Archive for July, 2009
July 31, 2009
Author Stages: Gamal Al Ghitani
In this BEA 2009 Author Stage event, Gamal Al Ghitani, the winner of the Sheikh Zayed Award For Literature 2009 and author of the novel Pyramid Texts, discusses his latest novel, The Zafarani Files; the intrigues of an old Cairo quarter, in a parable about political and personal freedoms.
July 30, 2009
2009 BEA Editor’s Buzz
BEA’s original and ultimate transfer of tastemaking is back! Insightful and passionate, this intimate editorial exchange provides you with the insiders perspective on some of the Fall’s new discoveries and potential breakouts.
Hosted by John Freeman, US Editor of Granta, this panel featured Paul Elie of FSG, who talked about Michael Sandel’s Justice; Deb Futter [...]
July 30, 2009
Author Stages: Memoir
Byron Pitts is a senior correspondent for 60 Minutes and the author of the new book Step Out on Nothing. David Small’s new book is Stitches: A Memoir. Both books are touching memoirs that detail the early years of these talented individuals, and the obstacles they overcame to reach their current heights.
This event [...]
July 29, 2009
Author Stages: Financial Meltdown
From Wall Street to Main Street, the global financial crisis has been an unavoidable fact of life for all of us during the past year. In this BEA 2009 Author Stage event, a duo of Sterling & Ross authors and financial experts tackle the crisis (and ongoing recovery) head-on.
This event was hosted [...]
July 28, 2009
How Social Media is Transforming the Way We Create, Publish and Sell Books
Social media is not just for kids anymore; it’s the #1 activity on the Internet.
From the Kindle to Facebook and Twitter, what does this all mean? How do publishers and retailers avoid making the same mistakes as the music and television industries?
Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms [...]
July 28, 2009
Authors of Editor’s Buzz
In this BEA 2009 Author Stage event, two of the six authors whose books were featured at the Editor’s Buzz panel get a chance to talk about the books that have generated so much industry excitement.
This event was hosted by John Freeman, US editor at Granta. Freeman was joined on stage by [...]
July 27, 2009
Author Stages: Rachid El Daif
Rachid El Daif is an acclaimed Lebanese writer and professor of literature at universities in Paris and Toulouse, France. His latest book is called Learning English.
This event was hosted by Pam Thompson of Interlink Publishing.
July 24, 2009
Profitable Distribution Channels for Your eBook and Digital Audiobook Titles
Trade, higher educational, and IT publishers are not the only markets creating double-digit growth for eBook publishers and authors.
US and international booksellers, libraries, schools, associations and online communities are looking to buy your digital books now. Listen in as leading digital media distributors tell us where the smart money is developing digital book [...]
July 24, 2009
Authors of YA Editor’s Buzz
Editor’s Buzz panels have always been among the most popular BEA events. In this session, the authors of the YA Editor’s Buzz panel also get time to talk about their highly-anticipated new books.
This event was hosted by David Levithan, Vice President, Editorial Director, at Scholastic Trade Publishing. He was joined by Danica Novgorodoff, [...]
July 23, 2009
Publishers Business Opportunities: Google Book Search Library Project
Co-hosted by Google and The Association of American Publishers (AAP), this session was a a non-legal conversation, moderated by Michael Cader of Publishers Lunch, for those publishers interested in direct access with those who represented them during the negotiations, and a review of the multiple business opportunities for publishers unlocked by the settlement.
Cader was joined [...]
July 23, 2009
Author Stages: Social Media
It’s no secret that social media has changed the way we interact with others, both at work and in our personal lives. This panel of experts tackles this topic head on and discusses how you can harness the power of social media in the publishing industry.
Chris Brogan, author of Trust Agents: Using The Web [...]
July 22, 2009
What Really Matters: Living in the Age of Obama
Watch this BEA 2009 video podcast to discover what one of the nation’s most provocative public intellectuals, Cornel West, thinks about race, culture, and politics in the age of Obama.
West is the author of Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. He was joined at this Author Stage event by host Tavis Smiley, PBS [...]
July 21, 2009
Author Stages: Michael Sandel
Michael Sandel is a professor at Harvard and the author of the upcoming book Justice. His presentation on the BEA 2009 Author Stage reflected his ideas and style of instruction on civic thinking and citizenship, which are expanded upon in Justice.
Sandel was introduced by Farrar, Straus & Giroux President Jonathan Galassi.
July 20, 2009
Jumping Off a Cliff: How Publishers Can Succeed Online Where Others Failed
As Rolling Stone observed in its 2007 series on the music industry’s decline: “it all could have been different.”
In the coming years, will those words also haunt publishers? This panel starts from an (almost) undisputed point of view: at the turn of the millennium, a handshake away from a landmark deal with pioneering P2P [...]
