BookExpo

PublicAffairs will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with a special panel discussion, "Social Entrepreneurs: Changing the World," on Saturday, June 2, at BookExpo America.

A four-day workshop, sponsored by the American Booksellers Association and facilitated by Paz & Associates, offers an exceptional educational opportunity for new and prospective booksellers in conjunction with this year's BookExpo America (BEA) trade show.

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As part of the educational programming at this year's BookExpo America, the Kanbay Research Institute (KRI) will present the results of an independent research study of today's Book Shopper. The project seeks to explain what customers think and feel throughout the shopping experience, and the actions leading booksellers take to meet and beat consumer expectations.

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, comedian Stephen Colbert, novelist Khaled Hosseini, and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus will be among the notable personalities featured at BookExpo America's (BEA) special events this June. Show Director Lance Fensterman noted that this year's lineup offered a broad range of accomplished writers from many different fields.

Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan will be the keynote speaker at this year's BookExpo America. Greenspan, whose memoir The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World will be published by Penguin in September, will be interviewed by his wife, Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News. The keynote event will be held at 11:00 a.m.

BookExpo America (BEA) announced this week that this year's BEA, which will run from June 1 - 3 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City, will focus on, among other topics, the growing influence and spread of English language books in the global market. BEA will offer a new BEA Global Market Forum, which will explore the expansion of English reading worldwide.

BookExpo America has announced the launch of its newly designed website, www.bookexpoamerica.com. The redesign was undertaken "to facilitate communication and networking within the industry, key elements of the convention-going experience," said the show's organizers.

Last fall, when registration opened for Hotel ABA 2007 (the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge), the American Booksellers Association noted that in addition to a great room rate and other special amenities, the hotel's Brooklyn location offered booksellers an opportunity to explore the borough's rich literary and cultural traditions.

Owners and staff of ABA member bookstores who would like to be part of the community of independent booksellers staying at Hotel ABA - Brooklyn at BookExpo America (BEA) 2007 should make their reservations as soon as possible via ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

The owners and staff of all ABA member stores are invited to be part of the community of independent booksellers staying at Hotel ABA - Brooklyn for BookExpo America (BEA) 2007. A premier hotel with first-class amenities, the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge offers a special room rate of $159 per night and an extraordinary package of benefits exclusively for ABA member booksellers attending next year's show.

ABA members who would like to be part of the community of independent booksellers staying at Hotel ABA - Brooklyn at BookExpo America (BEA) 2007 should make their reservations via ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org, as soon as possible. Reservations will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. No private reservations will be accepted directly by the hotel.

On November 9, the American Booksellers Association announced the opening of registration for Hotel ABA - Brooklyn, the hotel exclusively for ABA member booksellers planning to attend BookExpo America (BEA) 2007. Now, just one week later, close to 250 reservations have already been made.