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Hi. OUR PREVIEW OF
BOOKEXPO
AND BOOKCON
6 A New Look for New York
8 Wild Rumpus: PW’s Bookstore of
the Year
12 Anne DeCourcey: PW’s Rep of the
Year
16 Wednesday’s Focus
20 BookExpo Global Market Forum
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32 BookCon 2017: More of the Same,
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46 Children’s Galleys to Grab
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changes made by Reed to keep the shows relevant
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has dropped America from its name. On a more fundamental
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will be open from two and a half to two (although the floor will
open to remainder buyers on the afternoon of May 31, the day
before it opens to all exhibitors).
In lieu of a third day of BookExpo exhibits, Reed has loaded
up Wednesday, May 31, with a full menu of panels and other
events. ABA’s popular Celebration of Bookselling lunch, for
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Events Hall at Javits. The Global Market Forum will feature

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 discussions on a range of topics con-
cerning the international market. In
addition, the Audio Publishers
Association will hold its annual
conference on Wednesday at Javits,
and all 400 spots have already sold
out.
Reed’s aim, says event director
Brien McDonald, “is to create a
more concentrated and focused B2B
environment for everyone. The new
format allows for more education
sessions on Wednesday, which cre-
ates more time for attendees to be
on the show floor on Thursday and
Friday. The event is structured to
allow you to do more business in
less time.”
With an eye toward maximizing
publishers’ interactions with their
most important business partners,
Reed instituted a more rigorous professional application process
this year, something McDonald says has elevated the quality of
BookExpo attendees. “We’re committed to having the right
people, companies, and content represented at the event,” he
explains. In addition to booksellers, retailers, and librarians,
McDonald expects a healthy turnout from the media, rights
agents, film and TV personnel, digital solution providers, and,
of course, authors.
McDonald says Reed’s approach of building BookExpo
around “the pillars of discover, engage, and learn has resonated
with booksellers, librarians and retailers,” and he is confident
attendance by these key participants will surpass the numbers
in Chicago last year.
Reed is expecting a record turnout for BookCon, which will
run June 3–4, with projections calling for more than 20,000
consumers attending. While millennial women are expected to
be the largest group at BookCon, Reed has added features to
draw a broader audience.
The reconfiguration of BookExpo and the expansion of
BookCon is intended, McDonald says, to build “an end-to-end
solution where publishers can launch their titles to the trade
and consumers in one place. BookExpo is being recrafted as a
focused professional environment that’s full of opportunities for
trade professionals to connect and have meaningful interac-
tions. BookCon connects fans, brands, and authors through
authentic face-to-face interactions and unique experiences.”
McDonald says more and more publishers and other exhibi-
tors are excited by the new vision, but acknowledges, “We have
more work to do as this evolution continues. We are taking a
very established event with a long history and trying to radi-
cally evolve it in real time. That takes patience to assure all of
our customers are along for that ride.” ■

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Wild Rumpus:
PW’s Bookstore
of the Year
By Claire Kirch
W
ild Rumpus, which is marking its 25th anniversary in
September, has yet another cause for celebration: the
Minneapolis bookstore is PW’s Bookstore of the Year. It
is the first children’s bookstore to win the award since PW
launched the program almost a quarter-century ago. It is
also the first bookstore of the year to have a municipal pet store license, undergo
animal control inspections, and have an employee dedicated to animal care.
PW’s 2015 Rep of the Year, Jenny Sheridan of HarperCollins, nominated
Wild Rumpus, describing it as a “unique, charming, and magical place that
specializes in children’s books” and is “one of the best in the nation,” a destina-
tion in its community and a favorite stop for authors on tour. Authors are even
more effusive in praising Wild Rumpus. Kate DiCamillo describes a visit to
Wild Rumpus as “like walking into a story” and entering “a world of animals
and books and possibilities.” Soman Chainani calls Wild Rumpus his favorite
bookstore, declaring, “It’s an entire universe: once you go in, you feel like you
are walking through a portal into Narnia.”
It’s not surprising that visitors would compare Wild Rumpus to a storybook come
to life: its layout was inspired by Anne Mazer’s Salamander Room, a tale about a boy
whose bedroom gradually transforms into the outdoors. As one enters the 2,000-square-
foot retail space—either through the standard-sized door or a child-sized purple
door—there are shelves of books and table displays, much like any other bookstore.
After one passes the sales counter in the solar-powered space, however, the plaster on
the 18-foot ceiling splits open to reveal a mural that resembles a body of water (or,
some say, the sky), complete with a birchbark canoe. Plants creep up the brick back
wall and along the large windows.
“The idea is that books open up the world,” says Collette Morgan, the store’s
cofounder and head buyer.
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A menagerie of more than a dozen animals plus fish in an aquarium live in the store.
Three cats and a chicken roam about freely. A tarantula lives in an enclosure near the
cash register. More small animals—a ferret, cockatiel, doves, chinchillas—dwell
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model is as serendipitous as the store’s existence itself. After Morgan decided in 1989 www.albertwhitman.com.
that she wanted to open a bookstore, she was advised to work at one first. So she applied
for a job at Minneapolis’s famed Odegard’s Books. “I fancied curating the poli sci sec- ALBERT WHITMAN & COMPANY
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tion,” she recalls, but Dan [Odegard] put me in charge of the
children’s section.” When Odegard’s went out of business in
January 1992, Morgan and her then-husband, Tom Braun,
bought up its children’s inventory and renovated a 1900s
building in the upscale Linden Hills neighborhood. They
opened Wild Rumpus that fall, with five part-time employees
and a few in-house animals. “I’d read all the horror stories about
starting a small business and having to work 80 hours a week,”
Morgan recalls. “I’m the kind of person who likes to be around
animals. If I was going to work that hard, I wanted some ani-
mals around.”
Morgan remembers that, despite competition from chains,
big box stores, and other indies in the vibrant Twin Cities book
market, the store broke even its first year and started making a
profit within three. While declining to disclose sales figures,
she notes, “When Avin [Domnitz, the former CEO of the ABA]
was teaching the 2% solution, I was always at 12% [profit
margin] or above. It’s gone up incrementally each year.”
In 2015, Wild Rumpus inaugurated a profit-sharing pro-
gram for its 18 employees: any employee who has worked at the
store for more than one year and has logged a minimum of 600
hours is eligible. The store also takes a cooperative managerial
approach, with Morgan and four longtime employees making
up the Managerial Operations Deployment [MOD] Squad,
which oversees daily operations and long-range planning.
Even though it’s a weekday morning, the store is bursting
with life when PW visits. Toddlers wander around with parents
in tow; bookseller Kristen Kavic holds out the chicken so that
a child can touch him; a parent sits in an overstuffed armchair
reading a picture book to her daughter; and a dozen elementary
school–aged children on a field trip sit cross-legged on the floor
while bookseller Ellen Ourada instructs them on store eti-
quette. Before giving the children a tour, Ourada tells the story
of “Glenn the Tree Trimmer,” whose papier-mâché legs (from
the knees down) can be seen disappearing into the ceiling above
the group. “Was that a real story or a make-believe story?” she
asks. “It’s all about reading books. Don’t believe everything
you’re told. Think for yourself.”
Wild Rumpus makes the most of its space limitations with
cautious buying and an emphasis on quality. The store’s three
buyers typically order directly from publishers and distributors,
and re-stock when needed. “I figure out what’s the best of the
best,” Morgan says of selecting the store’s stock. “And I know
in my head how many titles will fit into [each] section.”
There are approximately 36,000 books in stock, from board
books to young adult reads, plus sidelines and a small selection
of adult trade titles, because, Morgan points out, “most children
don’t come in unattended and YA readers read sophisticated
material.”
For the past year or so, as part of the store’s commitment to
diversity, it has pumped up its selection of international titles.
Besides English, books are available in 20 languages including
Spanish, French, Russian, and Hmong. The store also carries
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Bookstore of the Year
Braille and ASL editions. “The biggest challenge is finding
vendors [in North America] in languages and books that fit into
our store,” says Kavic, the international book buyer. “There’s a
lot of books competing for not a lot of space, so there’s a lot of
shifting and reshelving.”
Wild Rumpus accommodates its programming by setting
bookshelves and tables on casters so that they can be easily
moved during in-store events, which are carefully choreo-
graphed to maintain crowd control. The bookstore hosts
approximately 125 author appearances annually, as well as more
than 150 interactive authorless events that invariably fill the
store. Around five in-store book fairs held every year, in partner-
ship with local schools, also draw crowds. For the past two years,
the store’s single busiest sales day has been the day of a book
fair benefiting Barton Open School, which is located in south
Minneapolis.
“It’s a whole school event,” reports assistant book buyer Katie
McGinley, who coordinates book fairs, noting that partici-
pating schools are encouraged to bring in food and entertain-
ment. “With Barton, the choir performs, or there’s theater. It’s
a party. It’s wall-to-wall with families, from 3 to 4 p.m. until
we close.”
Due to the limited floor space, ADA accessibility require-
ments, as well as a commitment to quality control of its dis-
plays, Wild Rumpus does not buy big publisher dumps.
Instead, Ourada sets up original displays throughout the
store—on tables, against walls, and on top of bookshelves—
using the contents of a prop closet, in the 800-square-foot base-
ment office area, packed with fabrics, toys, and all sorts of
objects, most recycled or repurposed. Ourada describes her
philosophy as spotlighting new releases and seasonal titles
while “making the store warm and unique,” with displays that
“surprise people and are eccentric.”
Running Wild Rumpus, Morgan says, “is like putting on a
big play. There’s a lot of theatricality involved.” After all, she
adds, “When we started, there was no internet, no world wide
web. Now, children are more likely to be entertained using a
device, so we try to make reading fun. We want to make chil-
dren lifelong readers, so that they graduate to those big stores
that usually win PW’s award.”  ■
Thank You, Judges
PW wants to thank this year’s juries. Bookstore of the Year judges:
Rachel Geiger, Chronicle Books; Tom Hallock, Beacon Press; Ruth
Liebmann, Penguin Random House; Tucker Stone,
Nobrow/Flying Eye Books; and Karen Torres, Hachette Book Group.
Rep of the Year judges: Pam Cady, University Bookstore Inc.;
Gillian Kohli, Wellesley Books; Judith Lafitte and Tom Lowenburg,
Octavia Books; Michael Link, Joseph-Beth Booksellers; Michael
Tucker, Books Inc.
 Anne DeCourcey:
PW’s Rep
of the Year
By Judith Rosen

I
n the not-too-distant past, being a good sales rep was
as straightforward as the ABCs. As Alec Baldwin’s
character explains in the film Glengarry Glen Ross: “(A)
always, (b) be, (c) closing. Always be closing!” But with
the advent of technology, the way reps now sell involves
creating a partnership that connects publishers and
booksellers.
As HarperCollins field rep Anne DeCourcey—PW’s 2017
Sales Rep of the Year, who also was named the 2016 New
England rep of the year, and the 2015 and 2010 HarperCollins
rep of the year—notes, “The key and most unique aspect of this
job is the relationship building.” It’s also, she adds, “what
brings me my greatest joy. It’s not always [talking] about
HarperCollins books. It’s life; it’s politics, especially when
you’re on the road so much. You have to have that connection.”
That can mean discussing the challenges of parenting adoles-
cents, taking a ritual trip to the coffee shop with buyers, or
enjoying a beer at lunch with Josh Christie of Print in Portland,
Maine, who wrote a guide to Maine beer.
“I temper corporate expectations with trust in the relationships munity. There can be such joy in putting the right book in the
I’ve got,” DeCourcey says. “I best manage myself and honor a right hands.” She comes from bookselling stock. Her mother,
buyer’s decision when I’ve got a good feeling for who my buyer Marilyn Hollinshead, is a children’s book author and owned
is and trust that they have their customers and booksellers in Pinocchio Bookstore in Pittsburgh, where DeCourcey worked
mind.” That doesn’t mean she doesn’t push a buyer to up an order part-time after graduating from Oberlin College. DeCourcey’s
for some books. DeCourcey says that she gets especially excited name can even be found alongside those of her sisters, Ellen and
when one of those books works, like Irin Carmon and Shana Dana, on the dedication page of Will You Sign Here, John
Knizhnik’s Notorious RBG, which some buyers initially met with Hancock? by a friend from Hollinshead’s writing group, Jean
skepticism. And if a book turns out not to be right for a store, Fritz. Before becoming a rep, DeCourcey worked at the now
she points out, “that’s why books are returnable.” closed Barillari Books in Somerville, Mass., and at the Children’s
DeCourcey’s a longtime book veteran who says that she’ll die Bookshop in Brookline Village, Mass., as well as for the New
in this industry. In part, that’s because she found out how England Booksellers Association.
“wrenching” it was when she left the business briefly to sell DeCourcey says that despite her bookselling background, she
advertising for a TV station in Colorado, a decision she regards prefers being on the publishing side, where she had earlier stints
as “the worst mistake.” What she missed, she says was “com- at Penguin and Norton, among others, before joining

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 Rep of the Year

HarperCollins in 2007. “I am in com-
plete admiration of booksellers who can
p u t a b o o k i n s o m e o n e ’s h a n d .
Bookselling to me was terrifying. I felt
woefully inadequate in front of someone
age nine looking for the next book,” she
says.
DeCourcey says the thing that has
changed most in recent years is the sheer
busyness of being a rep: “The size of the
list and the size of the territory—and the
expectations... I do more marketing. I
need to follow through and make sure we
get IndieNext nominations and people
are reading galleys. It is incredibly
busy.”
Over the past five years, Harper, and
other publishers, have begun to empha-
size the sales rep’s role in getting as
much buzz for a book before and around
on-sale date. That translates into more
staff presentations, consumer talks, and
help with preorder campaigns. Then
there’s keeping up with the sheer volume
of books. Harper has a three-season year,
and publishes roughly 600 titles a
season.
Then, too, there is back-office work.
“There’s an outdated perception that
once we’ve made our sales calls, we play
golf,” DeCourcey says. “That’s a misper-
ception, since I don’t particularly like
golf. And once I come off the road, I need
to prep for the next season and finish
up.”
That prepping can take the form of
finding YouTube links for her Edelweiss
markups to engage booksellers viewing
Harper’s digital catalogue. Sometimes
she plays so much loud metal music to
find the right songs that her kids will
come downstairs to her basement office
and ask, “Mama, are you working?”
Musical interludes such as a duet with
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga for Life Is
a Gift: The Zen of Bennett or viewing par-
enting comics by Terri Libenson for her
debut book, Invisible Emmie, enliven
DeCourcey’s sales calls, which can take
anywhere from two to eight hours,
depending on the buyer and the store.
Despite these changes, DeCourcey
still heeds three pieces of advice that she
was given by John Dally and Gary Hart
when she took her first rep job, with
Penguin: “Don’t suggest numbers. Don’t
take the prime parking space right in
front of the store. And thank the account.
They just spent a good portion of their
time and budget.” ■

A Salute to the Norton Sales Force

In October 2015, when Kristin Keith, Mid-Atlantic sales rep for
W.W. Norton & Co., took a medical leave for myelofibrosis, a rare
form of leukemia, her colleagues offered to cover her accounts
during the seven to eight months she thought she would be out.
Because of health complications, they ended up calling and
visiting customers in her territory, in addition to their own, for
four seasons. Keith died on January 4 at age 45.
When PW received a nomination for the Norton reps from
field sales manager Dan Christiaens, who calls on accounts in
the Pacific Northwest, it didn’t fit the usual profile for PW Rep of
the Year. For one thing, it was the first time an entire team of
reps had been nominated. “All of the Norton field reps are
extraordinary. But this past year they all banded together to be
even more extraordinary,” he wrote, singling out Suzette Ciancio
in New England; Karen Rice in New York City; Dave Mallmann in
the Midwest and South; Meg Sherman in Mountains and Plains
and Florida; and Joe Murphy in California.
“My reason for doing this was to honor Kristin. She was a
beloved colleague and a great friend. Everybody was doing what
they could to lighten the load,” Christiaens says, adding, “We
were doing it happily.” Since Keith had a large territory, it meant
that, from Seattle, Christiaens ended up covering North Carolina
and Washington, D.C., while West Coaster Murphy helped with
D.C. Mallmann, who is based in Milwaukee, helped out with her
Georgia accounts.
For going above and beyond to help Keith, a respected rep
© catherine hennessey

and winner of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers

Association’s William Helmuth Award for Sales Rep of the Year
in 2013—since renamed the Kristin Keith Award—PW salutes
the Norton reps.  —J.R.

