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BookExpo and a new Children's Laureate

5 June 2017

BookExpo and the appointment of a new UK Children's Laureate have dominated the book trade news agenda this week.  Read more

Author stars at BookExpo

23 May 2016

This year's BookExpo in Chicago seems to have been rather a disappointment. The amount of exhibitor floor space was down by 20% to 25% and the Digital Zone was especially empty. As Publishers Lunch put it, "The ever-diminishing ‘digital discovery zone' is rather unpopulated and undiscovered, making it perhaps the saddest place on the floor."  Read more

International perspectives

9 May 2016

The biggest international fair of the first half of the year starts on Thursday 12th May. BookExpo America is in Chicago this year and continues to be the very substantial domestic fair for the biggest book market in the world.  Read more

BookExpo, Google and Authors' groups

1 June 2015

This was a week packed with news, much of it from Book Expo, so this is just a short summary.  Read more

The book world is poised on a knife-edge

2 June 2014

The book world is poised on a knife-edge as the dispute between Amazon and Hachette continues, with no end in sight. It provided an oppressive feeling at BookExpo AmericaBookExpo America, commonly referred to within the book publishing industry as BEA. The largest annual book trade fair in the United States, just ended in New York.  Read more

Musical chairs

30 May 2011

Never has there been a time when so much is changing so fast in the world of books. Seminars and discussion from Book Expo America last week underlined the way things are going, and it's a scary prospect for people who have spent their lives in publishing or bookselling.  Read more

Transatlantic synergies?

20 June 2005

Two of the panel discussions at the recent BookExpo AmericaBookExpo America, commonly referred to within the book publishing industry as BEA. The largest annual book trade fair in the United States came up with interestingly diverse views on selling globally.  Read more

US new titles soar to 195,000

13 June 2005

BookExpo AmericaBookExpo America, commonly referred to within the book publishing industry as BEA. The largest annual book trade fair in the United States, the biggest book fair in the US, seems to have been the usual heady mixture of author breakfasts, panel discussions and bookselling. Booksellers are wooed by publishers and do the rounds collecting large numbers of early proof copies of the big fall books.  Read more

Book Expo, US Sales and Title Output

2 June 2003

This weekend the 2003 Book Expo (BEABookExpo America, commonly referred to within the book publishing industry as BEA. The largest annual book trade fair in the United States) convention in Los Angeles has brought together American publishers and booksellers with a contingent representing the rest of the world. Numbers appear to be steady in relation to last year, although the west coast venue always attracts fewer Europeans and more participants from Hollywood.   Read more

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  • 'For God's sake, never use a metaphor and then explain it... You can assume a world from so little and readers will.
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'Never use a metaphor and then explain it'

22 May 2023

'For God's sake, never use a metaphor and then explain it...

You can assume a world from so little and readers will. So I'm more interested economy than encyclopaedism, in how little you can get away with rather than how much you can cram in...

I don't want to write puzzle stories that can be decoded to the correct answer...  Read more