Silenced, its free climbing and middle child
Kayden McKenna, whose climbing route brings her literally face-to-face with
a dead climber. Is it an accident or something more sinister?
Pettrey began writing 10 years ago, on the side, while raising and homeschooling her daughters. I started out playing with story ideas and writing
short stories, and Id written two manuscripts before writing what became
the Alaskan Courage series. Her initial inspiration came from a very unAlaskan sourcea movie about cave diving. I snorkel, but cave diving is
really extreme. I thought, how great it would be to write a series about a family who pursues adventure. She sold the first book when she was 38, after
meeting her now editor at an American Christian Fiction Writers conference.
With the final book in the Alaskan Courage series almost finished, Pet trey
is looking ahead to beginning work on a new series of four books set in the
Chesapeake Bay area. Theyll still be romantic suspense, but this time
adventure will be a hobby, not a profession. She hopes that her stories of the
McKenna family will inspire readers to step out and try new adventures of
their own, whether it be attending a cooking class, taking up knitting, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, or giving scuba diving a try. Life is so full of possibilities,
and I hope the way the McKennas live will encourage them to try new things
and dream big.
Pet trey will be signing copies of Silenced today, 11:30 p.m., at Table 9 in
the Autographing Area.
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Ann Hood
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Ann Hoods bibliography is full of families both

fictional and real. Family tragedy was the
source of two memoirs, Do Not Go Gentle (2000)
and Comfort (2008), and have informed her
novels, including The Knitting Circle (2007) and
The Red Thread (2010). In Hoods work, family is
a world unto itself: the particular ecosystems
within them, the complicated love that grows
there, and their lingering power. Hood says her
childhood was similarly influential. My grandmother and great-grandmother, aunts and
uncles spoke only Italian, did not ever learn
English, we were very superstitious, we were
well, an Italian-American family. And I both loved and wanted to reject that
when I was in my teens. And about 13 years ago I started thinking about how
lucky I was to have had that experience, and how lucky I was to know stories
from my grandmother and even my great-grandmother.
The idea of those connections passing through generations is at the heart of
her newest novel, An Italian Wife, a family story that spans nearly a century
and features a literary homecoming to New York for Hood. It required long
contemplation, though she didnt realize it at the time. In a way Ive been
writing that book for 13 years, she says. It began as short stories about a single familyworking on them was often the guilty pleasure while writing
something else. I just continued to write these sort of stories... and last year I
wrote one and dropped it in the file, and I looked [later] and said, 300 pages?
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Sarah Lotz
A Crash, andThree More
AT THE S H OW
Connecting the stories meant research into 1930s Italy, WWI, and Coney
Island, though the legwork was part of the appeal: I was that kid who loved
writing term papers.
An Italian Wife isnt Hoods family story, though some real-life details sneak
onto the page. But besides the novel being a homecoming of sorts, Hood
thinks her familys influence began much sooner: her earliest storytelling lesson was sitting at the family table, trading tales. You have tonumber one,
talk loudlyand number two, if the storys not told well, you lost the floor.
The experience has been invaluable in a life thats had its share of public
speaking; Hood worked as a flight attendant, is faculty at NYUs M.F.A. in
Creative Writing program, and travels for speaking engagements. Shes
grateful for the hours in the air that rid her of any lingering stage fright: For
years I stood up there and said, Welcome to Flight 872! I was up at that microphone... Im up for almost anything, and I think a lot of that has to do with
being a flight attendant. So even though BEA was called ABA the last time
Hood attended, shes ready to premiere The Italian Wife in one of its hometowns, meet new readers, and share a family saga close to her heart: Im
really excited about it.
Hood signs today at the Norton booth (1921) at 10:30 a.m.

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I was the kid who loved writing term

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Ann Hood
Meet debut author-and-illustrator
KELLY LIGHT
Photo by Sophie Spinelle
Louise loves art. Its her

imagination on the outside.
The chills in The Three (Little, Brown, May),

Sarah Lotzs debut novel written on her own
and under her own name, begin with the scary
description of a plane crash in Japan. Three
more crashes of commuter planes around the
world occur in quick succession, and in three of
the crashes a child survives. Soon, speculation
is rampant about the significance of the
three, especially as the children begin to show
increasingly disturbing behavior. Are they harbingers of the apocalypse, as one character insists?
My career was made because Stephen King read the book and wrote a
blurb for it, says Lotz, Hes my writing hero.
The Three plies its eeriness using multiple voices and varied formats. As
Lotz describes it, the main narrative is presented in the form of a book within
a booka nonfiction work by a sensationalist journalist who presents interview transcripts, first-person accounts, blog posts, and editorials that progressively reveal the ongoing investigation into the four air disasters, as well
as the daily lives of those caring for the child survivors and the growing paranoia of those involved in the conspiracies that spring up in the wake of the
catastrophes.
Getting the different voices to ring true proved the most challenging
aspect of the novel. Theres nothing worse than if they dont sound right,
Lotz says. I got people to read and double check that I wasnt making
mistakes.Lotz says shes always wanted to write about plane crashes and
the medias obsession with them. The 1985 crash of JAL 123, among the most
devastating in history, was one of her inspirations. People had enough time
to write messages while the plane was going down, she says. It was incredibly tragic.Lotz has written many books before, but always in collaboration
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and using a pseudonym: young adult fiction with her daughter, who is 22;
horror thrillers with Louis Greenberg, who writes under the name S.L. Grey;
and erotic fiction with a few other women. The experience of going it solo
was exhilarating, she says, and she has just finished a second novel. But collaborating is wonderful and she will definitely continue. You can talk for
hours about plot and characters with your collaborators and you dont have
to worry about boring them.
Lotz, who calls herself flight phobic, braved the flight from her home in
Cape Town, South Africa, to participate in BEA. She will be signing her book
at Table #TK in the autographing area today at 1 p.m.
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Icebound in Siberia
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the day, the theory of the open polar sea, but the ship got stuck in the polar
ice, sank, and left its marooned passengers in a two-year ordeal in the
worlds coldest and most remote spot.
I was traveling in Norway for National Geographic magazine, and I met a
man who was trying to recreate the voyage of the Jeannette, says Sides.
Over the years as an editor of Outside magazine I would hear about a lot of
adventures, but I had never heard of the Jeannette. His ignorance activated
his radar and set him off on three years of researching and writing, including
a three-week stint in Siberia.
Its hard to understand now how desperate people then were to know
whats up there in the Arctic. Now we know its just a bunch of ice shifting
around. We are not that interested. Back then it drove people crazy, the
gnawing obsession to know what was there.
Sides says what makes him most proud about the book is simply having
finished it. When I learn of what these men went through, the extent of their
suffering and their travails, I thought, this was a story that should be known.
Sides says he is not yet thinking about his next project. Im in that wonderful period between books when Im not doing anything. I felt I was stuck
in the ice myself for the past three years, so Im enjoying being unstuck.
He will be signing galleys at the Random House booth (2839) today, 910 a.m.

Suzanne Mantell
Hampton Sides
His name, his publisher proudly announces, is
nearly synonymous with high-velocity narratives that perfectly capture pivotal moments
in history, making what Hampton Sides does
sound really easy. To hear Sides tell it, perfectly
capturing anything is not easy, not ever. His historical narrativesamong them Ghost Soldiers,
Blood and Thunder, and, now, The Kingdom of
Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the
USS Jeannette (Doubleday, Aug.), have all
required massive amounts of research along
with a synchrony of other circumstances: collective historical amnesia, a cast of colorful
characters, a shift in the political winds, and, of
course, much hard work.
Im always trying to find something that was consequential in its day that
is not very well-known now, Sides says, Getting that sweet spot is hard, but
it does happen.
The Kingdom of Ice tells the story of a 19th-century Arctic exploration gone
horribly wrong. The Jeannette expedition set out to prove a popular idea of
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Authors
(Little, Brown,
Sept.), which features illustrations
by Shane W. Evans.
Relayed in verse,
the narrative
offers a composite portrait of children coping with the devastating effects of a war that has
shattered their lives.
As I watched the struggles in Darfur and Sudan unfold, I felt compelled to
present the horrific side of war to young readers in a way that they could
understand, explains the author. I felt as though children in this country
cannot understand a lot about what is happening, and I felt a desire to contextualize that for them.
Though The Red Pencil centers on a fictional 12-year-old girl, Pinkney
emphasizes that this is not just her one story, but it is many childrens stories, gleaned from news accounts of young people growing up amid the turmoil of war and from interviews with rescue workers. I learned about workers who go into refugee camps and give these children writing and drawing
implements to let them express themselves, she continues. That creative
outlet really helps those living in such a dark situation.
The author hopes that her novel will not only inform middle-grade readers
but will encourage them to similarly express themselves creatively. Part of
my thinking was that a child will see that if he or she is struggling with any
darkness, any sad or tragic situation, it helps to use creative expression as a
healing tool. So many children do that anyway, and my hope was to validate
the use of that process.
Calling The Red Pencil part novel, part historical narrative, and part
sketchbook, Pinkney emphasizes the importance of Evanss contribution to
the book. Shane did a wonderful job channeling the story, she says. My role
as author is to create the voice of this character, and his role is to create her
visual voice, which he did so effectively.
A childrens book editor and publisher as well as author, Pinkney is a seasoned BEA attendee, and a grateful one. I know this sounds corny, but I come
to BEA to meet my heroes, those booksellers who place books in the hands of
readers every day, she says. I think we cannot overestimate what they do,
and I love having the chance to sing their praises to their faces.
Booksellers will find Pinkney signing ARCs of The Red Pencil this afternoon, 1:302:30 p.m., at Table 11 in the Autographing Area.
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Friday, May 30th
9:30 AM
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BEN LERNER, 10:04: A Novel (Faber and Faber, Inc.)
Galley Giveaway
The Boy Who Drew Monsters,

Keith Donohue (Picador)
10:00 AM Galley Giveaway

You Might Remember Me: The Life
and Times of Phil Hartman, Mike Thomas
(St. Martins Press)
10:30 AM In-Booth Poster Signing

