#bookexpo

[nealshustermanreal]

Throwback to the 2018 Simon & Schuster Book Expo with my son, Jarrod, launching ‘Dry.’ I cherish these milestones with him.

[scrumptiousstuffs]

My boys!!!!! ☺️🥰

Source: THK Twitter

17/10/2024

[stormyoceans]

THE LAST TWILIGHT ERA IS FINALLY UPON US

[offgundaily]

OffGun signing event at BookExpo

[homenecromancer]

Here's a random assortment of Maximum Ride stuff, mostly images.

Maximum Read poster. This image is very small, sorry. This was part of an American Library Association campaign, probably around 2008 - 2010ish -- these posters were put up in libraries to encourage young people to read. (Description: large text reading Maximum Read at the top. The image shows Max and Angel lying in a field of green grass, with a picnic basket and several books scattered around them. Angel, who is a blonde little girl with white wings, wearing a pink dress and brown jacket, has fallen asleep. Max, a blonde teenager wearing a white long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans, is holding an open book against her chest and looking directly at the viewer.)

There were also bookmarks! (They have a cropped version of the poster image -- the Maximum Read text and Max looking at the viewer / Angel's sleeping face.) This site is the official store of the Ontario Library Association. The listing is live, but I think the OLA mainly deals with libraries and the people who work in them -- if you want to reach out and order 100 bookmarks for 9 dollars CAD, be my guest. But I don't need 100 bookmarks...

The kids who could fly advertising decal. This was a large decal showing an aerial view of a city. Produced just before Max came out by a New Zealand ad company. I've only seen the version of the Max cover that they use here on copies from the UK, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was used other places as well.

BookExpo 2006:

I was too lazy to rip these images off of Flickr, so you'll have to click through. But on May 21, 2006, this Flickr user attended BookExpo 2006, where James Patterson was signing copies of The Angel Experiment. (He didn't have his own table -- he signed at the table belonging to the First Book organization. This is a non-profit that provides books to children; they still exist, and you can read more about them on their website.)

Banners -- and a closer shot. Text (all in all-caps on the actual banner):

The hottest name in kid's fiction. James Patterson. [at left] #1 for 12 weeks New York Times. 500,000 kids demanded it! Max is back! [There is a small image of the School's Out - Forever cover in the center. The background is an image of a pair of white wings.]

Other photos show the JP banner in context -- it was very visible to people as they entered the convention. Here you can see it above a line of people waiting to enter. This photo, I think, shows the reverse side of the banner -- if I am right, the same image was printed on both sides, and it would've been visible as one exited the exhibit hall (as well as when one entered).

There was a long line for the signing. These images are probably not in order, but I tried to sort them. First image. Second image. Third image. All these photos depict a long line of many people, which passes by many booths in a convention hall.

And here is the signing table itself. This image shows the First Book booth, James Patterson seated behind the table with stacks of paperback copies of The Angel Experiment, and a fan talking to him.

Finally, this photo was taken from behind the signing table. Patterson is in the middle of signing a book for a fan, who is using her digital camera to take a picture of him.

Not relevant to anyone but me, really, but my copy of The Angel Experiment is the same vintage as those that Patterson signed that day. Strange to see those books looking brand-new; mine has badly yellowed pages and has been very well-loved over the years.

[forewordreviewsmag]

HARPER COLLINS STRIKE

An update on the HarperCollins strike after a tentative agreement between HarperCollins and Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers! They've released separate, identical statements Thursday night. Read more at NPR!

Image Description: Attendees at BookExpo America visit the HarperCollins Publishers booth in New York on May 28, 2015. Mark Lennihan/AP

[literaticat]

I have some idea that sometimes publishers have swanky parties and invite their staff, best sellers and big authors. Is this real? Or did I see this in a movie lol

Oh, it's real. Though I'd say this was more of a thing back in the OLD days, pre-Pandemic, and a couple economic crises ago. :-/

The ones I have been to (and I have been to many) are usually for a reason, they aren't just random parties. Usually it's to promote new books to a specific audience, and they are often held during a conference or something like that so that a bulk of the people they are trying to reach will be there.

So like, for example, they used to do a lot of "Pre-Publication Tours" and take booksellers out to very fancy dinners with an author (and the publicist, and sometimes the editor). Or they might do something like a breakfast or dinner at ALA (for example) where they have several authors and a bunch of librarians, and each author gets to introduce themselves and talk about the book and spend some time at each table, and all the librarians get copies and they all have a chance to chit-chat over a nice meal.

