Start Making Plans for BookExpo Now

Booksellers have a number of opportunities to meet authors, collect signed books, discover non-book items, network with editors and publicists, and explore new and upcoming titles at the 2019 BookExpo, which takes place May 29–31 at the Javits Center in New York City.

The trade show floor will be open during the following times:

• Wednesday, May 29, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Thursday, May 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, May 31, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

As booksellers begin to make their travel plans, here are the many events to keep in mind:

ABA Programming at BookExpo:

• Meet the Editor (Wednesday, May 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at publishers’ offices; registration to open in April)
• Publicists Speed Dating (Wednesday, May 29, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; registration to open in April)
• ABC/CBC Children’s Book Art Silent Auction (Wednesday, May 29, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; tickets go on sale in April)
• Marketing Meetup: Carrying Your Digital Marketing Campaigns Across Multiple Platforms (Thursday, May 30, from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.)
• For Authors: Working Successfully With Independent Bookstores (Thursday, May 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.)
• Booksellers Present Indies Introduce Authors (Thursday, May 30, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
• Indies Choice Book Awards Presentation (Thursday, May 30, from 1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
• ABA Town Hall and Annual Meeting (Thursday, May 30, from 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.)
• Editors Speed Dating (Friday, May 31, from 9:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.; two shifts) (Registration is open now!)
• ABC/CBC Speed Dating Tea With Authors (Friday, May 31, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.; registration to open in April)

The ABA Member Lounge and Galley Room:

Hours:

• Wednesday, May 29, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Thursday, May 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and from 4:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (closed for the ABA Town Hall and Annual Meeting)
• Friday, May 31, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Special Lounge Events:

• Breakfast Authors Signing (Thursday, May 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
• Breakfast Authors Signing (Friday, May 31, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
• Happy Hour Signing with select Indies Introduce authors and Indies Choice Book Award winners (Thursday, May 30, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
• IndieCommerce one-on-ones (same as Lounge hours) 

BookExpo Programming:

• Opening Keynote (speaker to be announced) (Wednesday, May 29, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
• Adult Editors’ Buzz (Wednesday, May 29, 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
• Adult Book & Author Breakfast (Thursday, May 30, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
• UnBound (Thursday, May 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday, May 31, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) Two ABA partners will be exhibiting: 2020 Vision USA and W.G. Ellerkamp Paper & Packing Specialists
• BookExpo Young Adult Editors’ Buzz (Thursday, May 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.)
• Meet BookExpo Adult Buzz Authors (Thursday, May 30, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.)
• Audio Publishers Association Authors Tea (Thursday, May 30, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
• An Evening With United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (Thursday, May 30, from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.)
• Children’s Book & Author Breakfast (Friday, May 31, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
• Meet BookExpo Young Adult Buzz Authors (Friday, May 31, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.)
• BookExpo Middle Grade Editors’ Buzz (Friday, May 31, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.)
• Meet BookExpo Middle Grade Buzz Authors (Friday, May 31, from 1:35 p.m. to 2:05 p.m.)

Booksellers can register for BookExpo 2019 now. To receive a free badge to the show, booksellers at ABA member stores will need to provide an ABA member number during the registration process. Booksellers who don’t know their ABA member ID number should send a request with their name, title, and store name to [email protected] or call (800) 637-0037, ext. 7536.

Thanks to a significant financial commitment from Reed Exhibitions, ABA member booksellers can reserve rooms at the 2019 Hotel ABA — The New Yorker, a Wyndham Hotel — at a low nightly rate of $200, including all taxes and fees. The New Yorker hotel is also the site of the Penguin Random House kickoff party, which will begin at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28.

The ABA member hotel rate is available for the nights of Sunday, May 26, through Monday, June 3, 2019; however, the room block is limited and reservations will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

The New Yorker Hotel is located at 481 Eighth Avenue in New York City, between 34th and 35th Street. To access Hotel ABA reservation information, booksellers will need a BookWeb username and password (e-mail [email protected] for login details). The deadline for the rate is March 26, 2019, or when the block sells out, whichever comes first.