BRANDON STANTON,
Little Humans (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR))
Galley Giveaway
My Real Children, Jo Walton (Tor Books)

11:00 AM Galley & Advance Listening Copy Giveaway
Landline, Rainbow Rowell
(St. Martins Press / Macmillan Audio)
11:30 AM In-Booth Signing

ANDY COHEN, The Andy Cohen Diaries
(Henry Holt and Co.)
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The Furies, Natalie Haynes (St. Martins Press)

2:00 PM
In-Booth Signing
JOHN SCALZI, Lock In (Tor Books)
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Murder at the Brightwell,

Ashley Weaver (Minotaur Books / Thomas Dunne Books)
2:30 PM
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Sway, Kat Spears (St. Martins Griffin)

3:00 PM
In-Booth Signing
SANDY HALL,
A Little Something Different (Swoon Reads)
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Trial by Fire, Josephine Angelini (Feiwel & Friends)

3:30 PM
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The Vault of Dreamers,

Caragh M. OBrien (Roaring Brook Press)
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Full Measure, T. Jefferson Parker (St. Martins Press)
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Morgan Rielly
Teenager on a History Mission
Morgan Rielly was only 14 years old when he
interviewed his first WWII veteran. Empowered
by the experience and the African proverb,
When an old man dies, a library burns down,
he spent the next three years locating and
interviewing surviving members of Maines
greatest generation. WWII vets are dying fast
and I wanted to save as many libraries as I
could, Rielly says.
The result is his first book, Neighborhood
Heroes: Life Lessons From Maines Greatest
Generation, from Down East Books (May),
which includes the stories of 25 veteransboth
men and women.
Rielly, now 18, is his high school class president and salutatorian. A history enthusiast, he
also served as a volunteer archivist at the Maine Historical Society and
Museum. Knowing his way around a historical society proved invaluable in
helping locate veterans across the state. Though he initially thought many
would be cautious, particularly because of his youth, he says they were welcoming and open. He adds that many had never spoken in-depth about
their WWII service until now.
Rielly sent his manuscript to a number of publishing companies before
hearing from Down East. His passion for the subject was evident, says
Michael Steere, editorial director of Down East. I was impressed with him
and thought there was a book there. A few months later the teenage author
had an offer.
Steele says he saw a devotion and maturity in Rielly not often present in
teenagersand it showed on the page. I think his youth allowed him to be
completely open with vets and record their stories unhindered by the jadedness of someone older. He adds, We hope Morgans youth will inspire young
people to pick up this book and learn something about their grandfathers
and grandmothers.
Preserving stories is more than a passion, says Rielly, it is a necessity. All
of us have witnessed, taken part in, or have been affected by historic events,
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and it is up to us to record and share this with future generations in order for
there to be a better understanding of not just the times we live in but human
society as a whole.
Rielly signs copies of Neighborhood Heroes today at 11:30 a.m. in the Taylor
Trade/Down East booth (1124).
Karen Jones
Michael Pitre
In His Own Words
Michael Pitre comes to BEA from Louisiana to promote his first novel, Fives and
Twenty-Fives (Bloomsbury, Aug.). Pitres
editor, Kathy Belden, will be presenting the
book at the Hot Fall Titles panel today at 10
p.m. at the Downtown Stage. At 11 a.m., he
will be signing in the Bloomsbury booth
(1749).
He talks here about his life and the books
inspiration with PWs Ruby Cutolo.
Im from Louisiana originally and was
at LSU when I was moved by great
national events to join the Marine Corps. I
was a communications officer; I was the guy listening to the infantry on
the radio most of the time: It was boring, it was terrifying, it was funny, it
was heartbreaking; it was all of life, amplified. I also dealt with the
Iraqis, so I had a different perspective than a lot of the other guys.
When I came back home, I did all the stereotypical stuff: school, marriage. I gained weight, bought a motorcycle. Creative writing was one of
my majors in college, but it was a lark, it was for fun. When I was in Iraq,
I wrote a column about sports in Iraq for a Chicago weekly, which is how
I met my wife. My sister gave Erin a copy of one of my features, and she
became my pen pal for seven months. When I came home and met her, I
thought, Well, this is happening.
My wife made me start writing. She lets me know when Im off track.
It was better for me to write than to go out to the bars for hours and
hours. I started the book right after I left active duty, early 2010.
The book takes place at the beginning of the Arab spring in early
2010, and simultaneously in 2006. There are three narrators: a former
Marine lieutenant living in New Orleans, who in Iraq was responsible
for filling highway potholes, which is a dangerous job. Theres a former
medic, and an Iraqi interpreter. They were all in the same platoon in
Iraq, and their lives start to reconnect after the war.
Its fiction informed by my experiences. There were two things that
Iraqis would never believe: the first was that Americans landed on the
moon, and I dont blame them. We couldnt even make the water run or
get the power on. The second is the notion that you can move to America and become an American.
This book was very personal. I knew what was going to happen and
how it was going to end. What was difficult was being anxious all the time
about doing justice to the subject. Im happy with the way it turned out.
As far as BEA, Im nervous! I dont know what to expect. Im a real
babe in the woods.
Greer Macallister
Truth or Illusion?
While most people watching a magician sawing
a woman in half during a performance typically
wonder how its done, Greer Macallisters curiosity extended far beyond such a prosaic concern: instead, she wondered why she had never
seen or even read of a female magician sawing
a man in half. Who would such a woman be?
she recalls wondering about five years ago, before
coming up with her answer: The Amazing
Arden, the lead character in The Magicians
Lie (Sourcebooks, Jan. 2015).
Her publisher is touting the debut novel as
Water for Elephants meets Night Circus. As it
opens in 1905, Holt, a young policeman in
smalltown Iowa, is using multiple sets of handcuffs to lock The Amazing Arden to a chair so that he can interrogate the
illusionist about the body of a man found beneath the stage after her act.
Macallister explains, She has one night to convince him that she is innocent of the crime, prompting Arden to lead Holt through the twists and
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turns of her life all the way back to her early teens, when an older male
cousin broke her leg so that she could not enter ballet school and become a
dancer.
The question is, do you believe the story being told? Macallister asks.
What is the truth and what is an illusion? The Magicians Lie is as much
about the magic that happens in the real world as it is about the magic that
happens in front of an audience, she says. Its also a love story of sorts.
Macallister says that she set The Magicians Lie at the turn of the 20th century as it was not impossible during the golden age of vaudeville for a woman
to gain popularity as a magician, although it was unlikely. In fact, she adds,
while The Amazing Arden is a completely fictional character, because I
wanted to tell the story of a woman magician who cuts a man in half and I
didnt have a historical precedent, a secondary character, Adelaide Herrmann,
is an actual historical figure. Billing herself as the Queen of Magic, Herrmann
was a noted magician and vaudeville performer at the time in which The
Magicians Lie is set.
While Macallister confesses that she is quite adept when it comes to writing about magic tricks, she is terrible when actually trying her hand at performing them. But, she points out, Writing is a kind of magic. Youre asking
your reader to believe in a world that doesnt exist. Thats what magic is. You
know while youre reading that youre not really in a police station in 1905,
just like you know while watching a magician perform that someone isnt
really being cut in half. My goal is to have you completely swept away to that
world, while telling a fascinating story.
Speaking of being swept away into Macallisters world, booksellers are
invited to Sourcebooks booth (921) today, 12 p.m., where she will be signing
galley copies.
Claire Kirch
How does a Montana horseman and carpenter

by trade write a first novel that is getting the
kind of advance press garnered by Cold
Mountain? To start with, Malcolm Brookss
eighth-grade English teacher gave him a copy
of Lonesome Dove for a graduation present. It
was the first adult literary novel I was aware of,
and it literally changed the arc of my life. He
then read everything Larry McMurtry wrote
and fell in love with tales about the American
West. I was 14 years old, and I knew I wanted to be a writer. But I didnt know
what kind of writer I wanted to be, so I went through this long learning curve
of mimicking whatever writer was my hero du jour.
As a teenager, he actually wrote a first novel in the style of McMurtry, and in
his 20s wrote another imitating the likes of Tom McGuane and Jim Harrison.
Then he read All The Pretty Horses and The English Patient. Right after that I
thought, God, I should write an epic. I finally started to piece together all the
various components of what became Painted Horses (Grove Press, Aug.).
His first published novel is a sweeping tale tying together Catherine
Lemay, a young archeologist charged with determining whether a 1950s dam
project might destroy a potentially sacred canyon in Montana, and John H., a
horseman and WWII vet who served in the last mounted cavalry campaign in
Europe. Brooks serendipitously met a war veteran on a house-remodeling
job, who told him he was involved in the last U.S. horse-mounted cavalry in
WWII. We invaded Sicily, and the terrain was so rough we couldnt use
mechanized vehicles, so we just reinvented the U.S. horse cavalry.
That story stuck in his mind when he embarked on writing his epic. Says
Brooks, I knew I wanted to write about the American West, and I wanted to
have the U.S. cavalry in there. And Ive always been interested in archeology
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and the Basque experience in the American West. They carved symbols and
names and dates into the bark of aspen trees, and that put me in mind of the
painted caves in the Basque region in Europe, the Pleistocene cave art. I just
threw all of these aspects into a blender to see how I could connect the dots,
and wound up with this novel.
Brooks remarks about being at BEA for the first time, Mainly I feel very fortunate to take part in such a significant event in the book world, and pretty
amazed that my own work led to it. Brooks is signing galleys at the Grove
booth (1321) today, 11 a.m., and in the Autograph Area on Saturday, 9:30 a.m.