When BookExpo/BEA used to be a thing (and actually even more so before that, when it was called the ABA), publishers would throw really grand parties and invite a number of famous authors with new projects coming, and invite a bunch of booksellers, and the party would be on a rooftop or some gorgeous venue. I went to one at ABC carpet where they took over a floor of the store and there were living flower walls. I went to one at Dylan's Candy Bar one year and there was an open bar where they had candy apple martinis and I got sick off em. I went to one IN the Library of Congress -- like the FANCY part -- and one in the main library in downtown LA at night, that was pretty spectacular.

I went to one on a rooftop in LA I believe and they gave us all t-shirts and we could go around to different tables and get autographs on the shirt from the authors, and Judy Blume was one of the authors, and I had a literal meltdown and cried on her and Libba Bray had to hold me up. (Judy Blume was very nice about it - she gave me a Kleenex and said, "don't worry, women your age always cry when they meet me" -- which was both reassuring and made me feel v basic lol).

I went to one on this like -- observation-area in a swank hotel in downtown NYC, and I was chit-chatting with John Green, and I had to go to the bathroom, so I went to the bathroom, and THE BATHROOM WAS ENTIRELY MADE OF GLASS INCLUDING THE FLOOR -- so to get to the toilet and pee you had to be like *hovering over empty space and anyone could see you???? I absolutely was not OK AT ALL and I think I just had to like, LEAVE to go to a real place with a real bathroom.

I still remember the ones my boss told me about -- one at PRINCE'S HOUSE where PRINCE PERFORMED, and one at the Playboy Mansion! -- I was not invited to those! *cryface*

[monomorphilogical]

— A speech by Ursula K. Le Guin, Presented at the Children’s Literature Breakfast BookExpo America (4 June 2004).

[bookofmirth]

I’ve been going back and watching/listening to SJM’s interviews and podcasts and noticed she doesn’t really talk about her mom like at all. She tells stories about her dad and grandmother and joshes family often but rarely ever mentions her mom lol I just thought that was very strange and was wondering if you know of any instances of her talking about her mom or siblings

You’re right, she doesn’t talk about her mom much from what I remember but thanks to the powers of the group chat @bagelfyre was able to find this: https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2018/04/30/sarah-j-maas-interview/

And also this: https://www.tor.com/2019/06/04/dani-and-bryce-are-the-abbi-and-ilana-of-crescent-city-sarah-j-maas-talks-about-her-adult-debut/

[joannerockauthor]

#flashbackfriday to that time when I visited @harlequinbooks at BookExpo/BookCon. Do you remember the days of this huge book fair?! I miss it, both as an author and from a reader perspective. So fun to walk around and visit all those books!! #books #bookworm #readersofinstagram #readerevent https://www.instagram.com/p/ClHZNCTP95Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[seffora-merryweather]

Modern AU — Seffora Merryweather

GENERAL INFORMATION

NAME: Seffora Merryweather

AGE: Twenty-six (Born December 8th, 1997)

BORN IN: Lübeck, Germany

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Hamburg, Germany

OCCUPATION: Children's and middle-grade book illustrator

ETHNICITY: White (German on her father’s side, Italian on her mother’s side)

BACKGROUND

Seffora is the youngest of three sisters. She was never too close to her oldest sister, Sienna, but grew up having a very close bond with Sofina, the second-born Merryweather sister.

Her mother passed away very little after Seffora's birth due to complications with the pregnancy. Serwyn Merryweather always kept two homes: one in Lübeck, where the girls spent most of their time, looked after by nannies and house staff, and a second house in Hamburg, the city where he worked as a renowned lawyer. Due to the close proximity of the two cities, both Lübeck and Hamburg were home to Seffora growing up.

Seffora had an affinity for literature and artistic expression through drawing since she was little. Her father never thought much of those talents, but her sister Sofina always encouraged her to pursue what brought her happiness. Seffora made a habit of drawing on the title pages of her books after finishing them, creating beautiful pictures inspired by what she read, since she adored the link between images and stories.

At the boarding school, Seffora was known as an artistic and talented person, someone who gradually began to come out of her shell and bloom into the person she is today: sweet, and kind, yet determined and challenging when needed.

Serwyn Merryweather passed away around the time Seffora was going to start college. Always a man who prepared for the future, Serwyn left a significant amount of money to his daughters and Sef used her part to pay for her university studies, going to the California College of the Arts to get her Illustration BFA.

Seffora has been consistently working on illustrating children's and middle-grade books since her graduation in 2020.

Every year she makes it a priority to travel to at least three book fairs across the world to help in the promotion of books she's worked on as well as connect with readers, writers, editors and artists. Her favorite book fairs are The Frankfurt Book Fair (Buchmesse), the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL - Feria Internacional del Libro), and the BookExpo America (BEA).

