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Barbara Hoffert’s ALA Galley and Signing Guide 2011
So many books, such little time on the show floor. That always seems to be the problem at the American Library Association annual conference, held this year June 23‚ 28, 2011, at the Ernest N. Morial...
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Booked Solid | Fall Finds from BEA 2011
By Bette-Lee Fox, Margaret Heilbrun, Barbara Hoffert, Anna Katterjohn, Heather McCormack, Mike Rogers, & Wilda Williams Photo by Mike Rogers Coming full circle If you read the fine print in this...
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BEA Galley & Signing Guide
BookExpo America starts on June 4 with conferences and special events. On June 5-7, doors are open to the exhibits, which will feature more than 1300 companies, more than 500 authors, and who knows how...
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Geeky Friday: Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein Alive, Alive! Comic, Avenger$...
Happy June! (how the hell did that happen?) Frankenstein fans rejoice: IDW Publishing is giving new life to the legendary pairing of Shelley’s ultimate do-it-yourself kit and artist Bernie Wrightson...
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Geeky Friday: Remembering Ray Bradbury, All Hail Steve Ditko, Neil Young and...
Before starting, my friends, a moment of silence for the passing of Ray Bradbury. I met Ray for the first time at BEA about 15 years or so ago. I saw in the program that he was on a panel and ran...
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BookExpo America 2012 and LJ Day of Dialog News Roundup
(More coverage of BookExpo America and Day of Dialog will be added as available) BookExpo America 2012: The Fourth Annual Librarian Shout & Share | BookExpo America 2012 Moderated by Barbara Genco,...
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BEA For All: A Librarian’s Guide to BookExpo America 2013
New York can be gorgeous in the spring, and there’s plenty to see. Relatively near the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, the now-perennial site of BookExpo America (BEA), is great shopping, the...
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Collection Development 2020 | Library Journal’s Day of Dialog
Ebooks. Self publishing. Platforms, platforms, platforms. It’s hard enough to keep up now; what will collection development librarians’ jobs look like in 2020? At LJ‘s Day of Dialog, held May 29 at the...
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Magazines, Essays, and Some Romance | What We’re Reading
This past week, Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers went to BookExpo America (BEA), and we are still feeling its throes. Guy and myself are going without books for a time, and Bette-Lee...
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Getting Reacquainted with Fiction | Library Journal’s Day of Dialog
Library Journal‘s 2013 Day of Dialog ended with a table lined with familiar faces: Amy Tan, with her first novel for adults since 2005′s Saving Fish from Drowning; Richard North Patterson, with a work...
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BEA Goes Global
You’d better pack your comfy shoes. Not only is New York a walking city, but the programs and exhibits at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and elsewhere during BookExpo American (BEA) will keep...
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Shout ‘n Share @ BEA 2014
The 6th Annual Librarian Shout ‘n Share @ BEA, cosponsored by the AAP and LJ, was was moderated by LJ‘s Barbara Genco. The panelists were Douglas Lord, LJ book reviewer and Books for Dudes columnist;...
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Shout ‘n Share
At the recent Shout N’ Share event during Book Expo America, librarians gathered to hear what was hot from the show floor. LJ fiction editor Wilda Williams moderated and she and librarians Kristi...
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