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Wednesday’s Focus
Informative, educational, and forward-looking
panels are the special of the day
By Liz Hartman
B
ookExpo has a long tradition of offering a plethora of conference sessions
on the day before the floor opens, including the much-touted industry
favorite—the SRO Adult Book Editors Buzz Panel—and a wide range
of other educational and B-to-B programming. This year, Wednesday
is even weightier, with sessions and panels that get down to the nitty-
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gritty of analytics, data, and other new tools to expand business. Also noteworthy is
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Wednesday.
The programming is organized into broad categories representing different aspects
and perspectives: Books & Authors, Marketing & Engagement, Independent Bookselling,
and the Business of Publishing. Since the rest would be moot without books and
authors, let’s begin there.
Buzz Begets Buzz
The main Wednesday event is the Adult Book Editors Buzz Panel, 1:45–3 p.m.,
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track record that the panel has demonstrated in picking winners. Among last year’s
selections were Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge; Darktown by
Thomas Mullen; Caraval by Stephanie Garber; Thieving Weasels by Billy Taylor; Gertie’s
Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley; and The Adventurer’s Guide to Successful Escapes by
Wade Albert White. Moreover, over the past three years, nine buzz books made it onto
major bestseller lists, including those of PW and the New York Times. The selection
process, composed of three separate committees of booksellers, librarians, and other
industry professionals, is designed to achieve the widest possible consensus.
This year lineup includes Jackie Cantor, senior editor at Scout Press, who will
present the U.S. debut of the award-winning crime thriller Unraveling Oliver by Liz
Nugent, a Dublin writer. Jennifer Jackson, senior editor at Knopf, will tout another
U.S. debut with Nigerian-born Ayobami Adebayo’s Stay with Me, set in Adebayo’s
native country. Gabriel Tallent’s My Absolute Darling, already praised by Stephen King
as a masterpiece, will be further lauded by Sarah McGrath, Riverhead Books’ editor-
in-chief, while Little, Brown’s senior editor and publisher Ben George will chat up
The World of Tomorrow by Brendan Mathews, a panoramic novel set in 1939 New York.
Sally Kim, vice president, editorial director, of Putnam, will discuss Chloe Benjamin’s
second novel, The Immortalists, and Jennifer Brehl, senior vice president, executive
editor, and director of editorial development at HarperCollins will shine a spotlight
Join Us! on The Woman in the Window, a debut thriller from A.J. Finn.
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3:30 p.m. Moving onto the business side of publishing are two key sessions. First, 9:30–11:30
a.m., in Room 1E12/1E13/1E14, is Consumer Centric Data: The New Currency
of Publishing, moderated by Porter Anderson, editor-in-chief of Publishing
Perspectives. Anderson will lead a discussion about how the consumer/reader is making
purchasing decisions and address the urgency of publishers to embrace and understand
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Anderson will be a panel with both domestic and international
insights from NPD, Nielsen, BookBub, OverDrive, Audio
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At 1–2:50 p.m., in room 1E07/1E08, Jon Fine leads The
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Growth and Profitability, looking at new ways to reach
readers and grow business. Dominique Raccah, founder and
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Peter Hildick Smith, CEO of Codex Group, will share insight
and opportunities to build new business relationships and
expand outreach to readers. Topics will range from emerging
markets, untapped markets, and new technology that will have
a wide impact. Also, the panel will examine the readers of
tomorrow who will demand new and different marketing and
promotion efforts.
Spotlight on Indies
Noon–1:30 p.m., in the Special Events Hall, the annual
Celebration of Bookselling Lunch will take place, featuring
remarks by James Patterson, as well as presentation of the
Wednesday
2017 Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-
Aloud Awards. Indie Next List authors and award nominees
will be introduced. The annual PW Bookstore of the Year and
Sales Rep of the Year awards will also be presented during the
event.
Following lunch, several of the authors, award winners, and
nominees will be signing books exclusively for ABA members.
Please note that a paid ticket is required and space is
limited.
Advance registration is required by May 18 for the popular
Publicists Speed Dating, which gives ABA member book-
store owners, managers, and event coordinators the chance to
meet one-on-one with publicists from several publishers.
During the timed “dates,” booksellers are given the opportu-
nity to promote their stores and discover what publicists look
for in planning author tours.
The ABC Children’s Group at ABA and the Children’s Book
Council have teamed up to bring back the silent art auction to
benefit American Booksellers for Free Expression and Every
Child a Reader. Also at the auction, 5:15–7:30 p.m., in the
South Corridor, the winners of the Children’s and Teen Choice
Book Awards will be announced. Gene Luen Yang, National
Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, serves as honorary
chair and will preside over the awards program.  ■
 BLACKSTONE AT BOOKEXPO
Participate in our People’s Choice Casting
Step into our virtual casting studio! Listen as three anonymous readers audition for you.
Cast your vote for your favorite and help determine who will narrate our new audio production of
Jules Verne’s classic science fiction novel 20,000 Leagues under the Sea!
For more information and the latest news visit

BlackstonePublishing.com/BookExpo2017 @blackstoneaudio

Featured Blackstone authors at BookExpo!

NICHOLAS SANSBURY SMITH JOHN ALTMAN P. C. CAST & KRISTIN CAST

Thursday, June 1st Thursday, June 1st Friday, June 2nd
10:00–10:30 a.m. 1:00–1:30 p.m. 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Table 7, Autographing Area Table 4, Autographing Area Table 1, Autographing Area*

Nicholas Sansbury Smith will sign
Hell Divers II: Ghosts (Hell Divers
Trilogy, Book 2).
John Altman will sign False Flag,
a daring new political thriller.
#1 New York Times and #1 USA
Today bestselling authors P. C. Cast
and Kristin Cast will sign exclusive,
beautifully crafted, collectible teaser
samplers of Loved (not full ARC).
*Ticketed event
 Wednesday

10–10:50 a.m.: Translated fiction has played a big role in the

American market in recent years, and independent publishers are
among the most successful at picking the right authors and
finding a broad audience. The “Elena Ferrante” Model: How
Independent Publishers Excel in Promoting International

BookExpo Literature session will explore the steps publishers can take to
connect authors and their translators with American readers and
critics. Speakers include Michael Reynolds, publisher of Europa

Global Market Editions, which publishes Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels.

11–11:50 a.m.: Sharjah is an up-and-coming publishing power in

Forum 2017
Wednesday will also feature
panels geared toward examining
what is happening in international
publishing
the Arab world, and speakers including John Ingram of Ingram
Content Group, Steve Potash from OverDrive, and Ahmed Al
Ameri of the Sharjah Book Authority will discuss the creation of
the Sharjah Publishing City Initiative during the session
Reaching the Arab World: The New Gateway and Hub.
2–2:50 p.m.: Allowing a Publisher’s Stories to Fly: How
Integrated Management of Rights Assets Connects Content
in the Global Marketplace will present solutions to problems
that arise when trading rights and licenses with numerous partners
in different territories. Speakers include David Hetherington, COO
of Klopotek, and Chris Kenneally, of the Copyright Clearance Center.

Explore YourWorld
“Carol Peachee has done a magnificent
job of capturing the places and processes
that most whiskey lovers never see, but
need to understand in order to have a true
appreciation for the labor of love that goes
into every drop of bourbon.”
—Bill Samuels, Jr., Chairman Emeritus,
Maker’s Mark Distillery, Inc.

The story of bourbon production is a tale

of American innovation, industry, and craft.
Join photographer Carol Peachee on a
visual journey from farm to bottle.

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All Ears on APAC
The audio conference highlights new spoken-audio data, trends, strategies
By Shannon Maughan
A
PA executive director Michele Cobb expects a
full house of 400 attendees at the 23rd annual
Audio Publishers Association Conference at the
Jacob Javits Center’s River Pavilion on
Wednesday, May 31. “We sold out at our early
registration deadline,” she says, “and we have a waiting list.”
The keen interest in the conference is understandable, Cobb
notes: “Audio is hot at the
moment because there’s been
such growth in our industry.”
Following the traditional
networking breakfast, the
day’s events kick off with a
keynote address from Tom
Webster, v-p of strategy and
marketing for Edison
Research, the firm that con- Michele
Cobb
ducts the APA’s consumer
survey, released every two years. “We are in the midst of the
survey right now, and it’s the perfect time for Tom to talk about
what he’s seeing,” says Cobb.
Though he’s spoken at APAC before, this is Webster’s first
time as a keynote. “There’s a lot of increased interest on the part
of the APA membership on the state of the industry and state of
spoken-word content,” he says. “For this talk, we’ll be trending
some things from the last study that we did exclusively for APA
three years ago and also include some brand-new unreleased info
from our Infinite Dial research.” Infinite Dial is a research series
that Edison has done since 1998, and Webster notes that it is
the longest-running, continuous study of media use habits of
Americans. With results from both the 2017 Infinite Dial Study
and the latest APA Consumer Survey (which will not be released
publicly until after APAC), Webster says, “We have new data
on audiobook consumption and the intersection of audiobooks
and podcasts. A good chunk of my talk will focus on the state
and the future of spoken-word audio in general.”
Audiobook publishers have used the podcast format in various
ways for a while now, but Webster is seeing increased interest
in that area. “A lot of audiobook publishers in the space are
keeping a close eye on the growth of podcasting and are encour-
aged by it,” he says. “As a result, we’re seeing a lot of innovation
of form, I think, among the audiobook producers.”
While information on podcasting will certainly inform his
remarks, Webster says the primary focus of his address will be
on “audiobook listeners and the results of the APA study we’ve
done.” He cites one of the new trends he observed. “The audio-
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book audience continues to grow bit by bit, year over year, but
the makeup of that audience in terms of their behavior is
changing even faster than the audience itself is growing,” he
says. “There are people who have been listening to audiobooks
for a long time, but their behaviors have changed recently.
They’re now incorporating more and more digital listening,
which I think is news.”
Another key point from the
latest research is how people
want to listen and watch media.
“There’s almost never been a
stronger audience for subscrip-
tion content,” says Webster,
Tom “and paid content. That’s a
Webster trend that has spiked sharply
over the past couple of years.
We now have enormous num-
bers of people subscribing to
Netflix, Hulu, Spotify. As a society, our willingness to pay for
the privilege of being able to access the content when we want,
and basically to shape our audio or video diet the way we want,
has never been higher. Original content has been one of the big
drivers of that.”
Webster says he plans to deliver “a lot of meat for the audio-
book-focused audience,” including the specific reasons that
people listen to audiobooks, the genres, and the content types,
“and of course folksy analogies and a few jokes.”
After Webster’s keynote, APAC-goers have the opportunity
to attend a lineup of concurrent sessions following either a busi-
ness or a production track. “There will be some overlap of the
tracks in terms of interest,” says Cobb, for example, building a
brand, which is a topic of interest to both tracks, but approached
differently by a business than by an individual narrator.
In addition to the panel sessions, Cobb says, “We have lots of
opportunities for attendees to meet and sit down with [con-
tacts].” Among the interactive sessions offered are Director
Diagnostics (one-on-ones between registered narrators and
directors), Narrator Speed Dating (narrators meet with casting
directors and producers), and Publisher Speed Dating (par-
ticipants meet with industry leaders).
The conference closes with a 5 p.m. cocktail party. Cobb says
she is looking forward to the entire day’s programming, as well
as its new venue. “We’re very excited to be back in New York,
and this year we’re in a different hall,” she says. “We’re excited
to see the sunshine, and there’s going to be a lot of good informa-
tion presented.”  ■
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centralrecoverypress.com
Thursday, Friday BookExpo
A humorous and poignant
chronicle about adopting
Author Highlights
and raising a son with Down By Liz Hartman
syndrome that celebrates When BookExpo’s show floor opens on June 1, there will be numerous
the quirkiness of life. ways to interact with authors in a variety of settings. Below, we
pick out some sure-to-be favorite events.

© bernard vidal
Claire Messud

Mary
Higgins
Clark

© jerry metellus
“A beautiful book full
of love and wisdom,
© bill hayes

and laughter, too.” Roz Chast

—Tim Shriver,
Chairman of the Special Olympics
Autograph
Opportunities!
Thursday, 9:30–10:30 a.m.
Macmillan/First Second,

MAY 2017 Autographing Area, table 5

Gene Luen Yang, the National
Mike Tyson

Ambassador for Young People’s

ISBN: 978-1-942094-37-1 Literature and graphic novel superstar,
E-book: 978-1-942094-38-8 signs the fourth volume in his Secret
280 pages | $16.95 | 6 x 9 Coders series, Robots & Repeats.
Thursday, 11–11:30 a.m.
Norton, booth 1620
Distributed to the trade by Meet Claire Messud, the acclaimed
author of The Emperor’s Children, who will
be signing her forthcoming novel, The
Burning Girl.
Thursday, 1:30–2 p.m.
Holt, booth 3009
Hear about the books that shaped the life
of Pamela Paul, the book editor of the
New York Times Book Review, who will
sign her book, My Life with Bob.
Thursday, 2–3 p.m.
Autographing Area, table 2
Don’t miss the opportunity to meet

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legendary, bestselling author Mary
Higgins Clark, who signs her newest
book, All by Myself, Alone.
Friday, 10–11 a.m.
Blue Rider Press, booth 1921
World heavyweight boxing champion
Mike Tyson signs copies of Iron Ambition.
Friday, 10:30–11 a.m.
HarperCollins, Autographing Area,
table 15
Get in line to give a f*ck as Mark Manson
signs his phenomenally successful book,
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.
Autographing Area, table 2
Lemony Snicket, aka Daniel Handler,
will be signing his newest book, The Bad
Mood and the Stick.
Chuckle!
Thursday, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Bloomsbury, booth 3003
Have a laugh and learn something about
New York. Roz Chast, the New Yorker
cartoonist and bestselling and award-
winning author of Can’t We Talk About
Something More Pleasant, will sign a lim-
ited-run poster from her new graphic
book, Going into Town.
Author Highlights
Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
St. Martin’s, booth 3008, 3009
Enjoy a champagne toast with B.A. Paris,
author of Behind Closed Doors, to celebrate
her highly anticipated second novel, The
Breakdown. Grab a glass of bubbly and an
ARC of the forthcoming book.
Friday, 4–5 p.m.
Quarto, booth 2207
Are you rum curious? Learn about the
history of rum from Fred Minnick,
author of Rum Curious: The Indispensable
Tasting Guide to the World’s Spirit. And
have a sip—courtesy of Plantation Rum.