RELATIONSHIP HISTORY

Seffora dated Benjicot Blackwood for a while. Things began to fall apart since she wanted to keep a low profile and continue to keep their relationship private, while Ben was being encouraged to have a public relationship that aided his celebrity status. The end of their relationship did overlap with the PR relationship Ben had with Zia.

A few months ago, Seffora and her longtime friend, Rhys Arryn, finally admitted they had feelings for each other and began dating. They've been in a relationship for a few months, with them splitting their time between Scotland and Germany.

[scrumptiousstuffs]

The Heart Killers cast 🥰

Source: P’Somsomzz IG

17/10/2024

BookExpo2024 x FK

BookExpo2024 x JD

[stormyoceans]

js has no luck with managers. earn met js at bday party and disappeared. dew loved the boys, but they were unemployed. while doc was studying, sea could have gotten some solo work with the same makeup, but that didn't happen. it feels like no one knows what to do with them or where to put them. hey hello, you have a dermatologist with education and a clean face and a charming photogenic guy who can sell any product. what is your problem huh?

i apologize for answering these two messages together, i hope that's okay, you guys just both brought up the issue of jimmysea's managers and unfortunately that's not a subject i have much knowledge of ;;;;;; for example, i had no idea they changed four managers already!!!!! i mean i know GMMTV switch those often to better manage the schedules of the artists who are gonna work together in some way, but honestly four different managers in the span of three (?) years kinda seems A LOT to me

it's also kinda interesting to notice that in GMMTV there doesn't seem to be a separation between the roles of managers (usually have only one client, are not regulated, cannot arrange for casting calls, do handle media exposure and public relations) and of agents (have a roster of clients, are regulated, are legally permitted to negotiate contracts for work), which could definitely be an issue when it comes to promotions, but i have no idea how things work in the BL industry in particular so i don't want to say anything without the right informations

tho lbr we all know GMMTV treats jimmysea pretty poorly and criminally underuses them, so even the best manager/agent could only do so much if the production company itself doesn't give them opportunities.......

HOWEVER!!!!!! we have an event on october 4, the fan fest in japan on october 9, and now the bookexpo on october 22 to promote last twilight so at least that's SOMETHING. NOW THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO DO IS MANIFEST JIMMYSEA FOR GMMTV 2024!!!!!!!!!!

[acourtofpaperandink]

ALA 2023 recap

So this was my first ALA. I had planned to go in 2020 but we all know what happened there. What is ALA? ALA= American Library Annual conference If you have been to Bookcon or BookExpo, this was very similar but also very different. More similar to BookExpo than Bookcon. You do need to work in the industry to attend. As it is a library conference it is mostly for librarians but teachers and…

[jessryno]

ALA 2023 recap

So this was my first ALA. I had planned to go in 2020 but we all know what happened there. What is ALA? ALA= American Library Annual conference If you have been to Bookcon or BookExpo, this was very similar but also very different. More similar to BookExpo than Bookcon. You do need to work in the industry to attend. As it is a library conference it is mostly for librarians but teachers and…

[wangwill66]

台北國際書展2023

H：2020停辦，2021停辦實體書展改線上書展，2022年6月2日舉辦第30屆書展。疫情延誤2年。

台北國際書展2023

時間：20230131至0205地點：世貿1館1樓登埸。20221230W5

台北國際書展2023

時間：20230131至0205地點：世貿1館1樓登埸。主題：以「閱讀的多重宇宙」為題，主題國為波蘭。

主題展：3主題

1「從書中看波蘭歷史」，

2「百年波蘭繪本插畫展」，

3「世界文明史珍本古籍展」。

(摘錄自20221230W5自由時報B6文化藝術)

維基百科介紹：

台北國際書展

台北國際書展（英語譯名：Taipei International Book Exhibition，簡稱TIBE）是每年春季在台灣台北市舉行的出版品展覽會，由中華民國文化部主辦、台北書展基金會承辦。最早稱之「中華民國台北國際書展」，前身為「全國書展」，於1987年12月15日在國立中央圖書館（今 國家圖書館）首度舉行，主要是以增進國際出版品之交流為重要的主軸，後來於1990年起固定於台北世界貿易中心舉行，展期大致為六天。

由於屬於半專業性展覽（版權交易與消費展皆有），因此展期第一天為「專業人士日」，開放專業人士換證。目前是台灣規模最大，亦是亞洲第一大、世界第四大之國際級圖書專業展覽，僅次於德國法蘭克福書展、義大利義大利波隆那童書展、美國BEA書展（英語：BookExpo America）等世界三大書展[1]，由於展覽規模逐漸擴展，未來也有移往台北南港展覽館舉行的可能。

