Nancy Pearl is a legendary librarian in the Seattle area. Now retired from the Seattle Public Library, Pearl speaks and writes about the books the rest of us should be reading. Her newest book is called Book Crush.
In this session, Pearl speaks with Bob Minzesheimer, Book Editor for USA Today, about the importance of reading and the best ways to fight through the clutter on the bookshelves to find the right books for you.
Ken Lombard is President of Starbucks Entertainment. Lombard, a longtime business partner of Earvin “Magic” Johnson, took the helm of Starbucks Entertainment in 2004 with plans to expand the coffee retailer’s presence in the book, movie, and music markets.
In this Upfront and Unscripted session, Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED, and Lombard discuss the Starbucks business model and the company’s goals for their Entertainment Division.
At BEA, Powell’s Books in partnership with Out of the Book Films, introduced a groundbreaking series of short films about authors. The first in the series, the 28-minute film, “Ian McEwan on Chesil Beach,” was screened on Saturday, June 2. Shot over four days in England and the United States, the film includes interviews with McEwan in London, on-location footage from Chesil Beach, an original soundtrack, commentary from peers and critics, and much more. The film is now showing nationwide. You can find a screening and more info at Out of the Book Film.
Presented by Paramount Vantage, this panel discussion offers a behind-the-scenes look at the feature film A Mighty Heart. The movie, starring Angelina Jolie, is based on Mariane Pearl’s memoir, detailing the unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s life and death.
Panelists include: Scribner Vice President and Editor-In-Chief Nan Graham, Sarah Crichton, who co-wrote A Mighty Heart with Pearl, and Dede Gardner, President of Plan B Entertainment. These speakers offer a rare look into the process by which this beloved book was brought from bookshelves to the big screen.
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The BEA Editors Buzz Forum is always a highly anticipated event. This year’s session, moderated by Sara Nelson of Publishers Weekly, featured a panel of six top book editors. Each had a chance to speak about the one book that has them excited this year.
This year’s panel included: Daniel Halpern of Ecco/HarperCollins, Geoffrey Kloske of Riverhead, Margaret Marbury of Mira Books/Harlequin, Susanna Porter of Random House Publishing Group, Marysue Rucci of Simon and Schuster, and Elisabeth Schmitz of Grove Atlantic.
Adam Bellow is Executive Editor and Co-Founder of Doubleday Broadway and Pamphleteer Press. Hannah Tinti is Editor of One Story magazine and author of the book Animal Crackers.
Bellow and Tinti are leading the movement to resurrect the pamphlet as a viable means to connect with the public. In this “Upfront and Unscripted” session, they discuss the history of pamphlets and how they are using traditional as well as modern techniques to again make pamphlets relevant.
Nancy Horan is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications. Her first novel, Loving Frank, tells the story of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s love affair with Mamah Borthwick Cheney, a married woman who, along with her husband, had commissioned Wright to design their family home.
Kristin Matthews, Book Producer for CBS The Early Show, and Horan discuss this relationship and how it shocked Chicago society and forever change their lives.
Terry Moore is the creator of the graphic novel series Strangers in Paradise. After authoring nineteen graphic novels, six pocketbooks, and over one hundred comic books in the series, Moore has decided to retire the Strangers in Paradise franchise. Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Legal Defense Fund, and Moore reflect on the success of Strangers in Paradise and what lies ahead.
As the publishing industry embraces the world of new media, lessons can be learned from the pioneers of our business. Daniel Lee, Web Marketing Manager for Yale University Press and Chris Gondek, Producer and Host of the Yale PressCast will speak about the genesis of their successful project and share real results from their new media initiatives. Lee and Gondek will also teach you how to launch your own new media partnerships.
Chris Anderson is Editor-in-Chief of WIRED, author of The Long Tail, and co-founder of the new website BookTour.com. Along with Kevin Smokler, editor of Bookmark Now and creator of the Virtual Book Tour, and Adam Goldstein, author of several volumes of the Missing Manual computer book series, Anderson created this new service as the definitive online calendar of author appearances and signing events around the country. In this Upfront and Unscripted session, Anderson shares his vision for BookTour.com with AuthorBuzz creator MJ Rose.
Victoria Rowell is a versatile actress of theatre, primetime, daytime and feature films and has been nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy and awarded eleven NAACP Image Awards. Rowell has recently released her first book, The Women Who Raised Me, which pays tribute to the role models in her life. In this session, Rowell reads an excerpt from the book.
Corporations in all industries are experimenting and effectively using social networking tools to build product awareness and communicate with customers. In the publishing environment, books provide an easy platform for the many individual consumer and author blogs that exist – and there are many – but what about the publishers?
This session provides an overview of the social networking activities of various publishers and provides a window into their motivations, successes and expectations. It is hosted by Michael Cairns, founder of Information Media Partners. Speakers include Michael Hyatt of Thomas Nelson, Carrie Kania of Harper Perennial, Jim Behrle of Overlook Press, Karen Christensen of Berkshire Publishing and Molly Vallik of Harlequin.
George Jones is CEO of Borders Group, having been appointed in July of 2006. In this Upfront and Unscripted session, he sits down with Shelf Awareness publisher John Mutter. Jones explains Borders’ strategic plan for the future and why he believes that this plan is the right one to drive a long-term turnaround for this leading retailer.
Michael Hyatt is CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc. In this BEA 2007 session, “Customer Focused Publishing: How Thomas Nelson Moved Away from Imprints and Closer to Customer Wants,” Hyatt explains why Thomas Nelson dropped 21 publisher imprints and instituted their One Company Initiative; adjusting their focus on categories. With two full months into the phase-out, Hyatt shares his experience and insight into how the reorg has changed their model for success and performance measurement.
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