Book-Expo-America

Monday Link Roundup: For the Ultimate in Hacking

I had to write up   Monday Links Roundup for the sole purpose of sharing this Wired feature on Marc Tobias who with Tobiaz Bluzmanis bumped open 6 Medeco locks in under 1o minutes.   The Medeco locks ostensibly protects the most important buildings in the world.   The article reads like a script from a caper. The(…)

BEA 2009: Observations Around the Internet

For the orphans of BEA, there has been great internet coverage from established publications and from the new media (aka bloggers!). Smart Bitch Sarah attended the Harlequn Art Show.   Harlequin had awesome swag including vintage covers on matchbook type notepads.   She (and Harlequin) are giving away two bags full of this awesome swag. Publishers Weekly(…)

Have You Ever Attended a Convention Poll

[poll id="172"] Book Expo America is underway. It is one of the largest (if not the largest) trade shows for the publishing business.   For those of us stuck at home, we can follow along the attendees activities on twitter by searching the hashtag #bea09.    Conventions are a mainstay of the science fiction/fantasy genre but(…)

BookExpo Canada Cancelled by Reed Business

BookExpo Canada (aka BEC) has suffered a series of blows with major publishers deciding not to attend this year’s trade show in Canada. Today Reed has decided to cancel the event altogether. The BEC guy sounds morose and sad: Greg Topalian, senior v-p for Reed Exhibitions, said, however, that it has become clear that there(…)

BEA Suffers Major Setback

While BookExpo America has a great number of luminaries scheduled for speaking such as Alan Greenspan and Stephen Colbert. The highlight of Saturday evening was to be a concert featuring Jon Bon Jovi and Amy Grant. The concert was to benefit the Book Industry Foundation. Flying Dolphin Press was the main sponsor and informed BEA(…)