BookExpoCast

John Freeman, US editor, Granta, served as moderator for the 2010 BEA Authors of Editor’s Buzz panel. Joining Freeman were the following authors: Jonathan Evison, West of Here; Anne Fortier, Juliet: A Novel; Ben Goldacre, Bad Science; Emma Donoghue, Room; Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer; and Benjamin Hale,The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore.

The 2010 BookExpo America YA Authors of YA Editor’s Buzz event featured authors Ally Condie, Matched; Rebecca Maizel, Infinite Days; Kody Keplinger, The Duff; Sophie Jordan, Firelight; and Erin Bow, Plain Kate.

This session was hosted by Jack Martin, Asst. Dir., Public Programs and Lifelong Learning, New York Public Library.

Melissa Clark, New York Times dining columnist and author of In The Kitchen with a Good Appetite, hosts this BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event, titled “American Flavor.”

Clark speaks with Adam Richman, author of America the Edible: Why We Eat, What We Eat, Where We Eat; and Rowan Jacobsen, American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields.

This BEA 2010 Author Stage event, Guys of Guys Read, was hosted by Jordan Brown, Editor, HarperCollins Children’s Books, and featured Mac Barnett, The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity; David Lubar, Nathan Abercrombie: Accidental Zombie and Weenies series; Adam Rex, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich; Jon Scieszka, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Time Warp Trio series, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; and Jeff Kinney, #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly, bestselling author, Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

This BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage video, “From Stage to the Page,” features Patti LuPone, acclaimed Broadway actress and author of the new book Patti LuPone: A Memoir.

The Thank You Economy isn’t some abstract concept or wacky business strategy…it’s the way we buy and sell, the way we’re interacting on all levels, at this exact moment. The way our marketplace functions has been evolving right before our eyes, changing into one that places heavy value on social interaction, which means the individuals and brands that “out-care” and “out-love” their competition will see the biggest returns. The businesses harnessing the word-of-mouth power coming from social media, those that can shift their culture to be more customer-aware and fan-friendly, will pull away from the pack and profit in today’s markets. In this Author Stage event, Gary Vaynerchuk lays out the thoughts about this enormous change, addressing specifically how the indie booksellers today can win in the face of a market that’s going digital.

Michele Scicolone, food and wine editor of i-Italy.com, and author of The Italian Slow Cooker, interviews Mark Rotella, author of Amore, and Buddy Valastro, author of Cake Boss: The Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia, in this BEA 2010 Author Stage event.

This BookExpo America 2010 Author Stage event featured authors Eduardo Lago and Eduardo Mendoza, and was hosted by Christopher Kenneally of Copyright Clearance Center.

Back again after a mesmerizing debut last year a unique event designed to inspire conversation, creativity, and passion for the future of publishing.

Ten presenters who are at the forefront of what is exciting in publishing now were given seven minutes each to present their stories to the crowd. Their presentations were accompanied by a Powerpoint presentation of 20 slides, with a strict 21-second limit per slide, which forces the presenter to keep the presentation moving forward quickly. Our guidelines for what they discussed were left wide open, in order to encourage a wide range of topics and styles of presentation throughout the program.

The 7x20x21 chairs were Ryan Chapman, Online Marketing Manager at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Ami Greko, Director of Business Development at Adaptive Blue.

This year’s presenters were: Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody and Cognitive Surplus; Justin Taylor, author of Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever and co-editor of The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide; Eva Talmadge, literary agent and co-editor of The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide; Jacob Lewis, CEO of Figment; Jennifer Egan, Author of The Keep and A Visit from the Goon Squad; and Ed Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief of PublishingPerspectives.com.

This BookExpo America Author Stage event, Obama Book Club, featured Jonathan Alter, author of THE PROMISE: President Obama, Year One and Steven Rattner, author of OVERHAUL: Inside the Obama Administration’s Mission to Save The American Automotive industry.

This event was moderated by Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author Relations for Copyright Clearance Center and host of the Beyond the Book podcast series.