Scenes From BookExpo America
Printer-friendly versionHere in photos are some of the highlights of the first two days at BEA 2013 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.
| Macmillan CEO John Sargent and outgoing ABA President Becky Anderson of Anderson's Bookshops at the ABA Wednesday morning opening plenary session, “Publishing, Bookselling, and the Whole Damn Thing: A Conversation With John Sargent.” |
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At the BEA Keynote, “Shaping the Future of the Book — Insight From Leaders Who Are Transforming How We Read,” are moderator John Ingram, Ingram Content Group chair and CEO, and panelists Steve Bercu, incoming ABA president and co-owner of Austin, Texas’ BookPeople; Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books; Jane Friedman, CEO and co-founder of Open Road Integrated Media; and Michael Pietsch, CEO of Hachette Book Group. |
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Michael Tucker of Books Inc., Terry Gilman of Mysterious Galaxy, Christine Onorati of WORD, and Alzada Knickerbocker of Avid Reader Active at the ABA panel “How to Plan for a Second Location.”
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| Authors Lauren Myracle and Jack Gantos, with ABFFE President Chris Finan, auction off a rare sketch by the late Maurice Sendak at the Wednesday evening Children’s Book Art Silent Auction & Reception (above); pieces created by illustrators and artists to honor Sendak (below). |
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| Thursday morning BEA breakfast speakers Wally Lamb (We Are Water, HarperCollins) and Ishmael Beah (The Radiance of Tomorrow, Sarah Crichton Books/FSG) autograph exclusively for ABA member booksellers in the Indie Bookseller Lounge on the trade show floor. |
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| ABA Board member Matthew Norcross welcomed booksellers to the ABA Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch on Thursday. | Peter Brown, an E.B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book honoree, thanks booksellers for their support. |
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| Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, the winners of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Award, amused booksellers, and themselves, from the podium. |
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| John Green, winner of both the Young Adult Indies Choice Award and the Indie Champion Award, spoke to booksellers via video as he awaited the birth of his second child. | Eowyn Ivey, the 2013 Indies Choice Adult Debut winner, thanked booksellers and explained that she was on a book tour in Alaska. |
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| R.J. Palacio, winner of the E.B. White Middle Grade Read-Aloud Award. | Will Schwalbe, Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction honoree. |
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| Outgoing ABA President Becky Anderson and incoming President Steve Bercu hosted ABA's Town Hall meeting on Thursday afternoon. | ABA CEO Oren Teicher presented the Chief Executive's Report at the ABA Annual Meeting. |