Friday, 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Blackstone, Autographing Area, table 1 Imbibe!
Mother and daughter P.C. Cast and Thursday, 3–4 p.m.
Kristin Cast introduce a new series, the Quarto, booth 2207
House of Night Other World, and are on Take a coffee break. Rohan Marley, founder
hand to sign ARCs of book one, Loved. of Marley Coffee, and chef Maxel Hardy
sign ARCs of The Marley Coffee Cookbook:
Friday, 3:30–4:30 p.m. One Love, Many Coffees and 100 Recipes.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Coffee samples to be had while supplies last.
Building the New American
Economy:
Smart, Fair, & Sustainable
Jeffrey D. Sachs
“Jeffrey Sachs remains one of the most thought-
provoking economists in the world today because he
dares to challenge presidents of both parties and the
orthodoxies that bind them to disastrous policies.
His critiques are fierce and his solutions fearless in
the face of political and academic groupthink.
That makes Professor Sachs a rarity in public life
and this book an absolute necessity.”
— Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe
Meet the Author at BEA
Jeffrey Sachs will be signing copies of his book
at the Columbia University Press booth #856
Think Pink!
Thursday
New Harbinger, booth 1724
New Harbinger’s motto is “Real Tools for
Real Change.” The press gets in touch
with its feminine side as its booth under-
goes a pink takeover when Robyn Stein
Deluca drapes everything in the femi-
nine hue to promote her upcoming book,
The Hormone Myth.
Throughout the Show
Bloomsbury, Javits Lobby
Be a part of Matthew “Levee” Chavez’s
Subway Therapy Project. After the elec-
tion, Chavez entreated New Yorkers to
post sticky notes on subway walls to cap-
ture their hearts and minds. His
upcoming book, Signs of Hope: Messages
from Subway Therapy, will be promoted
with sticky notes.
Chronicle, booth 1902
Say happy birthday to Chronicle Books,
which is celebrating its 50th year, and
grab some swag: tote bags, notepads, and
eyeglass cleaning cloths, a riff on the
press’s easily recognizable spectacles
logo.

on Friday, June 2
from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

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Check This Out
For librarians and publishers, BookExpo is the place to really connect
By Andrew Richard Albanese
N
o question, BookExpo has over the years
become a popular, important show for librar-
ians. Although, as many librarians no doubt
still recall, that wasn’t always the case.
“Years back, for a librarian to attend
BookExpo [then known as ABA, or the Annual Convention and
Trade Exhibit of the American Booksellers Association], it was
practically a political act,” says PW columnist Brian Kenney,
director of the White Plains (N.Y.) Public Library. “It took a few
years of librarian advocacy and a changing bookselling landscape,
but today librarians aren’t just welcome at BookExpo, we are even
occasionally feted. Which is great, because it allows us to focus
on what BookExpo is all about—books and their potential
readers.”
In an age of continuous digital change, BookExpo is evolving.
But it remains a vital conference for librarians—perhaps, given
our digital, and political, realities, more vital then ever. The
bedrock of BookExpo’s popularity with librarians is connecting
with books and authors; the show is a crucial opportunity for
librarians to learn about the titles their patrons will be clamoring
for in the coming months. But it can—and should—be much
more than that.
As Kenney notes, libraries and publishers share a common
mission—serving readers. Yet outside of the major library
shows (and occasional marketing and sales calls), how often do
librarians and publishers get the chance to really dialogue—
about both the mission they have in common, and the issues
and practices where they might do better?
Librarians and publishers: don’t miss your chance to connect
at BookExpo 2017. Librarians, how are e-books working in your
library? Are you still struggling with high prices or lending
restrictions? Have you spotted any trends emerging among your
patrons? Anything your patrons are constantly asking for, or
new resources you really need? Have any ideas or insights?
Speak up!
Publishers, are you making the most of the opportunities
libraries offer? Recent studies have shown that the heaviest users
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The PW Librarians’ Lounge will feature food, drinks, and a strong pro-
gram for librarians in the main exhibit hall, booth 875.
of libraries are also the heaviest book buyers. Libraries aren’t just
great customers in and of themselves, they also represent your
greatest customers. Are you engaging fully with the library com-
munity? Are you asking the right questions? A good conversation
with a librarian can yield valuable feedback not just for your
library sales team, but for your marketing and editorial depart-
ments, too. Just as with their patrons, librarians are happy to
share—all you have to do is ask.
The Librarians’ Lounge
Whether you need to just get off your feet, grab a drink, some
food, and recharge, or want to find some time to chat with
librarians, be sure to check out the Publishers Weekly
Librarians’ Lounge in the main exhibit hall, booth 875. Thanks
to our sponsors—Baker & Taylor; DK; Hachette; Harlequin;
Little, Brown Young Readers; Random House; Recorded
Books; Rowman & Littlefield; and Sourcebooks—this year’s
lounge figures to be our best yet.
On both days of the show, join librarians in the lounge for a
delicious lunch, courtesy of Rowman & Littlefield. And
Sourcebooks will be promoting its 30th anniversary by giving
away a collection of its top 30 titles.
On Thursday, June 1, from 9 a.m. to 10:30, Recorded Books
will again have some of its most popular audiobook narrators
circling the lounge, including Therese Plummer (the voice of
Robyn Carr), Johnny Heller (the voice of every genre), Jonathan
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Where Enthusiasts Turn for Todd Ross (the voice of Luthor, the Doberman from the
Information and Inspiration Swindle series), and Tim Gerard Reynolds (the voice of
SINCE 1991 Therese
Michael J. Sullivan). And, there will be giveaways. Plummer
From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Little, Brown for Young
Readers is planning a discussion on speculative fic-
tion featuring Holly Black (author of the forth-
coming The Cruel Prince) and
Ryan Graudin (author of the
forthcoming Invictus). Black
is famous for her tales of Ryan
urban faerie, and Graudin is
rapidly building a reputa-
tion for her what-if stories.
Both authors are adven-
turous in exploring YA psy-
chology and morality
through their novels. Johnny
After lunch, from 2:30 to Heller
4 p.m., DK will be spon-

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soring a “Maker Break,” Jonathan
where you can try out a Todd
Ross
project from the book
Out of the Box, making a

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cardboard tube owl, and
learn how you can incor-
porate such projects into
STEAM and makerspace
programs and events.
And on Thursday at
4:30 p.m., Malachy
McCourt will visit with
librarians. McCourt’s latest

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Tim Gerard Reynolds
book, Death Need Not Be Fatal,
will be published by Center Jane Green
Street this month.
O n F r i d a y, J u n e 2 ,
Harlequin will be on hand in
the lounge to showcase its
new imprints, including an
author panel from 11 a.m. to Christopher
12:30 p.m. featuring Neil Meades
Olsen (The Black Painting,
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Hanover Square, Jan. 2017);

Neil
Christopher Meades (Hanna
Olsen
Who Fell from the Sky, Park
Row, Sept.); Eva Woods
(Something Like Happy, Graydon House, Sept.); and Brianna Wolfson (Rosie Colored
Glasses, Mira, Feb. 2017). And from 2:30 to 4 p.m., Penguin Random House will be
Lancaster County, PA showcasing its new #BookScoop program with ice cream, and a meet and greet.
Toll Free: (844) 307-3677 • Direct: (717) 715-8623 Authors Jane Green (The Sunshine Sisters), Melanie Benjamin (The Girls in the Picture),
sales@FoxChapelPublishing.com and Fiona Davis (The Address) will be on hand to talk with librarians, and to sign
www.FoxChapelB2B.com
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 BookCon 2017:
More of the Same, but Better
Drilling down into demographics
By Liz Hartman
M
arking its fourth
year, BookCon
returns to New
Yo r k ’s J a v i t s
Center—from
its one-day Chicago debut last year—
with two full days of programming,
June 3–4. Approximately 18,000 fans
streamed into the Javits over the course
of two days in 2015, but Brien
McDonald, BookCon event director,
ReedPop, is determined to pass the
20,000 mark this coming June.
To reach that goal, the folks at
ReedPop are taking an if-it-ain’t-
broke-don’t-fix-it approach, with a few tweaks and enhance-
ments. “Whenever you have an event and want to fill it to the
rafters, you go to your passionate fan base,” says McDonald.
With the slogan, “Where books and pop culture collide,”
ReedPop made it clear from the start four years ago that the
core audience for this show would be predominantly young
adults, roughly teens to early 30s. Now the demographic has
been defined even more precisely: millennial females. Which is
“awesome,” McDonald says. “It’s so much fun on the ReedPop
side because it’s such a different demographic than we normally
serve,” he adds, alluding to the massive crowds of boys to men
who flood its various comic cons across the country.
This year, publishers are keenly aware of who the audience is
likely to be. “We have a better understanding of the crowd,”
says Liz Perl, chief marketing officer and executive v-p at Simon
& Schuster, “enabling us to do a better job of programming.”
Recognizing the track record that BookCon has demonstrated
in attracting YA readers and pop culture fans, Perl says that at
this year’s show, S&S is “drilling down into this culture to offer
an aggregate of marquee authors who can cause a groundswell
of strong attention,” rather than looking toward more “writerly
authors” for the show.
On the S&S roster is popular YouTuber and author Connor
Franta, YA and children’s superstar author Jenny Han, and
celebrity Kevin Hart. Perl also says that the show’s “social
media power” was a factor in determining who would be a part
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are far more likely to have fans and
readers who rely on social media for
book and cultural recommenda-
tions than a writer like, say, David
McCullough.
A major draw at this year’s show,
however, is critically acclaimed
author Margaret Atwood, exempli-
fying what it means for books and
pop culture to collide. She takes the
stage with Bruce Miller, show-
runner for Hulu’s just-launched
and loudly lauded series The
Handmaid’s Tale (Saturday, 4:15–
5:15 p.m., Room 1E10). Widely considered to be a modern
classic, it was first published in 1985—long before dystopian
fiction became a solid genre—and has never gone out of print.
The Handmaid’s Tale has become “a sort of tag for those writing
about shifts toward policies aimed at controlling women, and
especially women’s bodies and reproductive functions,” wrote
the Guardian in an article about a 2003 opera production of the
work, one of its many incarnations. It hit the big screen, too, in
1990, but was tepidly received by critics and was a box-office
dud. Now that it’s appearing on a streaming service, the book
and its author represent a trifecta for BookCon: Hulu covers the
pop culture portion, dystopia is wildly popular among young
adults, and its topic is of special appeal to millennial women—
and, oh yeah, it’s a book, too.
Beyond Hulu, McDonald is excited to have other pop culture
big names such as Hasbro involved. “There’s always that pop
culture hook for us,” says McDonald, “but we’re trying to be smart
in building concentric circles around that essential ingredient to
build the audience.” Hasbro will be featuring its entertainment
franchise, My Little Pony, from a dedicated room at the Javits,
where the various happenings and activities will be streamed live.
“You’re starting to see the event change,” says McDonald, “where
it’s obviously bookcentric, but taps into areas that our audience
plays in: streaming, toys, major brands, podcasts.”
From the playground of podcasts comes another high-profile
guest, Marc Maron, whom McDonald describes as “very much
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With this demographic, “it’s not
about Mark Twain and reviewers,” says
McDonald. “I’m more interested in this
event as it’s moving the future of the
industry and books,” he adds. “The
reason BookCon needs to succeed is
because it can help the entire industry by
raising the profile of books.”
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Sometimes, though, what’s old is new
again. This year BookCon is working
with several branches of the New York
Public Library to get the word out.
BookCon is giving away 100 children’s
tickets to the show, as well as promoting
the event in the library’s branches and
digitally through its channels. There
will be plenty of author events and other
programming at the show for the chil-
dren’s audience, the other major piece of
the BookCon demographic pie.
For Scholastic, BookCon provides an
opportunity for families to meet favorite
authors and partake in fun activities.
Lizette Serrano, director of educational
marketing and conventions for
Scholastic’s trade division, believes that
BookCon and similar shows “demon-
strate the power and joy of reading
beyond what children have to do in
school.” For her, the takeaway from past
shows is the large numbers of families
who come to the booth. Echoing the sen-
timents of Lisa Lucas, the director of the
National Book Foundation, Serrano
would like to see families consider events
like BookCon and other events centered
around books just as they would an
outing to a ballgame, or the movies, or
the zoo.
This year marks the 20th anniversary
of the first release of Dav Pilkey’s Captain
Underpants series, and the author, the
books, and, yes, even the underpants will
be celebrated at Scholastic’s booth
(1638). Nothing says family fun like the
opportunity to have your photo taken in
front of a giant four-feet-wide-by-two-
feet-tall pair of underpants. Or how
about hugging a giant Captain
Underpants inflatable? Pilkey will be at
the booth, 10:30 a.m.–noon, on Saturday
to sign copies of the first book in each of
the Adventures of Captain Underpants
and Dog Man series. Pilkey also takes the
stage on Sunday, 3–4 p.m., in Room
1E14, where he will share some insights
into the June premiere of the
Dreamworks film Captain Underpants:
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“You’re starting to see the event change,” says event director
Brien McDonald, “where it’s obviously bookcentric, but taps
into areas that our audience plays in: streaming, toys,
major brands, podcasts.”
middle grade series, including an appear-
ance by Lauren Tarshis, author of the I
Survived series.
Facetime for Fans
As in the past, the show aims to “create
impressive fan interaction and moments
on site that are memorable,” says
McDonald. The benefit for fans is
obvious; they can take advantage of the
rare opportunity to meet their favorite
authors, which is why McDonald says
that “for a booklover, BookCon is prob-
ably their favorite weekend of the year.”
But it can also be a boon for publishers,
he says, by giving them a platform to
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plant the seeds of growth for their brands
and authors.
McDonald isn’t alone in seeing the
potential. He notes that this year pub-
lishers have taken on more and more of
the programming and event planning
to enhance author-fan interaction.
Many publishers are organizing small,
intimate events that will bring in fans
on a ticketed basis, not only to mingle
with authors but also to meet pub-
lishing staffers. Describing the show as
a spectacle of fun stuff that’s hap-
pening on the show floor, on the stages,
in panel rooms, and at autographings,
McDonald says that publishers are
being very creative about “creating an
intimate environment within this
spectacle.”
A big part of the spectacle is a deep
bench of talent from YouTube and its
lesser-known subset, BookTube, a com-
munity of rabid booklovers who record
themselves fervently effusing about
books, that has soared in popularity over
the past few years. Widely watched
BookTube favorites such as Claudia
Ramirez Lomeli, Emma Giordano,
Natasha Polis, and Zoe Herdt will be
spreading the gospel about books they’re
mad about at various events. On Sunday,
the members of the Booksplosion Team,
Christine Riccio (PolandBananasBooks),
Jesse George (JesseTheReader), and Kat
O’Keeffe (Katytastic), who host a
monthly online book club where they
read along with their viewers, will lead
an interactive panel.
Connor Franta, a top YouTube star and
author of the bestseller A Work in Progress
takes to the Main Stage to discuss his
recently released memoir, Note to Self,
from Atria’s Keywords Press.
Another representative of the digital
superstar–cum–literary world is Ryan
Higa, who will also hit the Main Stage
BookCon
on Sunday, at 2:30 p.m., to talk about his
memoir, Ryan Higa’s How to Write Good
(Little, Brown, May).
Much of what’s happening this year is
an enhanced, fine-tuned version of pre-
vious BookCons: focusing on the core
demographic but going beyond with
authors like Dan Brown and Bill Nye,
who, McDonald believes, will draw new
and different audiences. But according
to him, it is the logistics, the “boring
but important part,” where he hopes
attendees will see a marked contrast to
BookCons of the past. In the morning,
attendees can get the newest technology
badges that will allow access to the Main
Stage and other ticketed and limited
audience events. The goal is “to get
people where they want to be and to set
clear expectations,” he says. Not
everyone is going to get to do every-
thing they want to do, but they won’t be
faced with surprise disappointments
throughout the day, McDonald notes.
There are also a number of events that
have online registration or ticketing
before the show.
Past failures in communication
haven’t all been BookCon’s. Perl points
to what the S&S team has learned from
earlier shows about the “value proposi-
tion.” Is the book signed or not? Is it part
of an event package? What is the dis-
count? “All this will be made very clear
to the consumer,” Perl says.
New York’s Strand Bookstore will be
the official bookseller for the show this
year and will be set up in the
Autographing Area. At the booths,
some publishers will be handling their
own sales. Others are partnering with
independent booksellers, and some, like
Scholastic, aren’t selling any books.
“That’s not our goal,” says Serrano, who
prefers to use BookCon to showcase the
delight that books can bring. ■