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tic. Indeed, Blackwood based the novel on an actual 1991 case in Austin, Tex.,
where four girls were killed, their murders still unsolved. It took 20 years of
being haunted by this story for me to begin writing See How Small, and
another two to figure out the voices of all the characters, Blackwood says. I
was living in Austin when the murders happened, and remember how the
story ended up being told through the media. The girls lost their identities
because of this, and I wanted to get at their essence in my book.
Some might find See How Small reminiscent of Alice Sebolds The Lovely
Bones because of the use of the dead as characters in the story; they serve as
onlookers and interpreters of the narrative. But similarities cease there.
There are elements of comfort in The Lovely Bones, Blackwood says, but
my book has discomfort instead. Violence is always right behind things in
life, and in this book. But there is also a kind of peacefulness as Blackwood
delves into the aftermath of the girls murders, and characters such as
Hollis, a war veteran suffering from a perceptual disorder, adds a spiritual dimension to the story. Hollis speaks like one of the old prophets,
Blackwood says. He has visions of the dead girls, and memories of the
murders that cast a kind of beauty over the narrative of See How Small.
Meet Blackwood today at 3 p.m. at Table 8 in the Autographing Area.

Wendy Werris
Scott Blackwood
Inspired by a Multiple Murder
Bruce Degen
Lessons on Friendship
brian cox
Scott Blackwoods evocative novel See How

Small (Little, Brown, Dec.), in which three teenage girls are murdered in a small Texas town,
achieves such a multilayered narrative effect
that even its author has a tough time pigeonholing the books genre.
Its a mystery in that theres a crime to be
solved, but also in uncovering how to deal with
such a loss, says Blackwood, who teaches writing in the M.F.A. program at Southern Illinois
University in Chicago. Its also a detective
novel, and its a ghost story, too, where the dead
girls are more alive than the living. Perhaps
above all, See How Small is a striking example
of Blackwoods deep strength as a literary novelist. His previous books have received praise
from Richard Ford, Andre Dubus, and Rick DeMarinis, among others, and he
is a recipient of a Whiting Writers Award.
As described in See How Small, the murders, which take place in an ice
cream parlor in a small Texas town, and their aftermath, are chillingly authen-
For more than 35 years, Bruce Degen has successfully explored an impressive range of
childrens book turf. The picture books that
hes written and illustrated include Shirleys
Wonderful Baby, Daddy Is a Doodlebug, and
Jamberry. He is also illustrator of the Magic
School Bus series by Joanna Cole, Nancy
White Carlstroms Jesse Bear books, and the
Commander Toad series by Jane Yolen. Degen
is at BEA to promote his newest solo effort,
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Snow Joke: An I Like to Read Book (Holiday House, Oct.), which tells of two
animal pals working through their differences while playing in the snow.
This easy reader delivers a message that will serve any child well. In the
story, one critter relentlessly teases the other with a string of jokes, justifying
his annoying behavior by saying, Its just a joke. Degen explains, I wanted
to do a story about a young character who wants to be a friend, but doesnt
really know how to be one. When he tries, he ends up being a pain in the neck,
and he doesnt get that pulling pranks that are not funny is not the way to
gain a friend. The jokester learns his lesson, of courseand readers receive
a double message about friendship and forgiveness.
Weighing the challenges of creating his own books and of collaborating
with others, Degen concludes that the latter is less difficult. I find its actually easier to illustrate other peoples work, he says. When I both write a
book and do the pictures, I sometimes wonder if I should change the words
along the way. Its simpler when Im just illustrating, because I obviously
cant do that. I try to work with authors I respect and whose language I
respond to, and I have been very lucky to illustrate books by people who have
clear voices that I can easily hear.
Degen signs copies of Snow Joke today, 1:302 p.m., at Table 8 in the
Autographing Area. Hes happy to be at BEA to reconnect with booksellers,
to whom (along with publishers sales reps) he gives kudos: As an author, all
you really think about is, How can I make a good book? And then that book
goes out into the world, and its important to think about what it takes to get
it out there, to reach readers, and its very important to appreciate the people who do that.
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Meg Wolitzer
Venturing into YATerritory
Author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling,
The Ten-Year Nap, and other acclaimed adult
novels, as well as The Fingertips of Duncan
Dorfman for middle-graders, Meg Wolitzer
makes her initial foray into YA fiction with
Belzhar (Dutton, Sept.), which is set at a
Vermont boarding school for emotionally fragile and highly intelligent teenagers. At its center is Jam, a girl grieving the loss of a boy she
loved, who learns that the journals given to her
and other students enrolled in a course on
Sylvia Plath transport them to a world where
they can relive a traumatic part of their past.
Playing on the title of Plaths celebrated autobiographical novel, Wolitzer names that world
Belzhar.
A longtime fan of The Bell Jar, Wolitzer notes that her debut novel,
Sleepwalkers, which she wrote while a senior at Brown, was also inspired by
Plath. Belzhar is about a lost girl who has to find a way to look ahead and
not be stuck where she is, and it was important to me to write a frankly
emotional novel about teenagers feelings without backing away from
them, she says. Remembering being so moved by The Bell Jar, I think I
naturally returned to Sylvia Plath. This is her turf, though the plot is completely made up.
For more than one reason, Wolitzer views writing YA an unsurprising trajectory for her. My son Charlie, who is now 19, started reading a lot of young
adult books when he was 14 or so, so YA books were totally in the air in our
house for years, she explains. I started looking at the writing that interested him, and found that much of it was very affecting. Wolitzer adds, YA
was definitely also in the air and in my mind, because I often write about adolescence in my adult novels. Its such an intense time of things happening for
the first time.
Wolitzer approached the writing of Belzhar a bit differently from that of
her past novels, opting to tell the story from Jams perspective. Writing in
the first person is unusual for mein recent years my only other first-person
novel was The Wifebut I felt that Jams story required more immediacy, and
it needed to be told by her. I didnt want to rush it and go into everyones
point of view. Hers was the one I wanted to get.
Wolitzer will sign galleys of Belzhar this afternoon, 12 p.m., at Table 3 in
the Autographing Area, and will then participate in the Real YA panel on
the Uptown Stage, 33:30 p.m.

Sally Lodge
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Dick Cavett
StorieS
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kidS up!
Reveals His Brief

Encounters
An Emmy Award winner and talk show host

pioneer, Dick Cavett is back with his fourth
book, Brief Encounters: Conversations,
Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks
(Random House, Nov.). Drawn from his
online opinion pieces in the New York Times,
the book is a delightful peek behind the
curtain at celebrities, complex characters,
and the nuances of everyday lifeall told
with his singular wit and style. Jimmy Fallon, who wrote the foreword,
calls Cavett a legend and an inspiration. Cavett talks to Show Daily
about the continued fascination with celebrity culture and responding
to fan mail, good and bad.
Cavett is a speaker at the APA Author Tea, 45 p.m., in Room 1E10/1E11.
Brief Encounters is culled from your series of New York Times pieces.
Why did you feel the time was right to compile them in another book?
I suppose because I realized to my total astonishment that I had actually written enough to do a second book. People had enjoyed the first
collection... called Talk Show, so much, the words second book
popped into my mind. I could not marshal a strong argument against it.
Since your book contains a good amount of biographical material, is
there something about yourself that might surprise readers?
Im not sure Im the one to answer this question, not knowing which
readers have which capacity for surprise. Or what they already know
about me. Id prefer to think the reader might well be surprised by reactions in himself. If I tried this sort of cowardly answer in front of an audience, I think Id be wise to duck. There might be someone out front with
the other Hillary Clinton shoe.
What sort of fan mail do you get about the Times columns? Do readers
tell you the specific sorts of things they like or dont like?
They seem to enjoy learning about things and people Ive had the good
fortune to meet and to hear about, and some quite dramatic happenings
Ive experienced for which they would have no other source. As in, Your
column on James Gandolfinis death. It made me weep. Or, Thanks
millions for taking us along to your meeting with Stan Laurel.
The angry reader letters always include, And all my friends agree. And/
or Good-bye forever, Mr. Cavett. For that one, I send a printed thank
you card. On the back, And dont let the door bat you in the a... etc.
Brief Encounters is filled with insider stories of such big personalities as
Marlene Dietrich, Orson Welles, and the Burtons, Liz and Dick. Any
thoughts as to why people remain intrigued by celebrity?
I think my father may have been one of the rare people who gave not a
tinkers damn about celebrities. Perhaps he was not unique, and there
are a few more. I cant explain it except to say that some celebrities are
infinitely fascinating and entertaining. Most are not. If you just love
celebrity no matter who has it, it is irrefutable proof that youre certifiably a dimwit. (I was such a dimwit for seven and possibly eight years.)

