BookExpo and BookCon are “retired” and won’t be held in 2021
The slow demise of the event is partly related to its declining relevance to booksellers.
The slow demise of the event is partly related to its declining relevance to booksellers.
Librarians struggle with prioritizing and meeting needs of their communities—including vulnerable populations—as digital lending increases.
As BookExpo and BookCon move online, all eyes turn toward biggest industry show of the year, Frankfurt Book Fair, scheduled for mid-October.
All sessions are free and open to the public and will be broadcast through the organization’s Facebook pages.
Current trends in children’s publishing favor dystopia and horror, graphic novels, and more audio and TV/film adaptations.
Publishing insiders see continued focus on psychological suspense and a resurgence of interest in rom-com and horror.
The annual US trade show tries a couple of new attractions, including a parallel show of non-book items to help booksellers woo consumers.
BookExpo decided to go all in on booksellers this year to shore up the trade show’s faltering fortunes and eroding attendance numbers.
The largest US book-publishing trade show seemed at times to have only one message: for the love of books, we must save the bookstores
BookExpo opens as North America’s key publishing trade show—with no international rights center. It was BookExpo’s to lose, and it lost it.