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or Colorado-based Pioneer
Drama, ensuring the availability
of its small list of trade titles is
tricky. Thankfully, for one of its
most popular books, Improvise: Scene
from the Inside Out, a guide to improv by
comedy instructor Mick Napier, the
guesswork has been removed. The book,
which has been in Ingram’s Guaranteed
Availability Program
(GAP) since its release in
2015, has been ordered
in bulk from time to time.
Thanks to GAP, all those
orders have been
seamlessly fulfilled.
“The demand has
been up and down,”
explains Karen Bullock,
book-department
coordinator at Pioneer
Drama. GAP ensures that
Ingram will always have
copies on hand through
print-on-demand.
“Although Ingram fully
stocks the title, we’ve
seen our larger orders go
through the Guaranteed
Availability Program,” Bullock says. “We
just wouldn’t have been able to get [an
offset printing] out fast enough.”
Kelly Gallagher, v-p of content
acquisition at Ingram, says that GAP is
ideal for publishers who “are unsure what
the demand for a title will be in the
market.” He adds, “It’s kind of like an
insurance program; it lets us spring into
action when we run out of stock.”
Ingram now has POD programs for the
entire life cycle of the book. In addition to
GAP, Ingram also has an on-demand
option for publishers to slot titles into
before they do an offset print run. Books
can remain in Ingram’s GAP as long as
they’re stocked in Ingram’s inventory.
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Ingram’s print-on-demand programs and
technology are helping publishers big and small
meet and maintain demand in a fickle marketplace
When a book slides into backlist and
demand drops, it can then go into
Ingram’s print-to-order program. Instead
of letting a book fall out of print, the
print-to-order option allows a publisher
to fulfill unexpected long-tail sales.
While production costs for POD copies
are slightly higher than offset, Gallagher
points out that in terms of overall revenue,
adding GAP is the best option. A recent
study by Ingram, Gallagher notes, looked
at a group of titles in GAP and a similar
group not in GAP, and found that those in
GAP captured more sales.
For publishers, two of the most common
causes of unexpected sales spikes are
media attention and awards. If a suddenly
hot book isn’t available immediately, sales
are lost. Amy Cox Williams, director of
content management at Ingram, says that
through GAP, Ingram can get a publish-
er’s titles to retail right away.
“We had a publisher with a major
award winner last year who put the title
in GAP and, in 48 hours, we were able to
ensure it continued to sell for the
following weeks,” Williams says.
There are other unanticipated events
that also drive sales and require immedi-
ate availability of copies. “We had one
publisher with a number of titles in our
Guaranteed Availability Program and one
day we got an order from a library that
needed a few hundred units of the title,”
Williams says. “The library needed to
spend the money on this
order quickly, so if the
book had not been in
GAP the sale likely
would have been lost to
another publisher. The
library would have had
to select another book.”
“What publishers need
to remember is that this
is incremental margin
that might have otherwise
been missed,” Gallagher
says. He acknowledges
that doing only offset
printing may seem logical,
since it’s a cheaper
option than POD. But
what publishers gain in
those cost savings will
likely be lost in uncaptured future sales.
“Publishers often forget that as soon as
a title goes out of stock, its availability
drops to zero,” Gallagher continues. “Most
retailers live in a fill-it-or-kill-it world; they
don’t usually accept backorders. So while
it is more expensive to print a POD title,
this option maintains demand. With POD,
for both frontlist and backlist, you can
maintain the demand curve while you
wait for less expensive inventory.”
Williams recommends that publishers
unsure about the pluses of POD test the
waters. “Pick 20–30 titles and do a pilot
program with us,” she says. “If a publisher
is interested in working with us, we will
work with them on their stocking strategy.”
 Guardians of the Galley
Your guide to the show’s giveaways
AGATE
Simba Sana will attend the show to
sign 60 galleys of his new memoir,
Never Stop.
AKASHIC
Stacey Lender will sign 75 galleys of her
debut novel, City Mouse. Also on hand
will be 150 galleys of An Unkindness
of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon and 75
galleys of The Book of Love and Hate
by Lauren Sanders.
ALGONQUIN
Three hundred galleys will be given away
for Young Jane Young by Gabrielle
Zevin and An American Marriage by
Tayari Jones, both of whom will sign
their books.
ATRIA
Janet Mock will be at the S&S booth to
sign copies of Surpassing Certainty:
What My Twenties Taught Me. The
novels A Hundred Small Lessons by
Ashley Hay and Lightning Man by
Thomas Mullen will also be available.
BASIC
Up for grabs will be 200 galleys each of
What It’s Like to Be a Dog by Gregory
Berns and The Second World Wars by
Victor Davis Hanson.
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BLOOMSBURY
The publisher will have 300 galleys of each
of the following: The Bedlam Stacks by
Natasha Pulley, The Best of Us by Joyce
Maynard, and Three Daughters of Eve
by Elif Shafak.
CATAPULT
Simeon Marsalis will appear to sign 125 gal-
leys of As Lie Is to Grin. The publisher will
also have 115 galleys of Josephine Rowe’s A
Loving, Faithful Animal and 75 galleys of
Karl Geary’s Montpelier Parade.
COFFEE HOUSE
A total of 110 galleys will be available for
Camilla Grudova’s story collection The
Doll’s Alphabet, and 65 galleys will be
available for the essay collection Little
Boxes: Writers on Television, edited by
Caroline Casey.
COUNTERPOINT
The publisher will bring a number of
titles to the show, including A Kind of
Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
(30 galleys), And Your Daughters Shall
Prophesy by Adrian Shirk (50 galleys;
author will be signing in-booth),
Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg (50
galleys), The People Are Going to Rise
Like the Waters upon Your Shore by
Jared Yates Sexton (30 galleys), and
Improvement by Joan Silber (25 galleys;
author will be signing in-booth).
CROWN
The publisher will have 200 galleys of each
of the following: Coming to My Senses
by Alice Waters, The Little French
Bistro by Nina George, Dunbar by
Edward St. Aubyn, The Heart’s Invisible
Furies by John Boyne, American Wolf
by Nate Blakeslee, The Massacre of
Mankind by Stephen Baxter, and Bonfire
by Krysten Ritter.
DA CAPO
Chris Jericho will sign 200 galleys of No
Is a Four-Letter Word. Also available
will be 200 galleys each of Island of the
Blue Foxes by Stephen R. Brown and
Playing Hurt by John Saunders.
DOUBLEDAY
John Grisham will sign 200 finished
copies of his new novel, Camino Island.
Ben Blum will sign 200 galleys of
his debut memoir, Ranger Games:
A Story of Soldiers, Family and an
Inexplicable Crime.
DUNDURN
Fifty copies of each of the following novels
will be up for grabs: Deer Life by Ron
Sexsmith, The Trickster’s Lullaby by
Barbara Fradkin, and Full Curl by Dave
Butler.
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DUTTON
Fiona Davis will be in attendance to sign
200 galleys of her new novel, The
Address.
ECCO
There will be 200 chapbooks with
chapter excerpts given away for Amy
Tan’s Where the Past Begins during
her in-booth signing. A total of 100
copies of Eleanor Henderson’s new
novel, The Twelve Mile Straight, will
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be given away during her in-booth
signing, with an additional 100 copies
given away during the show. The pub-
lisher will also bring 100 galleys for
each of the following: Wonder Valley
by Ivy Pochoda, Our Little Racket by
Angelica Baker, and The Blinds by
Adam Sternbergh.
FARRAR, STRAUS AND
GIROUX
The publisher will have 200 chapbooks
for Jeffrey Eugenides’s Fresh Complaint
and 100 galleys for Alice McDermott’s
The Ninth Hour. Robin Sloan will sign
100 galleys of his new novel, Sourdough.
FLATIRON
Two hundred galleys of Good Me Bad
Me by Ali Land will be available.
FORGE
Chad Michael Murray and Heather
Graham will be signing 100 galleys of
American Drifter. Two hundred galleys
for Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman will
also be up for grabs.
GALLERY
The BookExpo Buzz Book Unraveling
Oliver by Liz Nugent will be available,
and the author will be on hand to sign
200 copies. The novel The Dirty Book
Club by Lisi Harrison (200 copies) will
also be available.
GRAND CENTRAL
Available at the publisher’s booth will be
We Were Strangers Once by Betsy
Carter (400 copies), The Undertaker’s
Daughter by Sara Blaedel (150 copies),
Lethal Lies by Rebecca Zanetti (200
Adult Galleys to Grab
copies), and The Forbidden by Jodi
Ellen Malpas (200 copies).
GRAYWOLF
Carmen Maria Machado will sign 100
copies of her new story collection, Her
Body and Other Parties. There will be
75 copies of Danez Smith’s Don’t Call
Us Dead and 100 copies of Kevin
Yo u n g ’s B u n k . A n d t w o P a u l
Kingsnorth titles will be available: the
novel Beast (75 copies) and the essay
collection Confessions of a Recovering
Environmentalist (50 copies).
GROVE ATLANTIC
Eileen Myles will sign 125 galleys of
Afterglow, Bradford Morrow will sign
100 galleys of The Prague Sonata (with
200 additional galleys available), and
Cree LeFavour will sign 100 galleys of
Lights On, Rats Out. The publisher will
also have Deon Meyer’s Fever (400 gal-
leys), Megan Hunter’s The End We
Start From (400 galleys), Sarah
Schmidt’s See What I Have Done (300
galleys), and Christopher Brookmyre’s
The Last Hack (400 galleys).
HARLEQUIN
A number of Harlequin authors will
attend, including each of the following
signing 200 copies: Benjamin Ludwig
for Ginny Moon, Eva Woods for
Something Like Happy, Brianna
Wolfson for Rosie Colored Glasses,
Neil Olson for The Black Painting.
Robyn Carr will sign 100 trade paper-
back copies of Any Day Now.
HARPER
Nicole Krauss will be signing copies of
her new novel, Forest Dark (400
copies), and Rene Denfeld will be
signing 300 copies of The Child Finder.
The publisher will also have The Last
Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine (200
copies) and The Boat Runner by Devin
Murphy (100 copies).
HOLT
Pamela Paul will sign 100 galleys of her
new book, My Life with Bob. The pub-
lisher will also have 200 galleys each of
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KENSINGTON
Authors appearing to sign galleys at the
show include M. William Phelps for
Dangerous Ground (100 copies), Ellen
Marie Wiseman for The Life She Was
Given (300 copies), Susan Holloway
Scott for I, Eliza Hamilton (250 copies
for signing, with an additional 100 copies
available), Michelle Frances for The
Girlfriend (200 copies for signing, with
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addition, 300 copies of Joal Derse Daure’s
Saving Sadie: How a Dog That No
One Wanted Inspired the World will
be available.
KNOPF
Buzz Book author Ayobami Adebayo will
sign 200 copies of Stay with Me (with 300
additional galleys up for grabs). Emily
Culliton will sign 200 copies of The
Misfortune of Marion Palm (with 200
additional galleys up for grabs). Nathan
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Englander will sign 200 copies of his novel
Dinner at the Center of the Earth.
LAKE UNION
Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke will attend
to sign 125 trade paperbacks of their new
novel, The Good Widow.
LITTLE, BROWN
On hand will be 520 galleys for The Store
by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo.
The World of Tomorrow, a Buzz Book
(and 150 galleys), by Brendan Matthews
will also be available. Elin Hilderbrand
will sign 100 galleys of The Identicals,
and Matthew Weiner will sign 250 galleys
of Heather, the Totality. Additional gal-
leys include Bluebird, Bluebird by
Attica Locke (150 galleys), The Late
Show by Michael Connelly (100 galleys),
and The Good People by Hannah Kent
(150 galleys).
LIVERIGHT
Michael Korda will sign 300 galleys of his