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known as one-half of the punk duo the Dresden
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punk cabaret
band and reaching out on Twitter
each night to find
a place to sleep.
I think culture
has instilled in us this fallacy that we can do everything ourselves. But asking
is not a weakness but a gift, and thats hard headspace to get into.
Her Ted talk brought her to the attention of Grand Central senior editor
Emily Griffin, who called asking if Palmer had ever thought about writing a
book. She had, but I always thought when I finally wrote a book it would be
about street performing or social media, maybe a memoir. Instead, it would
be The Art of Asking (Nov.), in which Palmer expands upon her TED talk to
reveal how ordinary people, those of us without thousands of Twitter followers and adoring fans, can use the same principles in our own lives to learn
how to ask for what we need without feelings of shame.
Even though shes been a blogger for 14 years, Palmer found writing The
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Art of Asking, which she calls part memoir and part manifesto, a completely
different discipline. It exercises an entirely different part of my brain. Its
been a totally new challenge, but one Ive really embraced.
Palmer will be doing an in-booth signing today, 11 a.m.noon, at the Grand
Central booth (2819).
Lucinda Dyer
Philip Gulley
New Series, New Publisher
Philip Gulley writes about what he knows: a smalltown Quaker pastor who serves and loves imperfectly,
but who always points others to God. Sam Gardner,
the protagonist in Gulleys popular Harmony novel
series, is back again after a brief hiatus, and with a
new publisher. This time hes making folks mad and
moving to a new Friends meeting in Hope, Ind.
Center Street approached us about continuing the
Harmony
series, said
Gulley. I had
finished several books on theological issues
which I enjoyed, but I continued to
get mail from folks wondering what
happened to Sam.
Gulley wanted to move Sam and
his wife, Barbara, to a new place for
the new series, so he needed to get
the beloved pastor fired from the
Harmony Friends Meeting. Having
him participate in a same-sex marriage ceremony did the trick.
I hope I get some flack about it so
I can engage people and talk to
them about the topic, he says. The
churchs stance on marriage equality has been abysmal. I hope A Place
Called Hope is a doorway through
which the topic can be discussed.
Gulley says the discussion is
important for the church today.
Throughout history it has been
common for a religion to single out a
group of people and accord them a
lesser amount of rights. As soon as we
do that to any group, we are doing
great damage to them and their
well-being, and we are perpetuating
an evil that hardens us. Whenever
religions do that, they need to be
called on it, he says.
Gulley calls himself a bi-vocational
pastor, which is to say that he is both
pastor and writer. Hes been a Quaker
pastor for 31 years, and his first book
came out in 1996. I can direct my
energy elsewhere, which is part of
my longevity as a pastor, he says.
Hes working on the second book in
the Hope series, with a third contracted. Additional books in the
series are a possibility.
Every book allows me to speak
my mind on issues; Sam Gardner is
a great cover, Gulley says with a
laugh. I want readers to think
deeply about what kind of life our
Winners will be announced at ALA Annual Conference, June 28, 2014.
faith calls us to. Frankly, if that life is
one that leaves others out, is dismissive of millions of people, I want my
More information at ala.org/carnegieadult.
books to challenge that.
The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
recognize the best books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the
Gulley will sign copies of A Place
previous year, reflecting the expert judgment and insight of library
Called Hope (Center Street, Sept.)
professionals. Co-sponsored by Booklist and RUSA (ALAs Reference and
at the Hachette Book Group booth
User Services Association), the awards are funded through a grant from
(2819) on today, 34 p.m. Tomorrow,
Carnegie Corporation of New York.
11 a.m.noon at the booth, Charles
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Ann Byle
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A Toast to 50 Years
To celebrate its 50th anniversary,
Cameron + Company will be pouring martinis today, 34 p.m., at its
booth (1223A) in the PGW section.
The party also celebrates the 50th
Anniversary Edition of The
Drinking Mans Diet, originally published in 1964 by the companys
founder, Robert Cameron.
It was a huge cultural phenomenon, says publisher Chris Gruener,
selling 2.4 million copies in 13 different languages. Weve kept the
book in its original format for the past
49 years and felt this was an opportunity to celebrate the books, and
A More Colorful
Arcadia
Arcadia Publishing wants booksellers
to know that its not just their
grandparents publishing company.
The Charleston, S.C., company, which
is best known for its
flagship series,
Images of America,
featuring old-fashioned sepia-toned
book jackets and,
inside, vintage black
and white images of
small towns and cities, is changing with
the times. While
Arcadia is celebrating the 20th
anniversary of its debut title in 1994
Old York Beach (Maine), its spicing
up its 9,372-title list with the launch
of its Images of Modern America
series. Weve got color: the creative
juices of the team are flowing, marketing manager P.J. Norlander
says, explaining that Arcadias
demographic has always been 4055
year olds; since todays boomers had
a lot of Kodak moments growing up,
color photographs resonate just as
much as black and white.
Not only is Arcade experimenting with color, its also mixing the
nostalgic yearnings of its customer
base with high-tech gadgets that
make fulfilling those yearnings
instantaneous. Arcade has partnered with Google on the Field Trip
app, which enables users to pull up
on their electronic devices content
relating to the users physical location. And now that Google has
incorporated Field Trip into its
Google Glass wearable headset, all
that Google Glass wearers have to
say is Search nearby, and vintage
images and capsule histories of
nearby buildings and other landmarks will, literally, pop up in front
of the users eyes. Arcadia will have
Google Glass headsets in booth
1502 throughout the show for booksellers wanting demonstrations.

Claire Kirch
the companys success by publishing a

new edition thats a bit
more on the suave,
cocktail, Mad Men
esque style of things.
Gruener and his
wife, Nina, purchased
the company in 2009
from her grandfather,
Robert Cameron. It seemed a natural fit since I worked in publishing as
a sales rep, we were in the family,
and Robert was turning 98. While
best known for its books of aerial
photography, including Above San
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Grueners have grown
the list while determined to keep
Camerons legacy
alive. We still put an
emphasis on art and
photography, but now
include food and wine
titles, childrens
books, and publications of regional interest.
Recent successes include such
childrens titles as Kiki & Coco in
Paris, an oversized picture book
now in its third printing, and the follow-up book, Lulu & Pip, as well as
Bay Area sports titles like Never.
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Say. Die., a photo book celebrating

the 2012 World Series Champion
San Francisco Giants.
Not surprisingly, owning a familyrun publishing house has both difficulties and rewards. The obvious
challenges are time and money,
says Gruener. Its not the type of
thing we leave at the office, and its a
constant juggle trying to grow a
small business while also raising
two small kids who can often be
found tearing apart the office or
making photocopies of their hands.
But there are very few vocations
anymore where you get to touch
and feel a finished product that
youve been working on for years.
Its very gratifying.Lucinda Dyer
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UPNE Launches ForeEdge

Taking its name from the printing
term, fore edge which refers to the
part of a book that faces inward when
the book is shelved, opposite the
spinea new imprint for national
trade titles from University Press of
New England is launching. ForeEdges
tagline is where the book opens up.
A books front edge is the perfect
symbol of modern publishings
meeting point between tradition
and the central need to look forward
beyond the book itself, says David
Corey, UPNEs director of sales and
marketing.
The University Press of New

England is supported by a consortium of universities comprising
Dartmouth, Brandeis, the University
of New Hampshire, and
Northeastern, and dates back to
1970. In recent years, Corey notes,
the press has found that its trade
books were hampered in distribution by its regional name. Corey
says that as the press began to
reach a critical mass of national
titles, it was time for a national
imprint, which will focus on nonfiction in the areas of history, politics,
true crime, music, and

other popular topics.
Corey points to two
titles on the fall list as
examples of the trade
books suited to the
imprint: Dog Whistles,
Walk Backs &
Washington
Handshakes: Decoding
the Jargon, Slang and
Bluster of American Political Speech
and Winning Marriage: The Inside
Story of How Same-Sex Couples
Took on the Politicians and
Punditsand Won.
Dog Whistles, by Chuck
McCutcheon (coauthor of National
Journals Almanac of American
Politics) and David Mark (former
senior editor of Politico), with a
foreword by Jeff Greenfield, will be
released in Septemberjust in time
for the November elections and a
new season of House of Cards on
Netflix. Winning Marriage, by Marc
Solomon, who has been at the forefront of the Freedom to Marry
movement, has a foreword by Gov.
Deval Patrick of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts was the first state to
have same-sex marriage, and now it
has passed up and down the Eastern
Seaboard and is spreading westward, says Corey.
UPNE invites BEA attendees to
drop by its booth (2438) today, at 3
p.m., to toast ForeEdge and all of
UPNEs other titles.

Bridget Kinsella
A Photographic
Musical Tribute
Not every book opens with a page
featuring a scrawled handwritten
blurb from Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Plug into this jukebox and see the
faces and figures behind the greatest American music, writes the
poet, of photographer Christopher
Felvers American Jukebox: A
Photographic Journey (Indiana
University
Press). A collection of 240
photographs
taken by Felver
over the past 25
years, the black
and white
images catch
musicians and
composers both
on the stage
and posed in
their musical
element, revealing the faces behind
the rhythms, beats, and melodies of
American musical history.
His subjects represent musical
genres from rock to country and
bluegrass, from experimental to
folk and jazz. Among them are Joan
Baez, John Cage, Cab Calloway,
Roseanne Cash, Dizzy Gillespie,
Phillip Glass, Arlo Guthrie, BB
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Loving Laughter
Even though Best to Laugh (Univ. of
Minnesota Press, Sept.) is set in Los
Angeles rather than in smalltown
Minnesota, like Lorna Landviks
eight other novels, she says its her
most autobiographical work yet.
Best to Laugh is the story of Candy
Pekkala, a Midwestern teenager,
who travels to L.A. to try to break
into show business as a standup
comedian.
Pursuing her
dream,
Candy sublets her cousins place in
an apartment complex on
Hollywood
Boulevard, a
few blocks
very much like the one Candy lives

in. Confessing to having had recurrent dreams over the years about
Peyton Hall, which she remembers
from Graumans Chinese Theatre.
as just fabulous, Landvik says that
There, she connects with the kinds
she wrote Best to Laugh to pay
of characters one encounters only
homage to that period in her life. I
in L.A.: a bodybuilder whose mother
dont know if Ill ever write my
is a famous actress of yesteryear; a
memoirs, she says. I dont have
substitute teacher who wins televithe kind of mind that remembers a
sion game shows because of his
lot of details. But I have such vivid
immense knowledge of trivia; a
memories of when I was in my 20s
ruined nightclub impresario; a welland lived on Hollywood Boulevard.
connected Romanian fortune-teller.
Like Candy, Landvik worked
Landvik, 59, says that when she
temp jobs that can only be
and her husband were young and
described as unusual: a stint at a
foolish, they moved from Minnesota
record company, another at the
to California, first to San Francisco
Playboy Mansiona clerical job
and then to L.A., where they lived in
that she
Peyton
Hall,
an
apartment
complex
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disrobing. And Landvik was also a

television game show contestant,
even winning $4,000 and a trip to
Tahiti on The $25,000 Pyramid.
While Landvik left L.A. 30 years
ago, she never gave up on show
business. Once a year, she performs
an improv comedy routine at LynLake Bowl in Minneapolis, which
always includes making margaritas
for some of the audience members.
I like to be a good hostess and
make something for my guests, she
explains.
Today, 3:304 p.m., she signs copies of Best to Laugh at Table 20 in the
Autographing Area. No word on
whether shell be making margaritas as well.
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Scattered throughout the book are
playlists, autographed lyrics, and
record sleeves contributed by the
artists. Among the articles written
by Felvers subjects are The
Founding of the Fugs by Ed
Sanders, an original member of the
60s satirical rock band, and a
touching tribute to Woody Guthrie,
Woodys Last Ramble, by Ramblin
Jack Elliott. [Felvers] diverse photographs, says music, film, and
humanities editor, Raina Polivka,
reveal the talent and compassion
behind the major faces of our sonic
landscape. The handwritten music,
lyrics, drawings, and notes from his
subjects illustrate the intimate
relationships Felver shares with
many of these musicians.
Felver has published seven previous books of photography, most
recently Beat (Last Gasp). His photographs have been featured in
exhibitions at the Center Georges
Pompidou in Paris, the Whitney
Museum in New York, the National
Theatre in London, the National
Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.,
and the Torino Biennale
Internazionale.
You can meet Felver and pick up
a copy of American Jukebox today,
between 3 and 3:30 p.m., at Table 20
in the Autographing Area.

