April 2, 2009
Title: BookExpo America (BEA)
Location: Jacob K. Javits Center, New York City
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Description: Event for the North American publishing industry. Meet 500+ authors and discover hundreds of new titles on a Show floor bristling with 1,500 exhibitors and featuring the NEW Downtown Stage and Uptown Stage and the ever popular BEA Autographing Area. Learn the trends during 60+ focused sessions at the NEW “Big Ideas at BEA” Conference and don’t miss this year’s Global Market Forum: Books & Publishing in the Arab World. Experience the buzz of the book business at dynamic Special Events (buy your Special Events Tickets now).
Start Date: 2009-05-28
End Date: 2009-05-31
April 2, 2009
By Calvin Reid — Publishers Weekly, 3/31/2009 8:04:00 AM
The current downturn in the economy is creating problems for the African-American Book Publishing Professionals Conference, an annual event attracting a wide variety of black authors, self-publishers, booksellers and other book professionals, held each year at BookExpo America. This year’s event is scheduled for May 28 and offers an afternoon slate of events that include a panel on African-American books and social networking and another on comics and graphic novels for the African-American market.
Publishers Weekly
January 2, 2009
Publishers are paying attention to African-American teens
by Felicia Pride and Calvin Reid — Publishers Weekly, 12/8/2008
Talk to a Young Adults editor or take a stroll through that section at your local bookstore and it’s evident that there’s a growing number of books aimed at the young adult market—and those numbers include more titles geared specifically to African-American teens. As publishers are addressing the lack of material aimed at this market—many African-American teens have turned to popular adult authors because of this dearth—there has clearly been some improvement.
These days publishers are offering black teens books that deal with serious issues, such as drug addiction and pregnancy, as well as pure entertainment; they’re looking to introduce new authors and experiment with graphic novels and even historical fiction for teens, all while looking for creative ways to make sure parents, teachers and librarians—as well as the kids themselves—know what’s on their lists specifically for black teens.
Publishers Weekly talked with a number of editors and category buyers as well as an agent specializing in titles for African-American teens in order to get a better view of the past, present and future of titles aimed at black teenagers.
Publishers Weekly