第一屆（1987年12月15日─12月21日）

第二屆（1990年1月13日─1月17日）

第三屆（1992年1月17日─1月22日）

第四屆（1994年1月14日─1月19日）

第五屆（1996年1月19日─1月24日）

第六屆（1998年2月19日─2月24日）

第七屆（1999年2月7日─2月12日）

第八屆（2000年2月16日─2月21日）

第九屆（2001年2月1日─2月6日）

第十屆（2002年2月19日─2月24日）

第十一屆（2003年2月11日─2月16日）

第十二屆（2004年1月28日—2月2日）

第十三屆（2005年2月15日─2月20日）

第十四屆（2006年2月7日—2月12日）

第十五屆（2007年1月30日─2月4日）

第十六屆（2008年2月13日─2月18日）

第十七屆（2009年2月4日─2月9日）

第十八屆（2010年1月27日─2月1日）

第十九屆（2011年2月9日─2月14日）

第二十屆（2012年2月1日─2月6日）

第二十一屆（2013年1月30日─2月4日）

第二十二屆（2014年2月5日─2月10日）

第二十三屆（2015年2月11日─2月16日）

第二十四屆（2016年2月16日─2月21日）

第二十五屆（2017年2月8日─2月13日）

第二十六屆（2018年2月6日─2月11日）

第二十七屆（2019年2月12日─2月17日）

第二十八屆（2020年2月4─2月9日）

2020台北國際書展，原訂於2月4日至9日在世貿一館舉行，由於COVID-19肺炎臺灣疫情疫情影響，考量全民共同防疫，本屆書展由主辦單位文化部與承辦單位台北書展基金會於2020年1月30日共同宣布延期，改至5月舉行。[94][95]

2020年3月期間，全球疫情持續延燒，國際參展單位及國際作家來台交流受限，經審慎評估，於3月18日再次宣布2020年取消展覽辦理，並於5月15日推出台北國際書展線上書展。

2020書展首度推出線上書展，包括「主題展」有六大主題， 「閱讀沙龍Online」，重現台北國際書展現場，將最吸引讀者的28場講座移至線上呈現，「出版社推薦」推出家參展單位的閱讀相關影片自製影片等超過700部，「Onlilne Book 秀」單元中，串聯超過1500本書，並提供官網、FB、購物車的連結服務，直接導���出版社的購書系統，欣賞由出版社提供的展位設計圖或3D圖，有如重返書展如臨現場，讓讀者藉由科技以另一種方式悠遊書展。

第二十九屆（2021年1月26日─1月31日，維持線上書展與出版專業論壇）

2020年書展雖然停辦，但2021年書展被官方定為第二十九屆，不補上第二十八屆之缺號。

本屆書展原訂於2021年1月26日─1月31日舉辦，但再次因COVID-19肺炎臺灣疫情與國際疫情嚴峻影響，1月20日文化部與台北書展基金會宣佈停辦實體書展，而線上書展及出版專業論壇則持續辦理。[96][97][98]

經過兩年停辦，由文化部主辦、台北書展基金會承辦「2021台北國際書展_精選主題館巡迴展」打破台北國際書展往例，首度以實體形式移師北部以外縣市，第一站台中場於2021年8月27日至9月12日「文化部文化資產園區」登場，第二站台南場於9月17日至10月3日「文創PLUS-臺南創意中心」，壓軸宜蘭場，則於10月8日至10月24日「中興文化創意園區」巡迴展出。

本展策劃五大主題，結合2021台北國際書展三大主題館精華及延伸展示，包括 (1)書展大賞館 (2)「2020義大利波隆那插畫展」台灣入選作品展 (3)妖怪山互動體驗 (4)精選繪本展 (5)展售區，同時邀請選「義大利波隆那插畫展」插畫家、書展大獎、金漫獎、金鼎獎得主重磅開講，舉行12場閱讀沙龍活動，將台北國際書展豐沛能量，遍地開花，深入更多民眾生活之中。

網路報導

2022台北國際書展睽違2年再度開展 展現臺灣豐沛出版能量

2022年06月02日 /

文化部主辦、台北書展基��會承辦2022年「第30屆台北國際書展」，今(2022年6月2日）日在世貿展覽館開展。副總統賴清德、文化部長李永得、台北書展基金會董事長林訓民、法國在台協會副主任戴寧智（Guillaume Delvallée）、立法委員林奕華及何欣純、各國駐臺代表、出版業者、2022台北國際書展大獎暨金蝶獎得獎者出席開幕式，法國在台協會主任公孫孟及法國出版協會會長Nicolas Roche也以預錄影片致意，在法國女高音Anne Rodier及琵琶伴奏張士能「致克洛伊絲（À Chloris）」及「望春風」兩首曲目下，共同為2022台北國際書展揭開序幕。