Lucinda Dyer
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Every Sunday in the New York Times
Book Review, Pamela Paul does a q&a
interview with an author in the popular
By the Book feature. In her
eponymous new book (Henry Holt, Oct.
28), she has edited and collected 65 of
what she considers her most
intriguing and fascinating exchanges.
Show Dailys Daisy Maryles thought it
would be fun to turn the table and invite
Paul to a By the Book interview.
Today, at 11 a.m., Paul is on a
Womens Media Group panel, Girl
Books, Boy Books, Gender Hooks:
Packaging, Positioning, and Reviewing
in the Fiction Marketplace, taking
place in room 1E16.
What books are currently on your nightstand?
Ive got two shelves on it, two piles, and I shuffle them constantly. As
of this moment: The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt, which is what I
would actually name if asked what I were reading.Near the top of the
pile, The Shallows by Nicholas Carr, which was my subway book for a
while. Theres Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offil, which I keep
thinking I will read in one especially intense evening since it is short.
What are your favorite novels of all time?
Ive got a long list, even though Im just going to stick to the classics.
First, the Russians: Anna Karenina, War and Peace, The Brothers
Karamazov. Short stories: The Nose, The Double. Another favorite
story: The Secret Sharer by Joseph ConradIve always wanted to
make it into a movie. I generally love stories at sea even though I dont
particularly like being at sea. The best book that made me cry was The
Portrait of a Lady, and the books that have made me laugh more than
any others were and still are Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse-Five.
What do you like to read when procrastinating?
Twitter.
What do you like to read right before bed?
Something just a tiny bit tiring. I dont get enough sleep on page
turners.
If you had to name one book that made you who you are today, what
would it be?
Cheaper by the Dozen. My recollection is that the protagonist was
always calculating the most efficient solution to everything, beginning
with getting out of the door each morning. The book led to a lifetime of
aspirational efficiency. Also, the book was about a family with 12
children, and I am drawn to stories about large families. I stopped at
three children in my own, but even with that number, efficiency comes
in handy.
Youre hosting a literary dinner party. Which three writers are invited?
Dorothy Parker, H. L. Mencken, and Mark Twain. It would be feisty
and fiercesomething would get spilled and someone might actually
get hurtbut I could just lean back and listen, and wonder what each
would write about it the next day.
Which three books do you bring to a desert island?
The Bible, because I never got past Cain and Abel in my childrens
edition, too violent and male-centric. War and Peace, because Ive been
meaning to reread it, and this would give me a chance. The Golden
Bowl, because it was the one assigned book in college that I never got
around to reading.
Disappointing, overrated, just not good. What books did you feel like
you were supposed to like but didnt?
I actually hate a lot of books that other people passionately love. I
really disliked The Great Gatsby and, honestly, all of Fitzgerald leaves
me cold. (Though I adored Nancy Milfords Zelda biography.) I gritted
my teeth with disgust through The Fountainhead, which contains some
of the worst prose Ive ever read. I dislike the Beats and couldnt stand
On the Road. I wanted to throttle Holden Caulfieldwhat a
complainer!
What books are you embarrassed not to have read yet?
Im seriously behind on my midcentury men. With the exception of
Seize the Day, I havent read any Saul Bellow. Havent read Updike or
Nabokov. Ive only read three Philip Roth novels.
What do you plan to read next?
Maybe one of those. Or I could chip away at my nightstand cache.
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Smitten with Scarlett

At the tender age of 10, John Wiley
Jr. was taken by his mother to see
Gone with the Wind. To this day I
remember coming out of that theater. I grew up in Lynchburg, a small
town in Virginia, and I just felt like I
had known these people. Those
characters, theyre living, breathing
people, and they just grabbed me.
He insisted on reading the book, and
took out a copy of Margaret Mitchells
inimitable tale of the South from the
local bookmobile in 1968. I had to
get special permission, because it
was an adult book. It took me about
a month to read and it was the best
thing Id ever read. Then he was
hooked and had to get his own paperback copy of the book, and then his
own hardcover version. In my teenage years I discovered that there
were foreign editions of the book,
and that absolutely fascinated me.
Over the years, thanks to antiquarian booksellers, personal connections, and eBay and the like, Wiley
has put together a collection of Gone
with the Wind memorabilia that
legions of book and movie fans would
envy. Among the 10,000-plus items
hes amassed over the

years , which includes
800 editions of the
book from around the
world, are items like
the following.
The printing
plate for the original
dust jacket of the book. I bought it
from a book dealer in New Jersey. He
got it from an estate auction of a former
traveler [salesman] for Macmillan.
One of the bound presentation
scripts of GWTW that producer David
O. Selznick gave to people associated with the movie. Says Wiley, I
have the one he inscribed to John
Hertz [of Hertz Rent-a-car], who was
an original investor in Selznick
International Pictures. I purchased
it at auction.
A ticket stub from the movie
premiere at Loews Grand Theatre
in Atlanta on December 15, 1939.
The collector notes, More than
80,000 requests were received for
the 2,031 tickets available to the
premiere.
A womans girdle, which came
out in 1940, that has a pink Scarlett
O Hara tag on it. After an

article appeared about my
collection, a woman called and told
me she had found a Scarlett OHara
girdle in a box of things she had
bought at a yard sale, so I purchased
it from her.
Wiley is at BEA to promote his
second Gone with the Wind book. The
first, Margaret Mitchells Gone with
the Wind: A Bestseller Odyssey from
Atlanta to Hollywood, (Taylor Trade,
2012) co-authored with rare book
dealer Ellen Brown, was published to
coincide with the 75th anniversary
of the publication of the book. His
latest , The Scarlett Letters: The
Making of the Film Gone with the
Wind (Taylor Trade , Oct.) features a
collection of letters written by
Margaret Mitchell that showcases
her view of the making of the film
based on her book, and honors the
75th anniversary of the release of
ECW is CULTURE
the film. Wiley tells Show

Daily, She was such a
great letter writer, and I
thought, lets give her perspective of the movie.
Wiley adds, Throughout
her life she kept telling
people, I have nothing to
do with the movie, dont
bother me. I cant help you get the
part of Scarlettthat type of thing.
But when you read her letters, she
was as fascinated as everybody else
with what was going on. Shed get
little gossipy tidbits, even though
she took this hands-off approach;
she really was as much a fan as anybody else.
The author is signing galleys
today at the Taylor booth (1124A) at
1 p.m. The publisher is also holding
a drawing: the winner will get a
copy of Wileys first book, Margaret
Mitchells Gone with the Wind, and
from Wileys collection a motion picture edition of the novel that was
published in December of 1939 that
features 12 color plates from the
movie and a 2-disc DVD of the movie.
As an added bonus, BEA attendees
can stop by the booth at any time to
get their picture taken with Scarlett
Hilary S. Kayle
OHara.
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A High 10 for Trinity
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A small press with a big reach is how founder and publisher Barbara Ras
describes Trinity University Press, the San Antonio, Tex., house that is celebrating its 10th publishing anniversary this year. Its been exhilarating to
have started something from scratch that in 10 years has grown to a significant publishing program.
Among other successes, the house started out of the
gate in 2004 with Peter Turchis Maps of the
Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer, which the
New York Times Magazine cited as one of the 100 best
nonfiction books ever. Turchis long-awaited follow-up,
A Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and
Magic (Nov.), explores the similarities between writing
and puzzle-making and its flip side, puzzle-solving.
Galleys are available at the Trinity booth (1230).
We were lucky to have the Ewing Halsell Foundation,
a local philanthropy, give us startup funds and an
endowment to support operations, Ras says, explaining the original Trinity blueprint. Weve also been
ambitious in pursuing funds for books that would otherwise be beyond the capacity of a small press. Barry
Lopez, W.S. Merwin, Bob Shacocchis, and Rebecca
Solnit are among their nationally recognized authors.
The press is not, despite its name, a channel for academic or scholarly work, but sticks strictly to trade-oriented books that will appeal to a smart readership,
such as Solnits The Encyclopedia of Trouble and
Spaciousness (Nov.), in which the author brings
together the vast world of political observation, art
commentary, and observations on social justice (samplers available at the booth); and Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and
Living in Place by Gary Snyder in conversation with Julia Martin (Nov.), featuring three interviews and a correspondence during a 30-year friendship.
Associate director Thomas Payton, who acquires books along with Ras, is
building the list to encompass books on architecture, urban design, and city
planning. He is excited to announce the launch in fall 2015 of a newand
uniqueseries about architecture, the Best Architecture Writing, a gathering of the best in the English language from around the world, with noted
architectural critic and writer Edward Lifson overseeing the series annually.
The young press now has more than 150 books in print, a staff of six fulltimers, and a huge amount of pride in itself. All of the presss titles are published simultaneously in print and electronically, with some done in e-book
format only, including, just released this month, 48 titles in the WPA Guides
to America series, individual guides to each of the states commissioned
originally in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration.