new novel, Alone. There will also be 400
galleys of Danielle Allen’s Cuz and 200
galleys of Joanna Scutts’s The Extra
Woman.
MINOTAUR
Up for grabs are 200 galleys of Sleep
Like a Baby by Charlaine Harris.
NORTON
Claire Messud will sign copies of her new
novel, The Burning Girl; 300 copies will
be available. Ann Hood will also attend to
sign copies of Morningstar: Growing
Up with Books; 400 copies will be avail-
able. The publisher will also bring 300
copies of each of the following: The Rise
and Fall of Adam and Eve by Stephen
Greenblatt, From Here to Eternity:
Traveling the World to Find the Good
Death by Caitlin Doughty, and Quantum
Spy: A Thriller by David Ignatius.
OVERLOOK
Up for grabs are 150 galleys of Paris in
the Present Tense by Mark Helprin,
100 galleys of A Whispered Name by
William Brodrick, and 100 galleys of
David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100
Years of LGBT Music by Darryl W.
Bullock.
PENGUIN PRESS
Celeste Ng will sign 200 galleys of her
new novel, Little Fires Everywhere.
The publisher will also have 200 galleys
each for Autumn by Karl Ove
Knausgaard, Soonish: Ten Emerging
Technologies That’ll Improve and/or
Ruin Everything by Zach and Kelly
Weinersmith, and Playing with Fire by
Lawrence O’Donnell.
PICADOR
Christopher J. Yates will sign 150 galleys
of his upcoming thriller, Grist Mill
Road. The publisher will also have 150
copies of The Emoji Code: The
Linguistics Behind Smiley Faces and
Scaredy Cats by Vyvyan Evans.
Adult Galleys to Grab
PUTNAM
Chloe Benjamin will sign 200 galleys of
The Immortalists. The publisher will
also have 200 galleys of The Salt Line by
Holly Goddard Jones.
QUARTO
Rohan Marley and Maxcel Hardy will
sign 100 galleys of The Marley Coffee
Cookbook, and give away coffee samples
and T-shirts.
RANDOM HOUSE
Chief David O. Brown, author of Called to
Rise, and Lisa Wingate, author of Before
We Were Yours, will each sign 192 fin-
ished copies of their books. Salman
Rushdie’s Golden House will be available
(192 galleys). Sam Graham-Felsen will
sign 192 copies of his debut novel, Green.
Also signing 192 galleys of their books
will be Jamie Ford for Love and Other
Consolation Prizes, Michael Poore for
Reincarnation Blues, and Melanie
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Two hundred copies of My Absolute
Darling by Gabriel Tallent will be on
hand.
RODALE
The publisher will have 150 galleys of
Rise Up: The Earth Guardians Guide
to Connecting, Getting Organized, and
Making a Positive Impact in Today’s
World by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and 100
galleys of T Is for Transformation by
Shaun T.
RUNNING PRESS
Tim Federle will attend to sign 250 gal-
leys of Life Is Like a Musical: How to
Live, Love, and Lead Like a Star.
SOHO
The publisher will have 100 galleys of
each of the following: Widows of
Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey, Solar
Bones by Mike McCormack, and My
Name Is Nathan Lucius by Mark
Winkler. There will also be 50 galleys of
The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho
Crime Christmas Capers.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
Alice Hoffman (The Rules of Magic)
and Nelson DeMille (The Cuban Affair)
will have signings at the publisher’s booth
(200 copies). Also on hand will be copies
of Danya Kukafka’s debut novel, Girl in
Snow (200 copies).
SCRIBNER
Jennifer Egan (Manhattan Beach) and
Jesmyn Ward (Sing, Unburied, Sing)
will be at the S&S booth to sign copies
of their new novels, 200 copies each.
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Also on hand will be copies of Tom
Perotta’s Mrs. Fletcher and Curtis
Dawkins’s The Graybar Hotel, 200
copies each.
SHADOW MOUNTAIN
One hundred copies of each of the fol-
lowing titles will be up for grabs:
Supreme Power: 7 Pivotal Supreme
Court Decisions That Had a Major
Impact on America by Ted Stewart,
Lies Jane Austen Told Me by Julie
Wright, and Check Me Out by Becca
Wilhite.
SOFT SKULL
Titles on hand are a reissue of Cool for You
by Eileen Myles, Night Class by Victor
Corona (author will be signing in-booth),
Caca Dolce by Chelsea Martin (30 copies),
The Job of the Wasp by Colin Winnette
(30 copies), and The Amputee’s Guide
to Sex by Jillian Weise (20 copies).
SOURCEBOOKS
Kate Moore will be signing 500 copies
of Radium Girls: The Dark Story of
America’s Shining Women, and Marie
Benedict will sign 350 copies of
Carnegie’s Maid. The publisher will
also have 250 copies of If the Creek
Don’t Rise by Leah Weiss, and Shame
Nation: The Global Epidemic of
Online Hate by Sue Scheff and Melissa
Schoor.
ST. MARTIN’S
Wendy Walker will attend the show to
sign 100 galleys of Emma in the Night,
and B.A. Paris will stop by the booth for
champagne and to give away 200 signed
galleys of The Breakdown. The pub-
Adult Galleys to Grab
lisher will also have 200 galleys of each
of the following: Year One by Nora
Roberts, The Hidden Light of
Northern Fires by Daren Wang, and
The Vengeance of Mothers by Jim
Fergus.
STERLING
Appearing to sign 100 copies of their
respective books will be Summer Rayne
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Psychology: Lassoing the Truth.
THOMAS & MERCER
The publisher will have 125 galleys of
Marcus Sakey’s Afterlife on hand for his
author appearance and signing.
TIME INC.
Phyllis Good will sign 75 galleys of Stock
the Crock. The publisher will also have
100 copies of Valerie’s Home Cooking
by Valerie Bertinelli, 50 copies of The
Grumpy Gardener by Steve Bender, and
50 copies of What Can I Bring? by
Elizabeth Heiskell.
TOR
Annalee Newitz will sign 100 galleys of
Autonomous. There will also be 100
galleys of The Tiger’s Daughter by K.
Arsenault Rivera.
TOUCHSTONE
On hand will be The History of Bees by
Maja Lunde (200 copies) and The Last
Castle by Denise Kiernan (200 copies).
Nancy Pearl will sign George and Lizzie
(200 copies) at the S&S booth.
VIKING
John Hodgman will sign 200 galleys of
Vacationland. Two hundred galleys
each of the novels A Column of Fire by
Ken Follett and The Readymade Thief
by Augustus Rose will also be
available.
WORKMAN
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Kids’ and YA galleys that publishers will showcase at BookExpo
ALGONQUIN
The featured galleys are All the Wind
in the World by Samantha Mabry (A
Fierce and Subtle Poison), a romantic YA
fantasy set on an allegedly cursed ranch
in the Southwest; Rise of the Jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste, sequel to The Jumbies;
and Wicked Bugs (Young Readers
Edition): The Meanest, Deadliest,
Grossest Bugs on Earth by Amy
Stewart, illus. by Briony Morrow-
Cribbs, the children’s edition of Stewart
and Morrow-Cribbs’s bestselling guide
to insects.
BAEN
Featured is The Amber Arrow by Tony
Daniel, a sequel to The Dragon Hammer.
BARRON’S
On offer are Mt. St. Helens 1980: Fiery
Eruption! by Gare Thompson, the
launch of a middle grade adventure
series inspired by historical events; and
Chimp Rescue: A True-Life Story by
Jess French in collaboration with the
Born Free Foundation, the latest in a
nonfiction series about animals.
BLACK SHEEP
The featured galley is Broken Circle by
J.L. Powers and M.A. Powers, first in a
YA series about a teen who travels to
Limbo and back. Also on offer is the f&g
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illus. by Anny Yi—the follow-up to
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BLOOMSBURY
Available are The Great Shelby
Holmes Meets Her Match by Elizabeth
Eulberg, book two in the middle grade
Sherlock Holmes homage; The Exact
Location of Home by Kate Messner,
companion novel to The Brilliant Fall of
Gianna Z, about a tech-savvy boy
searching for his father; a debut fantasy
novel The Whisper in the Stone by
Kamilla Benko, a Middle Grade Editor’s
Buzz Pick, about a girl searching for her
sister in a land full of magic creatures;
and Reign the Earth by A.C. Gaughen,
a middle grade fantasy set in a royal
court.
CANDLEWICK
The featured titles include The
Wonderling by Mira Bartók, a
Dickensian debut about an orphan on a
quest; My Brigadista Year by Newbery
Medalist Katherine Paterson, a historical
middle grade novel, in which a young
Cuban teenager volunteers for Fidel
Castro’s national literacy campaign;
Race to the Bottom of the Sea by
Lindsay Eagar, a middle grade adventure
about a young inventor kidnapped by a
treasure-hunting pirate; Slider by Pete
Hautman, a contemporary middle grade
novel set in the world of competitive
eating; Landscape with Invisible
Hand by M.T. Anderson, a YA novel
about an alien invasion that may or
may not be benign; Ride: Kit Meets
Covington by J.G. Bobbi Weiss, a nov-
elization of Nickelodeon’s Ride; Trell by
Dick Lehr, a YA novel inspired by the
true story of a young man’s false impris-
onment for murder; Brave Red, Smart
Frog by Emily Jenkins and illus. by
Rohan Daniel Eason, a middle grade
fairy tale retelling; The Big Lie by Julie
Mayhew, a speculative YA novel set in a
present-day England ruled by Nazis; and
Sinking the Sultana by Sally M.
Walker, a middle grade nonfiction
account of the worst maritime disaster in
American history.
CAPSTONE
Galleys to look for are A Different
Pond by Bao Phi, illus. by Thi Bui, a
debut picture book about a father-son
fishing trip; A Loud Winter’s Nap by
Katy Hudson, a picture book about a
hibernating tortoise; Zinnia and the
Bees by Danielle Davis, illus. by Laura
K. Horton, a middle grade comedy in
which a colony of bees moves into a sev-
enth-grader’s hair; Mabel Opal Pear
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Pound Banana Squash by Alan C. Fox,
illus. by Eefje Kuijl, a picture book
about a boy gardener; and You Know
What? by Carol Gordon Ekster, illus. by
Nynke Talsma, about a talkative boy
who tries to postpone his bedtime.
DISNEY
The galleys on offer are The Belles by
Dhonielle Clayton, kicking off a dysto-
pian YA series set in a world where
beauty is a commodity that only a few
control; The Dreadful Tale of Prosper
Children’s Galleys to Grab
Redding by Alexandra Bracken, first in
a middle grade duology about a boy who
must rid himself of the ancient demon
inhabiting his body; Click’d by Tamara
Ireland Stone, the first in a middle grade
series starring a girl coder; Unearthed
by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner,
launching a YA sci-fi duology set in
space; and This Is Not a Love Letter by
Kim Purcell, a contemporary YA novel
about a teen romance threatened by
racism. The featured f&gs will be Coco:
Miguel and the Grand Harmony by
Matt de la Peña, illus. by Ana Ramírez,
a picture book based on characters from
Pixar’s upcoming animated feature film,
Coco; and Star Wars: BB-8 on the Run
by Drew Daywalt, about the droid’s mis-
sion to get a top-secret map back to the
Resistance.
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Among featured titles are Zenith by
Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings,
first in a fantasy romance series about an
all-girl starship crew; All Rights
Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis,
book one in a dystopian series set in a
world where every word and gesture is
copyrighted; Firstlife by Gena
Showalter, a sci-fi series opener about a
society that is obsessed with the afterlife;
Daughter of the Burning City by
Amanda Foody, a fantasy starring a teen
illusionist; If There’s No Tomorrow
by Jennifer L. Armentrout, a contempo-
rary novel exploring the aftermath of a
tragic accident; and Red Dirt by Anna
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supportive spouse or abandoned a career to raise
children, for example—but it also cuts across
these lines, heralding something more intrinsic
to the mothers she sampled. Her work is perhaps
too academic and narrow in scope for a general
readership, but Donath successfully opens the
topic for further exploration. (July)
www.northatlanticbooks.com
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Children’s Galleys
to Grab
Jarzab, about a girl feeling trapped by her smalltown
existence.
HARPERCOLLINS
The galleys on offer are They Both Die at the End by Adam
Silvera, a YA romance set in a world where people receive a
phone call on the day they’re going to die; Release by Patrick
Ness, a contemporary YA novel about a young man grappling
with his sexuality; Max Tilt: Fire the Depths by Peter
Lerangis, the launch of a middle grade adventure series hinging
on Jules Verne’s long-lost unpublished manuscript; Timeless:
Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic by Armand Baltazar,
first in an illustrated middle grade series in which past, present,
and future collide; Marge in Charge by actress and Children’s
Book & Author Breakfast Speaker Isla Fisher, first in a middle
grade trilogy about a modern-day Amelia Bedelia and her two
young charges; The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli, the
launch of a YA trilogy starring a dragon-hunting heroine;
Calling My Name by Liara Tamani, a YA debut about an
African-American girl grappling with her family, religion, and
sexuality; Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid by Colin Meloy
and Carson Ellis, a middle grade novel about a band of child
pickpockets; and The Crims by Kate Davies, a middle grade
novel about a bumbling crime family.
LERNER
The featured galleys are Auma’s Long Run by Eucabeth
Odhiambo, a Middle Grade Buzz Pick set in Kenya during the
rise of the AIDS epidemic; Paper Butterflies by Lisa
Heathfield, a 2017 Carnegie Medal nominee, about a teenager
with an abusive home life; The Notations of Cooper
Cameron by Jane O’Reilly, a realistic middle grade novel
about a boy coping with OCD; and A Dangerous Magic by
Donald Hounam, a middle grade novel about a forensic
sorcerer.
LITTLE, BROWN
Galleys to look for include Invictus by Ryan Graudin, a YA
sci-fi novel about a gang of time-traveling thieves; The Cruel
Prince by Holly Black, a YA fantasy series opener set in a faerie
court; The Magic Misfits by actor Neil Patrick Harris, book
 Children’s Galleys
to Grab “JENNY ROGNEBY IS
one in a middle grade series about a runaway street magician;
THE NEW QUEEN OF NORDIC NOIR.
The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh, a middle grade novel starring a Her heroine is like no one else.
young poet; Fireblood by Elly Blake, the sequel to Frostblood; And the way she writes! She grabs you
The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones, a paranormal YA and you just can’t stop reading.”
novel about a devilish pact; I’m Just No Good at Rhyming
— DAV I D L AG E R C R A N T Z , author of the #1 best-selling
by Chris Harris, illus. by Lane Smith, a debut collection of
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (Millennium Series)
humorous verse; Monster High/Ever After High: The
Legend of Shadow High by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, a
middle grade novel with characters from the Mattel franchise;
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica A T R IL O G Y
Townsend, the start of an Australian fantasy series; and The FI R ST BO O K O F T H E LE O N
THE
Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell, the first in a new fantasy
series from the author of How to Train Your Dragon.

LB/PATTERSON
Galleys on offer include Pottymouth and Stoopid by James
Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, illus. by Stephen Gilpin, a
middle grade novel about two bullied underdogs who inspire a
TV show; Expelled by James Patterson with Emily Raymond,
a YA novel about four teens expelled for a scandalous photo;
Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco, the sequel to
Stalking Jack the Ripper; Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely, a
genre-bending YA western; Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life Is a Joke
by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, illus. by Kerascoet,
the sequel to Jacky Ha-Ha; and Laugh Out Loud by James
Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, illus. by Jeff Ebbeler, a middle
grade series opener about a book-loving boy.

MACMILLAN
The featured galleys include Wishtree by Newbery Medalist
Katherine Applegate, a middle grade novel about a neighbor-
hood tree and the new family in town; The Language of
Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh
Bardugo, a short story collection set within her Grisha uni-
verse; Renegades by Marissa Meyer, a YA fantasy about a syn-
dicate of prodigies; After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty
Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat, a picture book following
the aftermath of Humpty Dumpty’s accident; When’s My
Birthday? by Julie Fogliano, illus by Christian Robinson, a
picture book celebrating everything that is wonderful about
birthdays; Greetings from Witness Protection! by Jake
Burt, a debut middle grade novel about a foster-care girl who
is placed with a family in the witness protection program; You
Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins, a YA novel about
an Indian-American family’s immigrant experience; Wild
Beauty by National Book Award–finalist Anna-Marie
McLemore, a YA romance about a lush garden and two lovers MEET THE AUTHOR AT BEA
who fall under its spell; The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two ARC signing & giveaway
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crime against an agender teen; and Spinning by Tillie Walden, Other Press booth, #2012
a YA Book Buzz graphic novel set in the world of competitive
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 Children’s Galleys to Grab
and Claude on the Big Screen by Alex
T. Smith, a new chapter book featuring
the familiar canine.

PENGUIN YOUNG
READERS
The galleys on offer include Whichwood
by Tahereh Mafi, the companion to
Furthermore; Warcross by Marie Lu, first
in a YA duology about a game that takes
the world by storm; Beasts Made of
Night by Tochi Onyebuchi, a debut YA
NEW HARBINGER Rapunzel by Bethan Woollvin, a fairy fantasy set in a world where sin can be
The featured galley is Superhero tale retelling from the author of Little magically transferred for a cost; Jane,
Therapy: Mindfulness Skills to Help Red; Dangerous Jane by Suzanne Slade, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore, a YA
Teens and Young Adults Deal with illus. by Alice Ratterree, a picture book novel from the author of Graceling about
Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma by biography of Jane Addams; King & finding yourself in a world of seemingly
Janina Scarlet, an illustrated self-help Kayla and the Case of the Mysterious infinite choices; There’s Someone
guide for teens. Mouse by Dori Hillestad Butler, illus. Inside Your House by Stephanie
by Nancy Meyers, the start of an early Perkins, a YA horror novel about a high
PEACHTREE reader series about a mystery-solving girl school serial killer; Sarabella’s
The available galleys are Miguel’s Brave and a dog; Charlie Bumpers vs. His Thinking Cap by Judy Schachner, a pic-
Knight by Margarita Engle, illus. by Big Blabby Mouth by Bill Harley, illus. ture book about a girl who can’t help
Raúl Colón, a fictionalized biography of by Adam Gustavson, the latest install- thinking outside the box; All’s Faire in
Miguel de Cervantes written in verse; ment of the chapter book comedy series; Middle School by Newbery Honor
author Victoria Jamieson, a graphic
novel about starting middle school and
life at the Renaissance Faire; Girls Who
Code, an illustrated guide by Girls Who
Code founder Reshma Saujani; and
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by
Julie Dao, book one in a YA reimagining
of the Evil Queen legend.
India Direct Project Management &
Composition Services PENGUIN RANDOM
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Limited Time Offer for New Clients: The featured galleys are Maud by
$3000 CrEdit oN YoUr First ProJECt! Melanie Fishbane, a YA novel about
L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of
Green Gables; The Dark Missions of
Edgar Brim: Monster by Shane
We Are Attending BookExpo in NYC Peacock, first in a gothic YA trilogy
June 1st and 2nd! about a sensitive orphan; The Painting
by Charis Cotter, a middle grade novel
Visit Us at Booth #762, to learn firsthand why companies about a girl who discovers a mysterious
like Macmillan, Harvard University Press, W.W. Norton, painting; and The Agony of Bun
and Bloomsbury rely on Westchester. O’Keefe by Heather Smith, a realistic
YA novel described as Little Miss Sunshine
meets Room.
Experience the superior Quality and service of
RANDOM HOUSE
Westchester Publishing services Galleys available include Genuine
www.westchesterpublishingservices.com Fraud by E. Lockhart, a YA psycholog-
ical thriller told in reverse; Otherworld

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 Children’s Galleys to Grab
Ostertag, illustrator of the webcomic
Strong Female Protagonist. The featured
f&gs include Mary McScary by R.L.
Stine, illus. by Marc Brown, a picture
book about a mischief-loving girl; and
Why Am I Me? by Paige Britt, illus. by
Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, a poetic
picture book celebrating diversity.

SHADOW MOUNTAIN
The featured galley is Mustaches for
Maddie by Chad Morris and Shelly
by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller, the Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Brown, a middle grade novel about a
launch of a YA series starring a teenage Holm, the follow-up to Sunny Side Up; tween diagnosed with a brain tumor.
gamer; Wonder Woman: Warbringer All About Mia by Lisa Williamson,
by Leigh Bardugo, first in the DC Icons pitched as a YA Bridget Jones’s Diary; SIMON & SCHUSTER
series; Dear Martin by Nic Stone, a YA American Girl Like Sister #1: Emma Galleys on offer are Nowhere Girls by
novel about an African-American boy Moves In by Clare Hutton, book one in Amy Reed, a contemporary YA novel
who processes his racist experiences by a new series from American Girl and about three misfits who come together
writing a journal to Martin Luther King Scholastic; Hilde Cracks the Case #1 to avenge the rape of a fellow classmate;
Jr.; A Short History of the Girl Next by 10-year-old Hilde Lysiak, publisher This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada, a YA
Door by Jared Reck, a YA tale of unre- of a local newspaper, and Matthew sci-fi novel set in a world where people
quited love; Nyxia by Scott Reintgen, Lysiak, the start of an early chapter book are implanted with technology to recode
first in a YA series about a teen recruited mystery series; Witch Boy, a debut their DNA; The Glass Town Game by
for a space mission; The Perfect Score middle grade graphic novel by Molly Catherynne M. Valente, a middle grade
by Rob Buyea, a middle grade series
opener about a plot to ace a standardized
test; Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library
Race by Chris Grabenstein, book three
in the middle grade adventure series;
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David
Barclay Moore, a realistic middle grade
novel in which a boy tries to survive in
the projects in Harlem following his
brother’s death; and The Losers Club
by Andrew Clements, a middle grade
novel about a boy who founds a new
reading club.

