Reporting by Lorraine Shanley, Amy Rhodes, and Constance Sayre. While BookCon brought teens out to the Javits Center in droves on Saturday, there’s general agreement that overall Book Expo America seemed to have a little more pizzazz this year. The convention, which ran May 28-31, featured a lot of stars, from Thursday’s Author Breakfast (where Neil Patrick…Continue Reading
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Licensing International Expo 2008 landed June 10 at the Javits Center just in time for the summer’s first heat wave. Outside, temperatures hit nearly a hundred degrees. Inside, brands like Clifford, Goosebumps, and SpongeBob SquarePants were hot hot hot. In a cooling economy, though, how can retailers make sure consumers choose their brands? In his…Continue Reading
Imagine attending the Direct Marketing Days NY conference at Javits, and finding out that the thumping music, whirling characters and international crowd are there for Licensing Show, not the lettershops and list brokers. But whatever DMD Days doesn’t have, it can claim to have a corner on e-commerce. This was not always so: for years,…Continue Reading
During the last week of April, everyone registered for BEA received an email with a log-in code and password for MyBEA – the BEA social networking site created by EventMingle. Following the links and setting up an account is easy (especially for the MySpace crowd), but whether people will actually use the site to its…Continue Reading
“A crystal ball to the future” is what LIMA promised Licensing International 2006 would be. And what does the ball forecast? After a quick sweep through the floor at Javits during the show (June 20-22), it seems that celebrities, polar bears, positive pre-teens, and, of course, fairy dust, are on the horizon. With a trumpet…Continue Reading
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PEOPLE As we move into summer, some job changes include geographic movement, along with the usual hopping across town: Close to home Laurie Rippon, Publisher of CollinsDesign, is leaving HarperCollins effective July 31. She may be contacted through the company until then. Meanwhile, Steve Wasserman, fresh from his LA Times gig, is once again a…Continue Reading
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Tagged Allison McCabe, AMS, Amy Baker, Angela Baggetta Hayes, Anne Larsen, Arnold Robert Bolka, B&N, Ballantine, Basic, Berkley, Bill Corsa, Bill Thomas, Bloomsbury, Book Creation, BookExpo, Brettne Bloom, Christina Noriega, Chronicle, Cliff Becker, CollinsDesign, Constance Sayre, Crown, David Goddy, David Rosenthal, Debbie Matsumoto, DK, Dow Jones, E-Scholastic, Ecco, Eileen Pagan, Elaine Szewczyk, Elisabeth Weed, Ellis Levine, Eric Liebetrau, Eric Yang, Eric Yang Agency, Eye Quarto, Frog Ltd., Goldberg McDuffie, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HM, Hope Innelli, Houghton, Jason Kincade, Jason Mitchell, javits, Jennifer Hart, John Illingworth, John Kelly, Josh Wood, Joyce Stein, Kate Travers, Kirkus Reviews, Kneerim & Williams, Kris Puopolo, Krystyna Skalski, Larry Kirshbaum, Laura Howard, Laurie Rippon, Levenger, Marian Brown, Mariner, Mark Ouimet, Maureen O'Neal, Michael Carlisle, Michelle Howry, MPI, Murdoch Books, National Book Foundation, National Book Network, National Endowment for the Arts, National Geographic, NBN, North Atlantic Books, Osprey, Overstock.com, Patricia Kelly, Penguin, Perigee, Pete McCarthy, Peter Molinari, PGW, Philip Revzin, Quirk, Raab Associates, Random House, Regan Media, S&S, Sandy McCarron, Scholastic, Seth Radwell, Specialty Book Marketing, St. Martin's, Stephen Morrison, Steve Sheppard, Steve Wasserman, Susan Canavan, Taschen, The Academy of American Poets, The Ingram Book Group, Thunder Bay, Time Warner, Tom Jourdane, Tree Swenson, Walker, Will Kiester, Y.S. Chi
BEA‘s back and Blackberrys are buzzing as everyone gears up for yet another three-day extravaganza chock full of authors, agents, air kisses and an international invasion. To help you get quadruple booked in all the right ways, Publishing Trends checked in with a number of show veterans and got the low down on this year’s…Continue Reading
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