Suzanne Mantell
Mighty Bright, Mighty Light

Since introducing its first incandescent book light in 1995, Mighty Bright has
been the company that helped save relationships, as its tiny lights made it
possible for one person to read while another sleeps. Now, with the introduction at BEA of its newest product, Rechargea sleek silicon rechargeable lightMighty Bright allows readers to help save the environment.
If someones looking for something, weve got the light thats right for
any situation, says Barbara Burke, company sales manager. Mighty Bright
has 11 models of LED book lights ranging in price from $9.99 to $29.99. We
shipped 1.5 million book lights last year, says Burke.
Aside from its eco-friendly 16-hour rechargeable battery, Recharge features two energy-efficient LEDs for high and low output, a duel flex neck
that bends in just about any direction, and a sturdy clip that affixes easily to
book pages. And Recharge is the first Mighty Bright light made of matte silicone instead of plastic.
Burke says the companys portable lights have always been a hit, and she
thinks Rechargewith battery replacement not an issuewill make them
even more useful. Burke describes letters the company has received from
customers who survived hurricanes with their Mighty Brights the only illumination they had for days. They send pictures of them, she says.
Mighty Bright lights are sold worldwide in both chain and independent
retail stores. But weve always, always, always had a very special spot for
the independent bookstores, says Burke. The company has been selling to
the trade through the same independent book rep groups since the mid1990s and makes a point to support independent booksellers by exhibiting
at BookExpo and at the regional trade shows. At the booth (1706), it is offering a bakers dozen deal: buy 12, get one free.
Bridget Kinsella
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Baen Beams at 30
With integrity and vision as its publishing cornerstones since 1984, Baen Books, the second largest
publisher of science fiction and fantasy and #1 in
space opera and military science fiction, is pleased
to be celebrating its 30th anniversary with special
events, author signings, and giveaways at BEA.
The company was founded by Jim Baen, editor
of Galaxy and If magazines before expanding his
talents into book publishing. Says Toni Weisskopf,
publisher of the press since Baen died in 2006,
From early on, Jim and I tried to build Baen as a brand, which is a way of
saying we were a publisher that could be relied on to deliver a good story.
Whether the book was urban fantasy, military science fiction, or sword and
sorcery, you knew they would all be satisfying. Readers believe in this confident guarantee, and Baen has sold more than 60 million copies of its books
and has over 500 backlist titles in print.
Corinda Carfora, Baens director of sales and marketing, has been with
the Wake Forest, N.C., company for 13 years. Its important to remember that
Jim Baen was the first to create and sell digital books, in 1999, Carfora says.
This was years before the word e-book had become part of the publishing
lexicon. Jim named it the Webscription program. He was also an advocate of
non-DRM (digital rights management), which almost all publishers have
adopted today. E-book sales have been significant for Baen, although theyve
leveled off in the last year or so. Fans of our genres want real books. Theyre
tried and true, die-hard fans. Three years ago Baen launched its original
trade paperback line, priced at $15, which became a customer favorite almost
immediately. Weve found that people are willing to try something new, and
the series has broadened our audience for new authors, Carfora says.
Bestselling writers like David Weber, John Ringo, Lois McMaster Bujold,
and Larry Correia have long been published by Baen, and to great success.
This year Hugo Award nominees for best novel include Correia for Warbound;
Brad Torgersons The Chaplains Legacy (available from Baen in e-edition) is
nominated for best novella. Since 1984, Baen Books has had 40 New York
Times bestsellers.
To celebrate its 30 years, Baen is hosting a meet and greet today, 46 p.m.,
on the fourth floor, at 4B Terrace, where there will be anniversary tote bags.
Among the authors attending will be Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon, who
have collaborated on the novel 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies,
the latest in their alternate history Ring of Fire series. They sign today at
Wendy Werris
10:30 a.m. at the Simon & Schuster booth (2639).
A Flamboyant Lawyer
There has never been a lawyer quite like Fred Levin, says Josh Young, the
New York Times bestselling author of And Give Up Showbiz? How Fred Levin
Beat Big Tobacco, Avoided Two Murder Prosecutions, Became a Chief of
Ghana, Earned Boxing Manager of the Year, and Transformed American Law
(BenBella Books, Sept.). He helped push large corporations to make sweeping safety changes that have benefited every single person in this country.
Yet his self-absorbed and flamboyant actions and statements leave you wondering whether hes a hero or a villain, a devoted seeker of justice or an
ambulance chaser, a cockroach or a humanitarian.
The son of a pawnbroker and dog track manager, Levin began practicing
as a personal injury attorney in the days when those cases where handled by
lawyers on the very lowest rungs of the profession. But Levin persevered,
grew his law firm from a two-man operation in a small Southern swamp
town into one of the largest and most successful mass torts firm in the country and helped turn civil litigation into a multibillion-dollar business. Levins
most high-profile victory came in his landmark case against Big Tobacco.
He orchestrated and says he helped secretly to push through a Florida law
that led to the biggest legal settlement in U.S. history against the tobacco
companies. Hes won more than 100 jury verdicts and settlements worth at
least $1 million, been named top civil litigator by the National Law Journal,
listed in every edition of Best Lawyers in America, and inducted into the
Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. Hes also been investigated twice for murder and
investigated by the Florida Bar on three occasions.
Not surprisingly, the book will have an equally larger than life marketing
campaign. The marketing and PR push behind this book is one of the biggest I have ever seen, says Brian Feinblum, head of marketing for Media
Connect. I have been promoting authors for 25 years and this book is lined
up for successa fascinating subject, a five-time New York Times bestselling
author, and a $250,000 marketing and PR campaign. Media Connects eightmonth campaign will include four satellite radio tours, a satellite TV tour, a
national and local TV campaign, a national print campaign, and online
media.
Lucinda Dyer
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Specializing in Security Studies

Georgetown University Press celebrates its 50th anniversary this year
by offering visitors to its booth
(1544) two books that reflect the
presss emphasis on what it calls
security studiesbooks on diplomacy, spies, international affairs,
intelligence, history, and related
topics.
Were an academic publisher,
but weve done a good job bridging
the gap between the practical and
the academic, says Jackie
Beilhart, publicist for Georgetown
University Press. Lots of our
authors are former practitioners of
what they write about, or are currently working in the field.
The publisher will give away copies of Story of a Secret State by Jan
Karski, a book that holds a special
place in Georgetowns history. It
was originally published in 1944 by
Karski, a Polish Catholic underground fighter who witnessed the
Warsaw Ghetto, transit camps, and
the horrors of the Holocaust. He
toured Europe and the United
States trying to convince leaders of
what was really going on during
Featured at the Georgetown

booth; Karski and Daigler
books will be given away.
WWII. Karski eventually immigrated to the United States, where

he became a professor at
Georgetown for 40 years before his
death in 2000. Georgetown bought
U.S. rights (the book had gone out
of print) and released, first, a hardcover edition and then a paperback
edition earlier this year to mark the
100th anniversary of Karskis birth.
BEA guests will also be able to
pick up a copy of Kenneth A.
Daiglers May release, Spies,
Patriots, and Traitors: American
Intelligence in the
Revolutionary War.
Beilhart points to the popularity of
recent television shows such as
Sleepy Hollow and Turn, which feature Revolutionary War spies. The
book concentrates on the spy ring
that George Washington put
together, says Beilhart. The author
is a retired CIA intelligence officer.
One of the houses bestsellers is
the Al-Kitaab: A Textbook for
Beginning Arabic series originally
published in 1995 and now in its
third edition. That series, notes
Beilhart, mirrors a lot of the
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changes in the publishing world. It started as a

traditional textbook
with exercises on
audiotape. Now the
third edition has a website, online interactive
exercises, MP3 files,
and a vocabulary flashcard app, the first app
for the press.
To commemorate its anniversary
throughout 2014, each Friday on its
Tumblr blog Georgetown
University Press features a book
that had been a bestseller during
the past 50 years. Its been fun to go
back to those old titles. Many were
rather esoteric, but there was also
Chow for Now, a spiral-bound book
for college undergrads with recipes
for making meals.
The press is also give away tote
bags with the anniversary logo at its
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booth.
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PW Reviewer Picks
Looking for a good book this summer? Heres a selection
from those in the know
Roberto Bolaos Fiction: An Expanding Universe by
Chris Andrews (Columbia Univ., July). Few authors cause
such brain-itching mania in readers as Roberto Bolao
and who better to answer all the questions youll surely
have upon finishing 2666 (such as, what is the secret of the
universe?) than Chris Andrews, the translator of 10 of the
Chilean writers books. This first big book of Bolao criticism sets a very high bar. Gabe Habash, deputy reviews
editor
Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

(Riverhead, July). Ive been hearing great things about
Tiphanie Yaniques debut novel, which is set in the
Virgin Islands and covers three generations of love, loss,
magic, and drama in the Bradshaw family. Summer
always makes me want to travel, and even if Ill be staying close to home this year, I can still take an emotional
and mental trip via this beautiful book. Jessamine
Chan, reviews editor
Quran in Conversation by Michael Birkel (Baylor Univ.,

Aug.). My Muslim friends and colleagues have been able
to explain a lot to me about Islam, but I confess to being
puzzled by the Quran because its literary form and references are unfamiliar. So I look forward to the friendly
guidance of Michael Birkel, who is a Friend (that is, a
member of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers)
and teacher of religion at Earlham College. Birkel allows
readers to overhear the conversations about Islams
sacred text among North American religion scholars and other influential
Muslims. Many of the contributors are young and come from a variety of disciplines and cultural backgrounds. Sacred texts fascinate me in the way
they compel attention and shape cultures. Nope, its not a beach read, but
fiction will have to take a back seat to this one on my summer reading list.
Marcia Z. Nelson, religion reviews editor
Angelicas Smile by Andrea Camilleri, trans. from the