RODALE KIDS
The featured f&g is The King of Too
Many Things by Laurel Snyder, illus. by
Aurore Damant, a modern fairy tale.

SCHOLASTIC
Available galleys are All the Crooked
Saints by Maggie Stiefvater, a YA fan-
tasy about an extraordinary family;
Refugee by Alan Gratz, a middle grade
novel following three different children
in search of refuge; The Secret of
Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange, a
debut middle grade novel of friendship,
fairy tales, and family secrets; Swing It,

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A sweeping historical novel
from Broadway star
Alexxra Silber
that imagines what happens
to the characters of
Fiiler RRf
after the curtain falls.
“A page-turner. Alexandra
lovingly and sumptuously
picks up where Shalom
Aleichem left off. It’s the
next great Russian novel!”
PEGASUS BOOKS
Distributed by W. W. Norton & Co.
www.pegasusbooks.com
fantasy starring the Brontë siblings;
and Zero Repeat Forever by G.S.
Prendergast, the start of a YA sci-fi
series.
SLEEPING BEAR
The featured galleys are Willow and
the Wedding by Denise Brennan-
Nelson, illus. by Cyd Moore, the next
installment in the chapter book series;
Good Night, Reindeer by Denise
Brennan-Nelson, illus. by Marco Bucci,
a holiday-themed picture book;
Around the World Right Now by
Gina Cascone and Bryony Williams
Sheppard, illus. by Olivia Beckman, a
travelogue; Stella Batts: Broken
Birthday by Courtney Sheinmel, illus.
by Jennifer A. Bell, the latest in the
chapter book series; The Legend of Sea
Glass by Trinka Hakes Noble, illus. by
Doris Ettlinger, an original legend; and
Horace J. Edwards and the Time
Keepers: The Secret of the Scarab
Beetle by William Meyer, the start of a
middle grade sci-fi series.
SOHO TEEN
Galleys to look for include Love, Hate
and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed, a
debut novel in which an Indian-
American Muslim teen confronts
Islamophobia; and No Saints in Kansas
by Amy Brashear, a reimagining of
Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.
SOURCEBOOKS
The featured galleys are Before I Let
Go by Marieke Nijkamp, a YA mystery
about a teen’s suspicious suicide; As
You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti, a YA fan-
tasy about a small town where everyone
Children’s Galleys
to Grab
is granted one wish; Mask of Shadows
by Linsey Miller, first in a YA duology
starring a gender-fluid main character;
The List by Patricia Forde, a middle
grade fantasy set in a world where
speech is constrained to 500 sanctioned
words; Goodnight Lab: A Scientific
Parody by Chris Ferrie, a picture book
pitched as Goodnight Moon for kid scien-
tists; The Very Very Very Long Dog
by Julia Patton, a picture book fea-
turing a dachshund that lives in a book-
store; Be Brave Little One by Marianne
Richmond, a picture book about the
power of courage; The Messy Alphabet
Book! from Sesame Workshop, an ABC
book starring Sesame Street characters;
and four titles in Chris Ferrie’s Baby
University series: Quantum Physics
for Babies, Rocket Science for
Babies, General Relativity for
Babies, and Newtonian Physics for
Babies—board books with simple
explanations of complex ideas.
STERLING
The featured galleys are Insignificant
Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti
Bowling, a middle grade adventure
novel starring two differently abled kids;
and Grace Hopper: Queen of
Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark,
the picture book biography of Adm.
Grace Hopper.
TIME
Available galleys are three Animal
Planet Adventures chapter books—
Farm Friends Escape!, Dolphin
Rescue, and Puppy Rescue Riddle—
and The Football Fanbook from Sports
Illustrated. ■
Around the Booths
Our guide to select exhibitors at BookExpo
Above the Treeline
Booth 460
Through Edelweiss, its online catalogue
and digital galley platform, Above the
Treeline enables publishers to share their
titles with 70,000 book industry profes-
sionals, including reviewers, booksellers,
buyers, and librarians.
Abrams
Booth 2007
Abrams focuses on illustrated books in
the areas of art, photography, cooking,
and interior design. The company also
publishes Jeff Kinney’s bestselling chil-
dren’s series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Action Lab Entertainment
Booth 2607
Founded in 2010, this company pub-
lishes books for all ages, including series
by Jeremy Whitley (Princeless), Jamal
Igle (Molly Danger), and Gayle
Middleton (Vamplet); books for mature
readers are released under the Action Lab
Danger Zone imprint.
Akashic
Booth 2454A
This Brooklyn, N.Y., independent pub-
lisher is featuring books and catalogues,
and hosting in-booth author signings.
Featured titles: City Mouse by Stacey
Lender; Broken Circle by J.L. Powers and
M.A. Powers; and An Unkindness of
Ghosts by Rivers Solomon.
Albert Whitman & Co.
Booth 1913
Founded in 1919, this publisher releases
picture books, novels, and nonfiction for
children and teens, and is best known for
its Gertrude Chandler Warner’s classic
the Boxcar Children Mysteries series.
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Booth 2807
Publisher of trade hardcover and paper-
back fiction and nonfiction titles, as well
as calendars. Algonquin Paperbacks
issues Algonquin Round Table Editions
with special features for reading groups;
Algonquin Young Readers offers titles
for middle-grade and YA readers.
Amacom
Booths 383, 482
This publishing arm of AMA issues
practical works in business and other
nonfiction areas, including health and
fitness, science and technology, popular
psychology, parenting, and education.
ISBN 9781464208140
American Academy of Pediatrics
Booth 2938
This pediatric publisher’s list includes “The fourth Ragtime
clinical and practice management titles Mystery is filled with
and books for parents.
Featured titles: Baby and Toddler
warmth and wonder
Basics, NICU Journal, and El primer año de and interesting music
su bebé (a Spanish edition of Your Baby’s trivia, buoyed by the
First Year).
relationship between the
American Collective Stand two sleuths, which may
Booth 1745 well echo that between
This collective represents U.S. pub-
lishers working together to maximize
the late Larry Karp
their presence at American and interna- and his son ...”
tional trade fairs, including the Frankfurt —Kirkus Reviews
Book Fair, London Book Fair, Bologna
Book Fair, Beijing Book Fair, Guadalajara
Book Fair, and Sharjah Book Fair.
American Library Association
Booth 1738
The ALA Annual Conference and
Exhibition is scheduled for June 22–27,
in Chicago.
American Psychological
Association
Booth 438
AVAILABLE JUNE
This publisher releases behavioral and
social sciences titles under the imprints poisonedpenpress.com
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APA Books and Magination Press.
Magination featured titles: A World
of Pausabilities by Frank Sileo; Grow
Happy by Jon Lasser and Sage Foster
Lasser; and When You Look Out the Window
by Gale E. Pitman.
APG Sales & Distribution
Booth 321
APG is a full-service distributor repre-
senting independent publishers.
Artisan
Booth 2807
This publisher of illustrated books on
cooking, design, and pop culture works
with authors to bring their ideas into print.
Association of American
Publishers
Booth 1738
The national trade association represents
300 premier publishers of high-quality
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entertainment, education, scientific, and
professional content. The AAP advocates
on behalf of industry priorities on policy,
legislative, and regulatory issues region-
ally, nationally, and worldwide.
Authors Guild
Booth 949
Founded in 1912 as the Authors League
of America, this organization advocates
for writers’ interests in effective copy-
right protection, fair contracts, and free
expression, and provides legal assistance
and web services to its members.
B&H
Booth 221
An imprint of LifeWay Resources, this
nonprofit publisher focuses on Bible-
centered content.
Baker & Taylor
Booths 502, 503
Owned by Follett, Baker & Taylor is a
worldwide distributor of books, digital
content, and entertainment products,
delivering releases from 25,000 sup-
pliers to more than 20,000 customers in
120 countries.
Baker
Booth 214
This company provides Christian
resources in the areas of fiction, self-help,
inspiration, professional books for pas-
tors and counselors, Christian living, and
academic titles.
Barrons Educational Series
Booths 1538, 1539
Featured titles: Dear Dinosaur by Chae
Strathie, illus. by Nicola O’Byrne; Color
Quest Cityscapes by John Woodcock; and
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die,
edited by Steven Jay Schneider and Ian
Haydn Smith.
Basic
Booth 2503
Since its founding in 1952, Basic Books
has shaped public debate by publishing
award-winning books in history, sci-
ence, sociology, psychology, politics,
Around the Booths
and current affairs.
Featured titles: What It’s Like to Be a
Dog by Gregory Berns; and The Second
World Wars by Victor Davis Hanson.
Bibliotheca & 3M
Booth 774
The CloudLibrary by Bibliotheca is an
easy-to-use digital lending system for
libraries.
Blackstone
Booth 2628
Blackstone offers a catalogue of more
than 10,000 audiobook titles with more
than 100 new titles added each month.
In addition to audiobooks, Blackstone
has expanded into publishing print and
e-book editions of new fiction and non-
fiction titles, as well as reviving classics.
Featured titles: House of Night Other
World, Book 1: Loved by P.C. Cast and
Kristin Cast; The Hell Divers II: Ghosts by
Nicholas Sansbury Smith; and False
Flag: A Novel by John Altman.
Bloomsbury
Booth 3003
The divisions of this publishing house,
established in 1986, include Bloomsbury
Academic and Professional, Bloomsbury
Content Services, Bloomsbury Adult
Publishing, and Bloomsbury Children’s
Publishing.
Featured titles: The Bedlam Stacks by
Natasha Pulley; All the Dirty Parts by
Daniel Handler; and Going into Town by
Roz Chast.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Booth 621
This leading event in the rights business
of children’s publishing is expanding to
encompass content creation: licensing,
illustration, digital publishing, and
audiovisual. The fair’s Illustrators
Exhibition provides an international over-
view of innovative trends in illustration.
Bonnier
Booth 1520
Bonnier Publishing USA publishes both
children’s and adult books, with
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imprints including little bee books,
Sizzle Press, Weldon Owen, Blue Streak,
and Igloo Books.
BookExpo
Booths 100A, 100B, 100C, 100D,
100E, 100F
Book Industry Study Group
Booth 843
With 200 members representing a broad
spectrum of the publishing industry, BISG
is a book trade association with initiatives
including research, education, and events
aimed at facilitating solutions to common
problems and advancing new ideas.
BookLife
Booth 1738
BookLife taps the experience and
authority of Publishers Weekly to offer
indie authors insights and strategies for
creating and marketing books, a place to
connect with other indie authors, and a
way to submit self-published books for Bookazine is a full-service wholesaler of
review consideration in PW. books, magazines, and remainders.
Book Sales Booklist
Booth 1246 Booth 1738
Book Sales, part of the Quarto Publishing The book review journal of the American
Group and distributed through Hachette Library Association provides librarians
Book Group, publishes 100 full-color and bibliophiles with 8,000-plus annual
titles annually and supplies wholesalers, reviews of children’s, YA, and adult
retail chains, and independent book- titles, book news, award coverage, pro-
stores; the company also purchases pub- fessional development, and more.
lishers’ overstock titles.
Boom Studios
Book TV/C-Span Booth 1530
Booth Lobby 1 Founded in 2005, this publisher special-
C-Span 2 features Book TV, a weekend izes in comic books and graphic novels.
of book programming encompassing a
variety of nonfiction topics, including Bowker/ProQuest
history, biography, politics, current Booth 203
events, and the media. Bowker, a leading provider of biblio-
graphic information, connects publishers,
Bookazine authors, and booksellers with readers. A
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Boyds Mills
Booth 638
The trade book division of the family
media company Highlights for Children.
Bridge
Booth 1721
Publisher of nonfiction works by L. Ron
Hubbard, including Dianetics: The Modern
Science of Mental Health.
BroadStreet
Booth 230
This company publishes biographies,
books on Christian living, fiction, devo-
tionals, and The Passion Translation of the
Bible, as well as journals and planners
released under the Belle City Gifts imprint.
C&T
Booth 402
This provider of books on quilting and
sewing releases titles under two imprints:
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FunStitch Studio and Stash Books.
Featured titles: Modern Quilt Magic by
Victoria Findlay Wolfe; Quilt As You Go
Made Vintage by Jera Brandvi; and Free-
Motion Meandering by Angela Walters.
Cambridge Univ.
Booths 377, 476
This publisher provides learning and
research solutions; profits are used to fur-
ther the mission of Cambridge University.
Campfire Graphic Novels
Booth 1708
Based in New Delhi, India, this pub-
lisher of graphic novels specializes in
adaptations of classics, mythology, biog-
raphy, as well as original work.
Featured titles: Buddha: An Enlightened
Life by Kieron Moore; The Industrial
Revolution by Lewis Helfand; and The
Beautiful Game: Survival by Jason Quinn.
Candlewick
Booth 2421
This independent publisher releases
books for children of all ages.
Featured titles: The Wonderling by
Mira Bartók; My Brigadista Year by
Katherine Paterson; and Landscape with
Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson.
Capstone
Booth 421
For more than two decades, Capstone has
published children’s books aimed at
inspiring learning experiences.
Featured titles: A Different Pond by Bao
Phi, illus. by Thi Bui; Be a Star, Wonder
Woman! by Michael Dahl, illus. by Omar
Lozano; and Sucktown, Alaska by Craig
Dirkes.
Catapult/Counterpoint/
Soft Skull
Booth 2546
Catapult publishes American and inter-
national fiction and narrative nonfiction.
Counterpoint publishes fiction, litera-
ture, and poetry in addition to nonfiction.
Soft Skull publishes contemporary fic-
tion, as well as graphic novels and
nonfiction.
Around the Booths
Catapult featured title: Montpelier
Parade by Karl Geary.
Counterpoint Press featured title:
The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters
Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage
by Jared Yates Sexton.
Soft Skull Press featured title: Caca
Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life by
Chelsea Martin.
Charlesbridge
Booth 2905
This publisher of fiction and nonfiction
picture books and middle-grade titles
also issues nonfiction for adults under its
Imagine! Imprint, and is launching a new
YA imprint, Charlesbridge Teen, this
fall.
Featured titles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band: The Album, the Beatles,
and the World in 1967 by Brian Southall;
Select by Marit Weisenberg; and Baby
Loves Quantum Physics! by Ruth Spiro.
Chicago Review
Booth 1703
This independent publisher releases
approximately 60 titles annually under
six imprints: Chicago Review Press,
Lawrence Hill Books, Ball Publishing,
Zephyr Press, Academy Chicago, and
Parenting Press.
China National Publications
Import & Export
Booth 430
This group spearheads the Beijing
International Book Fair, which features
more than 2,000 publishers from 60
countries.
China Universal Press &
Publications
Booths 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948,
1950
CUPP organizes Chinese publishers to
participate in BookExpo and serves as
liaison between China and foreign pub-
lishing companies.
Chronicle Books
Booths 1902, 1903
This San Francisco–based publisher spe-
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areas of design, food, lifestyle, and pop
culture, as well as children’s titles.
Featured titles: 200 Women, edited by
Ruth Hobday, Geoff Blackwell, Sharon
Gelman, and Marianne Lassandro; Say
Zoop! by Hervé Tullet; and Her Right Foot
by Dave Eggers.
Cider Mill
Booth 1431
An independent publisher of cookbooks,
wine and spirits projects, parodies, and
classic children’s books.
City Lights Publishers
Booth 2460A
Founded in 1955 by Lawrence
Ferlinghetti, City Lights publishes
poetry, innovative fiction, literature in
translation, illustrated books, jour-
nalism, history, and political theory.
Featured titles: Loaded: A Disarming
