This year’s American Library Association Midwinter Meeting competed against a number of national and local events, all of which conspired to end a five-year run of increased attendance for the show. Pink-hatted Women’s Marches across... Read More

From cocktails to beer, books and booze are a great complement to each other. As retail establishments in general look for ways to keep customers longer and get them to spend more money (initiatives for which booze is particularly... Read More

No parade of panels here. Instead, we’ve devised a tightly targeted format for DBW Indie Author, to send you back to your career grounded, focused, smarter.Speakers at DBW’s Indie Author program on January 19 have been chosen for... Read More

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., December 15, 2016—Foreword Reviews, a media company devoted to discovering, reviewing, and covering books from small, independent, and university presses is closing out 2016 by naming Seth Dellon associate... Read More

Following another well-attended China Children’s Book Fair in Shanghai last week (November 18–20), it is our pleasure to offer you this postshow report. Herein, we’ll provide details of the fair from our stand, an overview of the... Read More

*Max and Charlie* was conceived by Zack Lieberman as a kids' book, but also 'something that space cadets of all ages could enjoy.' “So much data.” That’s how Zack Lieberman, author and publisher of Max & Charlie describes his... Read More

From year to year, the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) maintains its lofty position as the top international publishing event because of its sheer size, length (five days), and longevity (since 1949). In total, the Fair encompasses more than... Read More

For most indie bookstores, stocking the bestsellers is the easy part of the job. Predicting—and stocking—the surprise hits, many from independent publishers and smaller presses, has been the bigger challenge. “You pretty much have... Read More