Italian by Stephen Sartarelli (Penguin, June). Each
Montalbano mystery from Camilleri signals summers
arrival for me, as its my ideal vacation read. Whether the
aging, hard-edged inspector is on the case solving murders in remote mountain caves or along the Mafiacontrolled ports, he always has time in his seaside town
of Vigta to duck into a restaurant for a meal of squid ink
pasta or caponata di melanzane. Hes dedicated to his
girlfriend in Rome, but finds temptation close byand in this 17th installment, its the charming smile of an angelic woman, the victim of a burglary.
Mark Rotella, senior reviews editor
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (Del Ray, July). Id been

saving up this morsel until I had time to properly savor it,
and then I opened it just to take a taste and couldnt stop
reading. Abercrombies greatest gift is for description
that brings you fully into his gritty, bloody fantasy world of
battle and intrigue. A ship captains cabin is cramped
and garish, gloomy.... The place smelled of tar, salt and
incense, stale sweat and stale wine. Abercrombie takes
the time to immerse the reader, making everything
including the action, which is fast-paced and violentfeel more real. Even
with all the description, Half a King has about half the page count of
Abercrombies previous fantasy novels, but it still contains plenty of his
trademark wry wit and appealing characters, so its a terrific introduction
to his work. Rose Fox, reviews editor
Agostino by Alberto Moravia, trans. from the Italian by
Michael F. Moore (NYRB Classic, (July). Moravia is one of
the great post-WWII Italian writers, and this is one of his
masterpieces; censored by the Fascists in 1941 and not
published until 1944, it made Moravias reputation. A
young boy on the edge of adolescence is spending the
summer at the beach with his young, beautiful, widowed
mother. Agostino adores his mother until the intrusion of
a young suitor sends him reeling and into a love-hate
relationship with a crude gang of boys who humiliate him and initiate him
into the ugliness of poverty and adulthood. This new translation is brilliant,
as is the story, told in only 100 perfect pages. Youll wish you were on that
Mediterranean beach, and then again, maybe not, but you will never forget
Agostinos summer.
Louisa Ermelino, reviews director
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Sharing Family Secrets

have an intact specimen of the disappearing American bison. He
organized a hunt in Montana, killing 25 of them so that the nearly
extinct animal could be preserved
in a panorama he created for the
museum.
Enger tells Show Daily: I wanted Lin Enger
to write a book about a man who
buffalo.
leaves his family, the family is left
The High Divide (Algonquin Books,
wondering what happened to him,
Sept.) opens in 1886, in western
and theyre in a situation where
Minnesota, not far from where
they have to go off and find him. One
Enger, an English professor, lives
day it occurred to me that I could
with his family. The author took
use that with my knowledge about
great pleasure in writing about the
the near extinction of the American
19th century. That time is very real
hope larson
Part of family legend for Lin Enger

was how his paternal great-grandfather, a Norwegian immigrant who
homesteaded 160 acres in the
Dakota Territory, shot one of the last
wild buffalo east of the James River
when the animal drank from the
precious stock tank behind his sod
barn. That story haunted Enger, who
became obsessed with the history
of the American bison. He learned
about William Temple Hornaday,
curator for what is now the
Smithsonian, who, back in the late
1880s, realized that the National
Museum, as it was then called, didnt
to me. My grandparents, who I

felt very close to, were 19thcentury people, so I didnt feel
like I was making it up as far as
the characters were concerned. I felt like I knew them,
how they talked and how they
thought.
His book also focuses on the
horrors committed against
Native Americans in the West.
Enger says, I realized that the
destruction of the bison went handin-hand with the decimation of the
Plains Indian tribes. Their culture
was completely undermined by the
loss of the bison, and then they had
no food source. I hope that readers
will understand the degree to which
the bison is both a factor and symbol of what happened in the West.
Algonquin senior editor Kathy
Pories adds, What I really love
about this book is that I dont think
of myself as a reader of historical
fiction, but this book felt emotionally immediate and very accessible.
You connect with these characters.
I think many people know what its
like to carry a secret, something
about which you feel guilty. Also
compelling is to be a woman and
realize that you dont really know
your husband.
Enger signs galleys at the
Algonquin booth (839) today, 11
a.m.noon, and he will participate
in ALAs United for Libraries panel,
From Writer to Reader, in Room
1E16, 11:50 p.m. Hilary S. Kayle
New Beginnings fo
kelly geddes
Anne Geddes is used to breathing new life

into her work. After all, the Australian
author, photographer, and designer is best
known for her stylized depictions of babies
dressed as flowers, fairies, and small animals. But these past weeks, the notion of
breathing new life into what she does has
taken on a whole new meaning for Geddes.
Not only has
she just
moved from
Down Under
to the Big
Apple with
her husband
and manager,
Kel, but she is
also launching a new
series of gift books published by
Sourcebooks. The first book in the series,
Little Blessings, is a compilation of her classic photographs, plus never-before-published images complemented by quotations
and blessings celebrating the joys of becoming a mother. Little Blessings was released
on May 6, in time, appropriately enough, for
Mothers Day. And for the first time,
Geddess images are being made available
in an e-book format, as well as print.
Its the content that is the most precious
thing, explains Geddes, who will sign 150
finished copies of Little Blessings at
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At Qbend: E-tailing, Enterprise, and E-book

Selling direct continues to be
Qbends focus at BEA 2014. The
publishing industry is now realizing
the importance of selling direct, or
D2C [direct-to-consumer]something that we have been emphasizing since 2008. Our goal is to give
publishers control of their e-book
strategy and let them connect with
their end consumers while we work
on providing them with the best
infrastructure and tools to achieve
that, says CEO Kris Srinaath, adding that, through Qbend, publishers
can have their own e-stores with
features such as chapter-selling,
rentals, custom publishing, and
subscription. These features are
offered to clients without upfront
cost, thus eliminating any D2C
entry barrier.
Currently, publishers from more
than 15 countries use Qbends
e-store platform, with most localizing the language, currency, and
payment methods. Publishers can
have multiple e-storesat no extra
costthat offer different prices
based on geographical zones, thus
expanding their reach across the
globe. In fact, over the past 12 months,
consumers from over 50 countries
have visited Qbend-powered
e-stores, adds Srinaath.
The strengths of Qbend platform,
explains COO Kaushik Sampath,
are its ability to unbundle, custom-
gs for Geddes
Sourcebooks booth (921), today, at 10 a.m.
You cant change creativity, but you can
make it as convenient as you can.
Geddes says she has attended about half
a dozen BEAs, but the first one she went to,
in Chicago in 1996, changed her life. She
recalls signing posters promoting her first
book of photographs, Down in the Garden,
and being discovered there
by Oprah.
Oprah invited
Geddes onto
her television
talk show, held
up Down in the
Garden, and
proclaimed
that it was the
best coffeetable book that
she had ever seen. It got me launched into
a world in which I had confidence to continue with my work and to create new
work, Geddes recalls.
This years BEA promises to be just as
memorable. BEA has always involved getting on planes, she says, describing a twoday journey from her former home in Oz to
the U.S. Its going to be great to just jump
into a cab this time to get to BEA. I got so
tired of all those long-haul flights.

Claire Kirch
ize, and deliver content to suit different needs. We fortify this with
real-time consumer analytics
directly available to publishers or
content owners. Additionally, our
patent-pending S.N.A.P. [Search,
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Recent months have also seen the
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and learning management system
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Meanwhile, its upgraded S.N.A.P.
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Services. Dazzle, a content authoring system, allows writers to use the
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make it XML-ready. So the S.N.A.P.Dazzle workflow combination provides end-to-end content processing
right from authoring to publishing,
adds Srinaath, who will be at booth
DZ1961 with his team to provide
demos of the companys products.
A Qbend-organized panel discussion, Aligning Content Strategy with
Customer Needs, will be held today
at the Midtown stage, at 11:30 a.m.,
to discuss how customer needs and
use of content define unbundling,
customization, and distribution.

Teri Tan
Congratulations to the Winner of the
2014 Read Russia Prize
Autobiography of a Corpse
By Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Translated by Joanne Turnbull
Published by New York Review Books
and the 2014 shortlisted nominees
The Death of Ivan Ilyich & A Confession

By Leo Tolstoy
Translated by Peter Carson
Published by W. W. Norton
An Armenian Sketchbook
By Vassily Grossman
Translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler
Published by New York Review Books
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Changing the Dialogue

As the author of Think
and Grow Rich for Women
(Penguin/Tarcher, June),
Sharon Lechter is
uniquely qualified not
only to advise women on
their financial lives but to
impart the message that
wealth, once achieved,
must be used to generate a positive impact in
the world.
I want to replace the work-life
balance guilt trip that so many
women struggle over with the desire
to live one big life filled with love,
family, success, and significance,
says Lechter, who is coauthor, with
Robert Kiyosaki, of the Nook e-book
summaries of the bestselling Rich
Dad, Poor Dad series. I want to
change the dialogue, from women
complaining about the glass ceiling
and gender-age gap to that of women
celebrating the accomplishments
they have, and still are, making in
education, business, and as economic leaders.
Officially authorized by the
Napoleon Hill Foundation, Think
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and Grow Rich for

Women, which was
inspired by the 13 Steps
to Success outlined in
Hills 1937 classic Think
and Grow Rich, provides
women with real-life
advice on how to overcome obstacles and
seize opportunities.
Lechters book reframes
Hills 13 Steps so they speak directly
to modern womens beliefs, attitudes, and strengths. The issues of
family, job advancement, and business ownership, based on Lechters
own experiences, are addressed
with the intention of inspiring
women to embrace their potential
for success without self-judgment.
Think and Grow Rich for Women
includes surprising statistics. In
education, for instance, 140 women
graduate for every 100 men. Women
today hold more than 50% of management and professional positions.
Also, not only do women start two
out of every three businesses, they
account for 46% of all U.S. companies, generate $2.7 trillion in reve-
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nues, and employ nearly 16 million

people. Lechter began her professional life as a CPA after graduating
from Florida State University in the
mid-1970s. There were few women
in my field when I started my career
in accounting, so most of my early
mentors were men, she says. They
were instrumental in guiding me
through the mans world of accounting with grace and dignity. In fact, I
found that many women in positions
of power in those days were not very
kind to other women, a fact that has
changed in the last few years.
But Lechter knows there is still

much work to be done in the area of
equality for businesswomen. We
have a harder time introducing
ourselves as experts than men do,
she says. While men standing up
for themselves may be labeled confident and assertive, women are
often called pushy and aggressive.
Lechter believes women are at a
positive tipping point in the workplace today
Lechter signs at the Napoleon
Hill Foundation booth (1506) today,
11 a.m.noon.
Wendy Werris
Big Data at Rule14
Big Data is the backbone

behind content creation,
aggregation, and distribution systems of the future, says Shao-Shao Cheng, manager for scalable cloud systems at Rule14, sister company of Texas-based SourceHOV. We can already see
patterns of change in content consumption in the music and movie publishing
industries, where consumers expect a level of personalization and flexibility that
can only be achieved using new thought processeswhich includes Big Data mining, analytics, and execution.
For publishers, understanding patterns in consumer data marks the first step in
Big Data. Next, they can begin to analyze and formulate how best to use their existing content in new and dynamic delivery mechanisms or highly targeted marketing
campaigns. The beauty of Big Data analytics lies in its potential for a concrete rationale behind every business decision.
Adds Cheng, One would then be able to optimize marketing and delivery spending, to ensure that every dollar spent goes toward the goal of getting content to the
right consumer. And if each consumer has a fulfilling experience time and again,
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Admit it, youve always wanted a
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Nixon in the Oval Office. Todays
your lucky day, as the University of
Virginia Press (booth 1545) will be
giving out a limited number of
those coveted mugs today to celebrate the publication of Chasing
Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the
Chennault Affair, and the Origins of
Watergate by Ken Hughes (July).
While it may seem that

