Industry Events

The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Heartland forum continues to offer virtual educational sessions and author events.

Pacific Northwest commission sales rep Kurtis Lowe perfects the art of Zoom.

The California association's new co-executive directors outline their priorities and agenda.

How regional bookselling associations are creating events to bring booksellers, authors, and publishers together.

This year's fall regional trade shows will take place as questions abound over how the rest of 2021 will play out.

Both publishers and booksellers are brainstorming on best practices for pivoting to meet customer demand in a new book retailing landscape.

Due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant, this year's Bouchercon, the annual mystery fiction convention that was to be held live this August in New Orleans, has been canceled.

Revenue at Reed Exhibitions declined 40% in the first half of 2021 compared to last year, and parent company RELX gave a tepid forecast for the business for the remainder of the year.

Most book fairs, festivals, and conferences moved online last year, and although the event schedule for 2021 is still a work in progress, some major shows are starting to plan for in-person events for the second half of the year.

The U.S. Book Show featured keynote speeches and discussions with authors of upcoming high-profile titles. Here are the highlights from their comments.