Book Expo America Wraps Up in NYC
May 31, 2009
Aerosmith mainman Steven Tyler along with songwriter Mark Hudson are interviewed by author Chuck Klosterman in a BEA Keynote Session.
Well, another Book Expo America is now ‘in the books’ as of today, with thousands attending the four day fest which this year returned to New York’s Javitz Center. Panels, exhibitors booths, and seminars complemented the always popular autograph booths (which this year featured such luminaries as Wired’s Chris Anderson, Sex and the City author Candice Bushnell, novelist Michael Connelly, Gail Collins, James Ellroy, MSNBC morning man Joe Scarborough, Dr. Ruth and rapper KRS-One.)
As BEA (slowly but surely) embraces the digital age, there were also sessions on the rise of e-books, Print-on-Demand publishing as well as a state-of-the-state discussion on developments surrounding the Amazon Kindle (Not profitable yet – fyi.)
There was also a lively panel discussion featuring many top publishing CEOs discussing the state of decline of publishing in general during the current economic backdraft which was led by Tina Brown, most recently of The Daily Beast.
A variety of schedules, recaps and podcasts are now available at the BEA website including a selection of pics from this year’s event here:
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/en/Press-Information/2009-Digital-Press-Room/
BookExpo America: What to Read
May 31, 2009
BookExpo America, the publishing industry’s annual convention, is, at its core, the event where publishers promote their fall lineup of books. In past years, publishers competed to build enough buzz to have the so-called book of the fair, and novels like “Cold Mountain” (Charles Frazier) and “The Lovely Bones” (Alice Sebold) got their starts at the convention. It’s rare that one book breaks out anymore, but there are always hot titles and coveted free advance reading copies.
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BookExpo America: What to Read
Suze Orman Is Having a Moment
May 31, 2009
Susan Dominus’s profile of Suze Orman (May 17) showed some of the self-contradictions that fans of the financial guru prefer to ignore. She preaches the importance of honesty about money while creating two different personal mythologies: one in which she has risen above her cash-strapped childhood to enjoy personal comfort and the ability to give charitably, the other in which money is so essential that it is the only thing worth thinking about.
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Suze Orman Is Having a Moment
Squeeze Play by Michael Shapiro
May 31, 2009
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Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball From Itself?
In the late 1950s and early ’60s, baseball fell into a slump. Some of the game’s grand old ballparks began to show their age. After the departure of the Giants and the Dodgers in 1957, New York City had but one team: the coldly efficient Yankees. Attendance across the country slipped, as many suburban fans stayed home to watch on television. By the early ’70s, football reigned as the nation’s most popular spectator sport.
What happened next is detailed in Jonathan Eig’s review of ‘Squeeze Play’ by Michael Shapiro.
Music Chronicle: Seeger, Joni, Waits & more
May 31, 2009
A group of new music books have just appeared on the scene ranging from profiles of stalwarts like Pete Seeger, and Joni Mitchell, to the recent alternative outfit Cat Power and the scruffy balladeer Tom Waits. Read more in Alan Light’s grouping of reviews here:
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Music Chronicle
The Unabomber’s Brother Tells His Story
May 30, 2009
For the first time, David Kaczynski has written about the man he grew up with, admired and ultimately alerted authorities to.
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The Unabomber’s Brother Tells His Story
Podcast – ‘So Damn Much Money’: The Influence Of Lobbyists
May 29, 2009
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Washington Post associate editor and senior correspondent Robert G. Kaiser has been with the newspaper since 1963. His latest book is called ‘So Damn Much Money’ about politics and lobbyists.
Robert Kaiser is the ultimate Washington insider. As he once told one interviewer, he was “part of ‘inside the beltway’ Washington before there was a beltway.”
During his 46-year career at The Washington Post, Kaiser has covered Congress, the White House and national politics. He has also served as both managing editor and national editor of the newspaper. Now an associate editor there, Kaiser displays his keen understanding of how Washington works in a new book, ‘So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government.’
It’s part of Lynn Neary’s excellent ‘Book Tour’ interview series on NPR and if you are interested in the influence of money in politics, this particular episode is well worth a listen, here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100706260
Celebrating Summer By Opening The Books
May 29, 2009
Book critic Alan Cheuse recommends seven works of poetry and fiction for the dog days of summer. Hit the road, wander the great American desert or play violin with Beethoven
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Celebrating Summer By Opening The Books
Book Review Podcast: Food Writing, Old and New
May 29, 2009
This week: Jonathan Miles on W.P.A. food writing; Christine Muhlke on food-themed memoirs; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news
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Book Review Podcast: Food Writing, Old and New
‘Dissection’ Documents Med School Rite-Of-Passage
May 29, 2009
New book ‘Dissection’ is a collection of black-and-white photos of Victorian-era medical students posing with their cadavers. The book’s co-author, medical historian James Edmonson, says the photographs detail the med school experience at the turn of the 20th century.
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‘Dissection’ Documents Med School Rite-Of-Passage
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