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Publishers should embrace Big Data in the same way that Netflix has to revolutionize video content use, according to Cheng. For instance, there is no reason for
students to carry around multiple big textbooks. Even compiled e-books may be
unnecessary, though that is definitely a step forward. Students should be able to
access needed content on-demand, or as the instructor deems appropriate. It
comes down to just taking only what will help the student learn at that moment.
At Rule14, the focus is on utilizing Big Data methods for business automation. We
offer call-to-action, system-to-system, or direct communication via email or SMS
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on information found, says Cheng, whose team has completely automated a legal
document-abstraction process with 80% out-of-the-box accuracy. Each document
now takes milliseconds to process, and we were able to build on the accuracy using
machine-learning techniques.
For more information and case studies, go to www.rule14.com, or contact
shaoshao.cheng@rule14.com for a demo during BEA.
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Watergate. Hughess
examination of this
earlier break-in provides a new perspective on a long history of
illegal activity that prolonged the Vietnam
War and was only
partly exposed by the
Watergate scandal.
Hughes, a journalist
whose work has
appeared in the New York Times
Magazine, Washington Post, Boston
Globe Magazine, and Salon had
unparalleled access to the presidential tapes as a researcher at the
Presidential Recordings Program
of the University of Virginias Miller
Center of Public Affairs. The
decade Hughes spent mining the
largest extant collection of transcribed tapes from the Johnson and
Nixon White Houses allowed him to
unearth a pattern of actions by
Nixon going back to the final
months of the Johnson administration. The seeds of Watergate, says
director and editor-in-chief Mark
H. Saunders, lay in his fear of
exposure of a pattern of illegal
activity that began during the 1968
election and was interwoven from
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the start with the Vietnam War,

which his actions prolonged, taking
the lives of thousands of Americans
and Vietnamese.
Timed to coincide with the 40th
anniversary of Nixons resignation
on August 8, Chasing Shadows will
also be available as a multimedia
e-book with audio. Besides what
we see as a history-changing argument on the nature of his presidency and Vietnam, says
Saunders, the most exciting thing
about this project for us is the
opportunity to present that argument in digital form using the primary sourcethe secret White
House tapes. Readers of the
e-book will be able to click through
from the conversations quoted in
Hughess book to Rotunda, the electronic imprint of the University of
Virginia Press, where they can
browse the transcription of the
complete conversationwith
expert editorial annotationsand
listen to the actual audio. Reading
about Watergate is fascinating, but
listening to Nixon, Kissinger, and
Haldeman talking about the
Pentagon Papers will really make
your hair stand on end.
Lucinda Dyer
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PUBL I SHERS
Bookstores in Manhattan
Publishers Weeklys pre-BEA issue
(Apr. 28) had a roundup of bookstores that out of town and international visitors might make some
time to visit. We noted that each
store had its own style and personality, reflected in the books they
carry and the art showcased on the
walls. To choose among the dozens
of bookstores in the city, we asked
several authors and booksellers to
be our guide. Here it is again for
those who might have missed the
feature and want to check out some
of these fabulous stores.
For those coming into Grand
Central Station or staying at the
Grand Hyatt New York, this years
ABA bookseller hotel, the best

place to start is Posman Books. Its
Grand Central store (9 Grand
Central Terminal in Grand Central
Station) carries a selection of 30,000
titles. It has two additional stores,
one in Rockefeller Center (30
Rockefeller Plaza) and the other in
Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Ave.).
Near the Chelsea store is 11-yearold 192 Books (192 10th Ave.), a general bookstore with new, rare, and
out-of-print titles. Owned by the
Paula Cooper Gallery owners and
located near gallery row, 192
Books has an especially strong
selection of art books and often displays art by artists shown by the
gallery, like the
current exhibit
of photographs
by Eliot Porter.
The bookstore
is also one of
three small
New York City
favorites of
Ann Patchett,
author and
Muralist Stephen Powers (see PW Show Daily Day 1, p. 84) painted this
five-panel mural outside the Strand and is making art inside as well.
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Books co-owner. Her other picks

are Crawford Doyle Booksellers
(1082 Madison Ave.) on the Upper
East Side and Three Lives &
Company (154 W. 10th St.) in
Greenwich Village.
I love [them] all for the same reason, says Patchett (This Is the Story
of a Happy Marriage). They show
that a great bookstore can be made
out of very few square feet if you
have a brilliant buyer who really
understands what their customers
want, a warm staff that make you
feel welcome in their home
because going into a small store is
very much like going into someones small apartmentand a
deeply creative use of space so that
the books are well displayed without feeling crammed in.
Three Lives is an Anne Rice
favorite as well. I had some of the
most memorable signings there.
Marvelous people. The crowds
attending had a distinct personality, like no other in Manhattan.
For childrens books, visit one or
both New York City institutions,
44-year-old Bank Street Books, part
of Bank Street College (2879
Broadway), or Books of Wonder (18
W. 18th St.), founded in 1980. Author
V.E. Schwab (The Unbound) calls

the latter an incredible store. It
has a wonderful selection, much of
it signed, and they host spectacular
events, from debuts to blockbuster
names. Ever since I first started
writing, its been a dream of mine to
be shelved there, and I still get
worked up when I see my books in
their stock.
Books of Wonder is also among
the picks for Tim Federle (Five, Six,
Seven, Nate!). I love Books of
Wonder, because its like a magic
old-timey candy shop full of no-calorie stories, he says, while adding
two other favorites: Housing
Works in SoHo boasts amazing
events and deals, and theres no
place like The Strand (828
Broadway) to get yourself lost, and
get a good book found.
What distinguishes the Strand,
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The equation that e = p, or that the
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stores, chains, said Laura Minchew,
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Manz-Simon reviewed newly
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market from Nielsen. Some results
were unsurprising: Bible Belt states
lead in sales of Christian books for
children and most buyers are
women (though more seem to be
grandparents than in the past). But
she also noted that price seems to
be less a factor than in the past,
even though buyers of the books
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Rising developments noted by
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for older kids that are more graphically oriented for readers used to
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Bourland cited bookseller comments as the inspiration for Blink,
the new YA imprint from
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concerned that YA books have
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sexually graphic, and that they
were reluctant to recommend them
for their teen customers. Blink,
she said, offers clean reads in the
category. Lynch said that in keeping
with B&Hs publishing program
overall, B&H Kids is focusing on
books with movie and TV tie-ins.
For Tommy Nelson, improving
biblical literacy among kids is a
major emphasis. Christians are
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citing Nelsons Joshua Code series,
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brand-name authors and books,

such as Heaven Is for Real for Kids.
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movie tie-ins, another sign of the
times is the new deal struck by Big
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Tales content for Netflix. Though
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worked well for Tor, Doherty said, taking the

opportunity to announce a new DRM-free
imprintTor.comwhich will be dedicated to
publishing novellas, shorter novels, and serializations. Doherty said he sees digital as a way to
reclaim the length of the novella, a format that I
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which has almost disappeared as that market declined.
But in perhaps his most cogent observations, Doherty spoke of the bigger
issue with DRM: the dangerous lock-ins that it can impose. Many of our
customers have seen what can happen when vendors control proprietary
DRM formats, he said. It hasnt happened much in the world of books, but
it has happened in gaming, music, and video, when a business went belly up
or simply stopped supporting DRM formats, leaving customers with big
stacks of content they had paid for, but which only runs on devices now
orphaned.
Of course, it is not just consumers who can suffer. The lock-ins can have a
powerful effect on publishers. In fact, DRM plays a part in the current
Amazon/Hachette battle. After all, Amazon is not just a retailer, its a DRMprotected platform. Kindle owners are, in effect, Amazon customers first
customers who cannot walk away from Amazon and take their purchased
Kindle books with them to a competing platform.
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Avenge Me & Take Me

10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.

The Good Girl

Crazy, Stupid Sex

1:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m.3:30 p.m.

Susie Brooks with

3:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.

OFFICIAL BEA AUTHOR AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS

9:30 a.m.10:30 a.m.

COME MEET OUR AUTHORS

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BEA SHOW DAILY DAY 2

Telling Stories at Breakfast

On the whole, publishers were

With additional reporting by Rachel

Billy Idol brought his patented sneer to

tomorrow. Its a great development, said Murphy, one that, per

the question, Is it safe?

Book Expo Challenge whittled down 19 new ventures

Tenor of the Show continued from page 1

and bookstores. Ultimately it will

FRIDAY, MAY 30 , 2014

Michael Coffey, who steps down this

An original signed print by the late Kurt Vonnegut was

Why DRM Is the Problem

Pete Mulvihill (r.), co-owner of Green Apple Books,

or more concrete evidence about

Random Houses Jon Meacham swapped

BEA SHOW DAILY DAY 2

FRIDAY, MAY 30 , 2014

BEA SHOW DAILY DAY 2

FRIDAY, MAY 30 , 2014

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

9 a.m.5 p.m.: BEA Exhibit Hall open

Correction: In yesterdays PW Show Daily, some of the signing times for