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Dunbar-Ortiz; Venture of the Infinite Man
by Pablo Neruda; and The Stone Building
and Other Stories by Asli Erdogan.
Clavis
Booth 2166
Clavis offers books for children from
birth to age 18, encompassing picture
books, fiction, and nonfiction.
Featured titles: This Way to Christmas
by Anita Bijsterbosch; Benji and the
24-Pound Banana Squash by Alan C. Fox;
and This Is a Book Full of Monsters by
Guido van Genechten.
Columbia Univ.
Booth 856
This publisher of trade, scholarly, and
reference books also issues e-books and
online publications.
Combined Book Exhibit
Booths 1738, 1745
Since 1933 an organizer of book, peri-
odical, and multimedia exhibits at major
library, education, and trade conferences
in the U.S., CBE is also co-organizer of
the U.S.A. Pavilion at the Bologna,
London, Beijing, Frankfurt, Guadalajara,
and Sharjah Book Fairs.
Cornell Univ.
Booth 2909
Established in 1869 as the first American
university press, the press embodies and
advances the university’s core values by
disseminating fundamental and prac-
tical knowledge.
Featured titles: Cornell ’77 by Peter
Conners; And the Sparrow Fell by Robert
Mrazek; and Heading Out by Terence
Young.
Cottage Door
Booth 849
Established in 2014, this independent
publisher specializes in board books for
infants and toddlers.
Featured titles: Will You Be My
Sunshine by Julia Lobo; Babies in the Forest:
Lift-a-Flap by Ginger Swift; and Moo:
Peek-a-Flap by Jaye Garnett.
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Crown
Booth 1921
A division of Penguin Random House.
Featured titles: Bonfire by Krysten
Ritter; American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee;
and Coming to My Senses by Alice Waters.
Cuban Book Institute
Booth 1745
The institution for publishing, mar-
keting, and promotion of books in Cuba.
Cypress House
Booth 175
This family-owned publisher features the
QED Press and Lost Coast Press imprints;
the company also packages and markets
selected titles for independent presses,
authors, and nonprofit organizations.
Da Capo
Booth 2503
Da Capo Press publishes a wide-ranging
list of mostly nonfiction titles, both hard-
cover and paperback, focusing on history,
music, the performing arts, sports, and
popular culture.
Featured titles: Island of the Blue Foxes
by Stephen R. Bown; Playing Hurt by
John Saunders; and No Is a Four-Letter
Word by Chris Jericho.
Diamond Book Distributors
Booths 2606, 2607
This company distributes graphic novels
and other pop culture merchandise glob-
ally to bookstores, libraries, schools, online
retailers, mass merchants, and others.
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Booth 1709
This publisher of children’s books, maga-
zines, and apps creates and publishes
material both vertically in-house and
through an extensive worldwide licensing
structure.
DK
Booth 1920
A division of Penguin Random House,
DK publishes an array of lavishly illus-
trated books; lines include the Eyewitness
series for children, Eyewitness Travel
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Guides, Prima Games, Alpha Books, and
Rough Guides.
EDC/Usborne/Kane Miller
Booth 957
This publisher specializes in copiously
illustrated books, including novelty
children’s titles featuring interactive and
plush elements.
Featured titles: Nibbles the Book
Monster by Emma Yarlett; Love You Hoo
by Rachel Bright; and the Star of Deltora
series by Emily Rodda.
Wm. B. Eerdmans
Booth 1738
An independent publisher of religious
books, from academic books and refer-
ence works in theology, biblical studies,
and religious history to popular titles in
spirituality, social and cultural criticism,
and literature.
Elsevier
Booth 415
Specializing in information products,
this company provides web-based and
digital solutions, and publishes more
than 2,500 journals and more than
33,000 book titles.
Entangled
Booth 2903
This independent publisher of romantic
fiction in both the adult and young adult
markets releases 20 to 35 titles per
month in digital-first format, and four
titles each month in simultaneous print
and e-formats.
The Experiment
Booth 2807
Launched in 2009 and distributed by
Workman, this independent publisher
focuses on a range of subjects, including
food and cooking, health and fitness,
psychology and personal development,
parenting, relationships, personal
finance, popular science, and nature and
biography.
Featured titles: Demagoguery and
Democracy by Patricia Roberts-Miller;
Dot Journaling—A Practical Guide by
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Rachel Wilkerson Miller; and A Brief
History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by
Adam Rutherford.
F + W Media
Booth 211
F + W Media’s goal is to provide quality
content in a wide variety of formats—
print, digital, video—and to offer com-
munity, content, and connectivity to
focused markets.
Firebrand Technologies
Booth 2015
Dedicated to providing software and
services, this company offers hosted
and installed technologies that serve
all segments of the publishing
community.
Firefly
Booth 331
This publisher is exhibiting fall 2017
titles from Firefly Books and Robert
Rose.
Featured titles: Rover: Wagmore Edition
by Andrew Grant; Vogue: The Gown by Jo
Ellison; and Hubble’s Universe: Updated
and Expanded 2nd Edition by Terence
Dickinson.
Flame Tree/Miles Kelly
Booth 657
This independent U.K. publisher pro-
duces books and calendars for the inter-
national market; key subjects include
fine art, music, popular culture, and
reference.
Fordham Univ.
Booth 860
This press publishes the Empire State
Editions (ESE) imprint featuring books
that explore New York state, city, and
region, and also releases titles in such
areas as communications, cultural
studies, history, LGBTQ studies, phi-
losophy, political theory, and religion.
Featured titles: A Worldly Affair:
New York, the United Nations, and the
Story Behind Their Unlikely Bond by
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Gibson; and A Shot Story: From Juvie to
Ph.D. by David Borkowski.
Foreword Reviews and Indie
Press Collective
Booth 2164
Spotlighting titles from university
presses and independent publishers, the
Indie Press Collective features a selection
of independently published titles orga-
nized by genre.
Fox Chapel
Booth 339
Publisher of the Design Originals
Coloring Books, as well as illustrated
nonfiction titles on craft, hobby, life-
style, gardening, and DIY subjects.
Imprints include Design Originals,
IMM Lifestyle Books, Creative
Homeowner, and Companion House
Books.
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Autographing: Thursday, June 1
10:30–11:30 a.m., Table 14
A field notebook for your spirit
and soul with 150 beautiful
pages of questions, teachings,
and inspiring imagery.
Paperback • 160 pages
US $16.95 • 978-1-62203-922-7
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Galaxy Press
Booth 1725
This publisher of Stories from the Golden
Age, a line of 80 books by L. Ron Hubbard,
as well of Writers of the Future, an annual
sci-fi and fantasy anthology introducing
new authors, is re-releasing Hubbard’s
Battlefield Earth with new content.
Globe Pequot
Booth 402
An independent publisher of New
England regional interest titles.
Graphic Arts
Booth 2478C
Spanning regional and national subjects,
this publisher specializes in illustrated
books on travel, cooking, and photog-
raphy, as well as children’s books.
Featured titles: pH: A Novel by Nancy
Lord; Life with Forty Dogs by Joseph
Robertia; and Close Enough for the Angels
by Paul Madonna.
BOOTH 1825
Autographing: Friday, June 2
11:00 a.m.–noon, Table 9
YouTube comedic sensation
JP Sears exposes the shadow side
of spirituality in this refreshing
laugh-out-loud read.
Paperback • 272 pages
US $16.95 • 978-1-62203-821-3
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Graywolf
Booth 3006
This independent press is dedicated to
publishing diverse voices in contemporary
American and international literature.
Featured titles: Her Body and Other
Parties by Carmen Maria Machado; Don’t
Call Us Dead by Danez Smith; and Bunk
by Kevin Young.
Hachette
Booths 2502, 2503, 374
A U.S. trade publisher and a division of
the third largest trade and educational
book publisher in the world, Hachette
Livre.
Grand Central Publishing featured
titles: This Is Basic Sh*t by Kenya Barris;
Sisters First by Jenna Bush Hager and
Barbara Pierce Bush; and Al Franken,
Giant of the Senate by Al Franken.
Hachette Books and Black Dog &
Leventhal featured titles: Blue Ocean
Shift by W. Chan Kim and Renee
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friendly animals teach
children the joys of yoga.
Hardcover • 32 pages
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Mauborgne; Reactions by Theodore Gray;
and Code Girls by Liza Mundy.
Hal Leonard Performing Arts
Booth 2225
This company publishes books on music,
theater, film, television, and pop culture
under the imprints Hal Leonard Books,
Backbeat Books, Applause Books, and
Amadeus Press.
Hardie Grant
Booth 1903
The list of this independent Australian
publisher features books on food, wine,
sports, history, true crime, humor, pop-
ular culture, and social issues.
Harlequin
Booths 183, 2921, 2927
The books for women released by
Harlequin, a division of HarperCollins,
are published in 34 languages and sold
in 102 international markets.
Featured titles: Something Like Happy
by Eva Woods; The Black Painting by
Neil Olson; and Lie to Me by J.T.
Ellison.
HarperCollins
Booths 2829, 2833
A subsidiary of News Corp.,
HarperCollins publishes approximately
10,000 new books annually in 17 lan-
guages, and has a catalogue of more than
200,000 titles.
Featured titles: The Child Finder by
Rene Denfield (Harper); The Woman in
the Window by A.J. Finn (Morrow);
Wonder Valley by Ivy Pochoda (Ecco);
Good Booty by Ann Powers (Dey Street);
Odd Child Out by Gilly Macmillan
(Morrow); The Boat Runner by Devin
Murphy (HarperPerennial); A Mind at
Home with Itself by Byron Katie
(HarperOne); and Give Me the Child by
Mel McGrath (Harper360).
Featured titles from HarperCollins
Children’s Books: Timeless: Diego and
the Rangers of the Vastlantic by Armand
Baltazar; They Both Die at the End by
Adam Silvera; and Runny Babbit Returns
by Shel Silverstein.
HarperCollins Christian
Booth 2833
This publisher encompasses the Thomas
Nelson and Zondervan publishing
groups, as well as Olive Tree Bible
Software. The company releases Bibles,
inspirational books, academic resources,
and audio and digital content for the
Christian market.
Harvard Univ.
Booth 857
With “scholarship plus” as its motto,
this press is committed to publishing
books that matter.
Harvest House
Booth 231
Established in 1974, this publisher of
Christian literature releases 150-plus
books annually.
Highlights International
Booth 177
This multimedia company produces
books and digital products for
children.
Hoopla
Booth 521
This digital service provides movies,
music albums, audiobooks, and other
products to the public library market.
Image Comics
Booth 2607
This publisher of comics and graphic
novels encompasses science fiction,
romance, horror, crime fiction, historical
fiction, and humor.
Independent Book Publishers
Association
Booths 2839, 2938
This organization’s mission is to lead and
serve the independent publishing com-
munity through advocacy, education,
and tools for success.
Independent Publishers Group
Booths 1702, 1703, 1803
IPG offers distribution services and
marketing support for publishers’
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frontlist and backlist titles.
Indiana Univ.
Booth 2475
This academic publisher, founded in
1950, specializes in the humanities and
social sciences.
Featured titles: Straight Bourbon:
Distilling the Industry’s Heritage by Carol
Peachee; Earth Eats: Real Food, Green
Living by Annie Corrigan; and Hauntings
of the Underground Railroad: Ghosts of the
Midwest by Jane Simon Ammeson.
Inner Traditions/Bear & Co.
Booth 232
Publisher of esoteric, occult, and spiri-
tuality books, as well as New Age and
self-transformation titles; the company’s
Healing Arts Press imprint publishes
titles on complementary and holistic
health.
Featured titles: Into the Mystic: The
Visionary and Ecstatic Roots of 1960s Rock
and Roll by Christopher Hill; The
Intelligence of the Cosmos: Why Are We Here?
New Answers from the Frontiers of Science by
Ervin Laszlo, foreword by Jane Goodall,
afterword by James O’Dea; and Total Life
Cleanse: A 28-Day Program to Detoxify and
Nourish the Body, Mind, and Soul by
Jonathan Glass.
Inscribe Digital
Booth 1703
This company delivers digital media
assets to retailers worldwide, as well as
strategic publishing and marketing
solutions to publishers of all sizes.
Insight Editions
Booth 1521
The press publishes illustrated books in
the areas of pop culture, photography,
music, and children’s titles.
Featured titles: The Walking Dead
Cookbook by Lauren Wilson; Die Hard
Christmas by Doogie Horner; and Into
Africa by Frans Lanting.
InterVarsity
Booth 630
This Christian publisher focuses on titles
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Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder
Edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal
$29.95 | May 2017
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“A rich sourcebook for those who wish
to explore and learn about Wilder.”
—Nancy Tystad Koupal, editor
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Booth 965
SD Historical Society Press | sdhspress.com
orders@sdhspress.com | (605) 773-6009
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in the categories of religion, religious
studies, cultural studies, biblical refer-
ence and commentary, self-help/recovery,
and literary critique.
Italian Trade Agency—Chicago
Office
Booth 621
The Italian governmental organization
promotes the internationalization of
Italian companies, providing informa-
tion, support, and advice to Italian and
foreign companies.
Johns Hopkins Univ.
Booth 860
This press combines traditional book
and journal publishing units with ser-
vice divisions that sustain diversity and
independence among nonprofit scholarly
publishers, societies, and associations.
Kar-Ben
Booth 302
Kar-Ben publishes Jewish-themed chil-
dren’s books about holidays, folktales,
history, and other subjects reflecting the
diversity of the Jewish community.
Kensington
Booth 1924
This independent publisher’s list
includes trade paperback, mass market,
and digital releases.
Featured titles: The Girlfriend by
Michelle Frances; The Life She Was Given
by Ellen Marie Wiseman; and I, Eliza
Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott.
Klopotek
Booth 412
This software provider offers publishers
an integrated standard enterprise software
system; the company’s new STREAM
applications allow for user interaction
across computers and portable devices.
Kumon Publishing North
America
Booth 838
Kumon Publishing creates workbooks
that teach kids ages 2–14 verbal, math,
and academic skills, and are based on the
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Kumon Method, a learning system that
introduces educational concepts in a
step-by-step approach.
Laurence King
Booth 1903
This company creates books and gift and
stationery items featuring such themes
as design, fashion, art, architecture, film,
and photography.
Lerner
Booths 302, 303
Founded in 1959, this independent pub-
lisher issues children’s and YA fiction
and nonfiction titles under 14 imprints,
including Carolrhoda Books, Carolrhoda
Lab, Millbrook Press, Graphic Universe,
Darby Creek, and Lerner Publisher
Services.
Featured titles: Auma’s Long Run by
Eucabeth Odhiambo (Carolrhoda); Dazzle
Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
by Chris Barton, illus. by Victo Ngai
(Millbrook); and Truthers by Geoffrey
Girard (Twenty-First Century).
LID
Booth 2156
Founded in 1993, LID works with busi-
ness authors and organizations to help
them develop content to promote their
brand, message, and expertise, and pub-
lishes approximately 120 new titles each
year in various languages.
Little Bee
Booth 1520
This publisher’s books for babies and
children up to age 12 are designed to
entertain, inspire, and educate.
Little, Brown
Booth 2502
Founded in 1837, Little, Brown is now
an imprint of the Hachette Book Group.
Little, Brown featured titles: The
World of Tomorrow by Brendan Mathews;
Heather, the Totality by Matthew Weiner;
and The Reminders by Val Emmich.
Little, Brown Books for Young
Readers featured titles: Invictus by
Ryan Graudin; The Cruel Prince by

