Industry Events

The stars are aligning to make this year’s event one of the association’s most highly attended conferences to date.

Nominations are now being accepted for the PW Star Watch program, a partnership between 'PW' and Frankfurter Buchmesse, to recognize those up-and-coming members of the U.S. and Canadian publishing communities.

The New York Rights Fair has announced the winners and honorees in the “Talking Pictures: Selected Books” program; awards were given in five categories for excellence in book design, including children’s picture books.

A panel during a recent Book Industry Guild of New York meeting about merger and acquisitions brought several takeaways, among them a lowering in purchase price for the typical trade publisher.

At this year’s New York Toy Fair, publishers discussed new retail opportunities following the closing of the toy store chain.

Though some of the publishers that usually attend Toy Fair were absent this year, book publishing exhibitors called the 2019 edition a strong show with new trends rising to the surface.

BookExpo and the American Booksellers Association have partnered on a program offering indie booksellers financial support to attend the annual book industry trade show.

The administrator of the National Book Awards has announced the spring lineup for NBF Presents, its public programming series.

In her speech, Open Markets Institute senior fellow Lina Khan said: “More than any other firm, Amazon depicts how a company can come to monopolize all sorts of markets without triggering scrutiny under our anti-monopoly laws.”

BISG announced that book industry observer, consultant, and futurist Mike Shatzkin will receive its 2019 Lifetime Service Award.