Holly Black; The Magic Misfits by Neil
Patrick Harris; Nevermoor: The Trials of
Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend;
and The Wizards of Once by Cressida
Cowell.
London Book Fair
Booth 1738
A global marketplace for rights negotia-
tions and the sales and distribution of
content across print, audio, TV, film, and
digital channels.
London Review of Books
Booth 756
Since 1979, the London Review of Books has
published long reviews and essays by aca-
demics, authors, and journalists, as well
as shorter art and film reviews.
Lonely Planet
Booth 220
Founded in 1973, Lonely Planet is a
leading travel content provider, offering
guidebooks, a website, and mobile and
digital travel products.
Featured titles: Dinosaur Atlas by
Anne Rooney and James Gilleard (Lonely
Planet Kids); Epic Drives of the World by
Lonely Planet; and The Cities Book by
Lonely Planet.
Macmillan
Booths 3008, 3009
This group of publishing companies
releases a broad range of fiction and non-
fiction books for adults and young
readers.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux featured
titles: Sourdough by Robin Sloan;
Unstoppable by Maria Sharapova; and The
Ninth Hour: A Novel by Alice McDermott.
Tor Books featured titles: Autonomous
by Annalee Newitz; American Drifter by
Heather Graham and Chad Michael
Murray; and Love Songs & Other Lies by
Jessica Pennington.
McGill-Queens Univ.
Booth 861
Committed to publishing books that
defend, refute, and create fresh interpre-
tations of the world, MQUP has more
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than 3,000 titles in print.
Media Services Group
Booth 677
The services offered by this developer of
the publishing systems Elan Book and
the Cat’s Pajamas include e-commerce/
digital strategy, product lifecycle man-
agement, rights and royalties, CRM,
inventory and warehouse, and order
fulfillment.
Michelin Travel Publications
Booth 402
Publisher of international travel guides,
maps, and atlases.
Midwest Tape
Booth 521
A product and services provider to
public libraries for three decades,
Midwest Tape launched Hoopla digital
in North America in 2013; its pub-
lishing arm, Dreamscape Media, licenses
and produces audiobooks and children’s
videos.
Miles Kelly
Booth 657
With 500 titles available, this publisher
of children’s encyclopedias, storybooks,
classic fiction, and activity books is one
of Discovery Channel’s publishing
partners.
Minedition
Booth 1703
Publisher of board books and picture
books by an international array of
authors and illustrators.
Minotaur
Booth 1958
An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
Featured titles: Glass Houses by Louise
Penny; Sleep Like a Baby by Charlaine
Harris; and The Saboteur by Andrew
Gross.
MIT Press
Booth 865
Publishes journals and electronic media
in such areas as art, architecture, cogni-
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tive science, computer science, eco- Immigrant’s Labyrinth by Gazmend

nomics, finance, environmental studies, Kapllani; and Eastern Europe!: 2nd Edition
humanities, linguistics, neuroscience, by Tomek Jankowski.
and philosophy.
New Harbinger
Moody Booths 1724, 487
Booth 207 Since 1973, New Harbinger Publications
This ministry of Moody Global has published psychology, self-help,
Ministries provides solid biblical con- mind-body, spirituality, and health
tent that encourages readers across the books for both professionals and general
globe, cultures, and generations to take readers.
the next step forward in spiritual devel-
opment and maturity. New York Review of Books
Booth 1912
National Book Network With a worldwide circulation of over
Booths 402, 403 135,000, the New York Review of Books
NBN is an independent, full-service has established itself as a premier
sales, marketing, and distribution com- English-language literary magazine.
pany serving North American and over-
seas independent publishers of nonfic- New York Univ.
tion, fiction, and children’s titles. Booths 387, 486
Goodnight, Marie, May
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This press’s list spans a broad range of
Your Soul National Geographic Partners subjects, among them sociology, law, cul-
Marie Buck Booth 1829 tural and American studies, religion,
Roof Books
Poetry
A joint venture of the National American history, anthropology, politics,
978-1-931-82470-5 Geographic Society and 21st Century Fox. criminology, media and communication,
literary studies, and psychology.
Naval Institute
Booth 859 Nimbus
Selected Poems: 1962- The book-publishing arm of the U.S. Booth 2360
1985, Clark Coolidge Naval Institute, this press publishes This Canadian publisher produces more
ed. Larry Fagin about 90 titles annually in the genres of than 30 new titles a year in the areas of
Station Hill Press
Poetry military history, strategy, fiction, espio- children’s picture books and fiction,
978-1-581-77149-7 nage and intelligence; biographies and literary nonfiction, social and cultural
memoirs; current affairs; political sci- history, nature photography, current
ence; and ship design. events, biography, sports, and cultural
issues.
NetGalley Featured titles: The Sea Was in Their
Booth 2015 Blood: The Devastating Loss of the Miss
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The company delivers secure digital gal- Ally’s Five-Man Crew by Quentin Casey;
The Elephants leys to professional readers on behalf of Pantry and Palate: Remembering and
Literary Nonnction over 300 publishers worldwide, to help Rediscovering Acadian Food by Simon
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Bad Endings
Carleigh Baker
A publisher focused on works from the This publisher of picture books from
Anvil Press former East Bloc. international authors and illustrators is
Fiction Featured titles: The Solace of Trees: A best known for the Rainbow Fish series
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Norton
Booths 1620, 1621
Established in 1923, this independent
publisher releases books in the fields of
adult trade fiction and nonfiction, pro-
fessional psychology, art and architec-
t u r e , p h i l o s o p h y, m u s i c , a n d
psychology.
Featured titles: The Burning Girl: A
Novel by Claire Messud; The Rise and Fall
of Adam and Eve by Stephen Greenblatt;
and From Here to Eternity: Traveling the
World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin
Doughty.
Orbit
Booth 2502
Orbit is a leading publisher of science
fiction and fantasy, with imprints in the
U.K., U.S., and Australia.
Featured titles: A Secret History of
Witches by Louisa Morgan; The Walls by
Hollie Overton; and Jade City by Fonda
Lee.
An imprint of University Press of New England
$29.95 Hardcover 978-1-61168-852-8
$24.99 Ebook 978-1-5126-0093-3
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Orca
Booth 1739
This independently owned Canadian
children’s book publisher has 730+ titles
in print and releases more than 65 new
titles a year in a variety of genres.
Other Press
Booth 2012
Publisher of novels, short stories, poetry,
and essays from America and around the
world.
OverDrive
Booths 310, 311
OverDrive’s global catalogue of e-books
and audiobooks reaches tens of thousands
of libraries, schools, and retailers, who
serve millions of patrons and customers.
Overlook
Booths 1628
An independent general-interest pub-
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LGBT Music by Darryl W. Bullock.
Parragon
Booths 2408, 2409
This company creates and distributes
products published in more than 25 lan-
guages and in over 35 global markets, and
has partnered with such brands as Disney,
Peppa Pig, PJ Masks, DiscoveryKids, and
Nickelodeon.
Peachtree
Booth 1811
An independent publisher specializing
in children’s books, from board books
and picture books to YA fiction and non-
fiction, Peachtree also maintain a line of
adult backlist titles in a variety of genres.
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Penguin Random House comprises the adult and children’s fic-
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MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION
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This publisher’s imprints include Anchor Canada, Appetite by
Random House, Bond Street Books, Doubleday Canada, Knopf
3:00PM Canada, Penguin Canada, Random House Canada, Tundra
Summer Rayne Books, and Vintage Canada.
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COOKBOOK
Booth 274
A publisher of books and journals for academics, professionals,
FRIDAY, JUNE 2 and the general reader, this press’s offerings include books on
medicine, art and architectural history, literature, and
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Psychology Featured titles: Grist Mill Road by Christopher J. Yates; and
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Stop by BOOTH #420 Booth 1903
A leader in architecture and design publishing, this press focuses
for author signings, giveaways*, and more! on books on art and photography, landscape, architecture,
graphic design, and visual and popular culture.

Princeton Univ.
Booth 862
Exhibiting upcoming titles.
Featured titles: The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian
Revolution by Yuri Slezkine; The Diversity Bonus: How Great
Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy by Scott E. Page; Straight
*while supplies last Talk on Trade: How We Undervalue Sovereignty and Endanger Both
Democracy and the World Economy by Dani Rodrik; and Big Pacific
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Printers Row
Booths 1646, 1647
The company specializes in adult trade, promotional, and juve-
nile books.

Prometheus Books
Booth 2706
This independent publisher’s list includes books on popular
science, history, biography, social sciences, religion, atheism,
psychology, current events, politics, and health. Its imprints
include Seventh Street Books and Pyr.

Public Affairs
Booth 2503
An imprint of Perseus Books, a Hachette Book Group company.
Featured titles: Crash Override by Zoe Quinn; Pale Rider by
Laura Spinney; and I’m Dying Up Here by William Knoedelseder.

Publishers Weekly
Booth 1738
PW is the international magazine for book publishing and
bookselling. The weekly print magazine includes reviews,
news, analysis, and features. PW Daily is a daily email news-
letter that covers groundbreaking news events, while the pub-
lishersweekly.com website covers a plethora of information on
all aspects of the industry.

Pubmatch.com
Booth 1745
The PubMatch database enables those in the foreign rights field
to warehouse title and rights information, create marketing
collateral, and network with other rights professionals on the
PubMatch Network.

Pushkin
Booth 1708
Pushkin Press was founded in 1997 and publishes novels,
essays, memoirs, and children’s books.
Featured titles: Browse: The World in Bookshops by Henry
Hitchings; Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami; and
Whispers Through a Megaphone by Rachel Elliott.

Quadrille
Booth 1903
This company specializes in illustrated nonfiction in the areas
of food and drink, health and beauty, pregnancy and childcare,
interiors, crafts, gardening, and gift books.

Quarto
Booths 2207, 2307
Quarto has several imprints, with a focus on art, crafts, hobbies,
food and drink, nature, lifestyle, reference, and children’s.
Quarto co-editions are licensed all over the world, with best-

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selling titles available in more than 20 languages.

Quirk
Booths 2602, 481
Quirk Books publishes 25 books per year for adults and young
readers, including Ransom Riggs’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children and its sequels; and Seth Grahame-Smith’s
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Rand McNally
Booth 557
Offers an assortment of printed atlases for home, car, and truck;
inspirational travel books; wall maps; and travel activity and
reference books for children.

Random House Children’s Books

Booth 2627
A division of Penguin Random House.

Recorded Books
Booths 381, 480
This provider of digital products and services for libraries offers
OneClickdigital, multiaccess downloadable audiobooks and
e-audio and e-book content from multiple publishers; and
RBdigital, which includes online educational and entertain-
ment services.

Red Wheel Weiser

Booth 1439
Under its Weiser Books, Conari Press, and Disinformation imprints,
this company publishes books ranging from New Age and ancient
civilizations to self-help and wellness. Distribution clients include
Hampton Roads, Hierophant Publishing, the Witches’ Almanac,
NHI, For Beginners, Atlantis Rising, and Quest Books.
Featured titles: Swimming with Elephants: My Unexpected
Pilgrimage from Physician to Healer by Sarah Bamford Seidelmann;
Awaken Your Inner Fire: Ignite Your Passion, Find Your Purpose,
and Create the Life That You Love by HeatherAsh Amara; and The
Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Mysticism: The Essential Teachings by
Renuka Singh and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Ripley Entertainment
Booth 1531
This company, owner of the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! trademark,
produces books, TV shows, tourist attractions, merchandise, a
motion picture, and a syndicated daily newspaper cartoon.

Rodale
Booth 3002
The press has been publishing health titles for more than 75 years.
Rodale featured titles: Everything All at Once by Bill Nye;
T is for Transformation by Shaun T; and Rise Up by Xiuhtezcatl
Martinez.

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Rodale Kids featured titles: Breathe Like a Bear by Kira

Willey, illus. by Anni Betts; Team Taekwondo by Master Taekwon
Lee and Jeffrey Nodelman, illus. by Ethen Beavers; and King of
Too Many Things by Laurel Snyder, illus. by Aurore Damant.

Rowman & Littlefield/Taylor Trade

Booth 402
This independent publisher and distributor provides books under
a dozen imprints in various fields in the humanities and social sci-
ences, releasing more than 1,500 academic, reference, professional,
and general interest titles annually.

Running Press
Booth 2503
Featured titles: Life Is Like a Musical by Tim Federle; Caleb and
Kit by Beth Vrabel; and Someone Else’s Summer by Rachel Bateman.

Ryland Peters & Small

Booth 1433
This company releases books on interior design, cooking, New
Age topics, gardening, crafts, weddings, and mind/body/spirit,
as well as a line of stationery.

Schiffer
Booth 1720
Established in 1974, this family-owned publisher offers books
on subjects that include antiques and decorative arts, architec-
ture and design, art, crafts, fashion, food and entertaining,
mind/body/spirit, and pop culture.

Scholastic
Booths 1638, 1639
This children’s publisher and distributor provides instructional
materials and classroom resources, including books and e-books,
print and digital classroom magazines and instructional pro-
grams, and book clubs and book fairs.
Featured titles: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The
Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling, illus. by Jim Kay (Scholastic/
Levine); All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic
Press); and Mary McScary by R.L. Stine, illus. by Marc Brown
(Scholastic Press).

Sellers
Booth 308
Sellers publishes trade and gift books, calendars, and greeting
cards.

Shadow Mountain
Booth 2320
Publishes titles for children, young adults, and adults, including
Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven series and its sequel series,
Dragonwatch; the A Proper Romance series; and the Six Sisters’
Stuff cookbooks.

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This organization spearheads such book
in the
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Fair, Sharjah Children Reading Festival,
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Business
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Simon & Schuster
Booths 1420, 1421, 174, 176, 178,
Business 75, 77, 79, Lobby 4
Simon & Schuster, a part of CBS
Corporation, provides fiction and nonfic-
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Leading Industry Resource. S&S Adult featured titles: Girl in
Reach Qualified Professionals. Snow by Danya Kukafka; Mrs. Fletcher by
New Listings Every Day. Tom Perrotta; and Lightning Men by
Leading Industry Resource. Thomas Mullen.
Reach Qualified Professionals. S&S Books for Young Readers fea-
tured titles: Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
New Listings Every Day. (Simon Pulse); The Glass Town Game by
Catherynne M. Valente (S&S/McElderry);
and Zero Repeat Forever by G.S.
Prendergast (S&S Books for Young
Readers).
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Booth 508
Sleeping Bear Press is dedicated to pro-
Publishersweekly.com/JOBZONE ducing books that will spark children’s
interest and encourage them to be life-
long readers.
Featured titles: Good Night, Reindeer
and Willow and the Wedding, both by
Denise Brennan-Nelson; and Around the
World Right Now by Gina Cascone and
Byrony Williams Sheppard.
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St. Martin’s
Booths 3008, 3009
A division of Macmillan.
Featured titles: Year One by Nora Roberts;
Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink;
and The Breakdown by B.A. Paris.
Small Press United
Booth 1703
A division of IPG, SPU is a book distri-
bution service created to meet the needs
of small and startup publishers.
Smithsonian
Booth 1832
Smithsonian Books publishes a select list
of trade nonfiction and illustrated books
in the areas of history, science and tech-
nology, space and aviation, military, and
art, as well as works based on the museums’
collections and artifacts.
Soho Press
Booth 1932
Established in 1986, this independent
publisher consists of three imprints: Soho
Press, dedicated to literary fiction and
nonfiction; Soho Crime, focusing on crime
fiction in translation or set abroad; and
Soho Teen, which releases YA fiction.
Featured titles: Solar Bones by Mike
McCormack; The Widows of Malabar Hill
by Sujata Massey; and Love, Hate and
Other Filters by Samira Ahmed.
Sounds True Publishing
Booth 1825
Dedicated to inspiring personal and
spiritual growth, this publisher releases
books and audio programs on such topics
as meditation, yoga, health, neurosci-
ence, and psychology.
Sourcebooks
Booth 2521
This independent publisher releases
books in a variety of genres, including
fiction, romance, children’s titles, and
YA fiction.
Featured titles: Before I Let Go by
Marieke Nijkamp; End of the World
Running Club by Adrian J. Walker; and
the Baby University series by Chris Ferrie.
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South Dakota State Historical
Society
Booth 965
Established in 1997, this press is com-
mitted to producing books reflecting the
rich and varied history of South Dakota
and the region.
Featured titles: Pioneer Girl
Perspectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder,
edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal; Pioneer
Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by
Laura Ingalls Wilder; and Paul Goble,
Storyteller by Gregory Bryan.
Spanish Publishers
Booth 946
Publishes Spanish versions of U.S. best-
sellers, as well as books by Hispanic
authors in general adult trade, children’s
books, personal growth, alternative
health, spirituality, sexuality, biography,
and parenting.
Steerforth
Booth 1708
Distributed by Random House, this
publisher releases books under the fol-
lowing imprints: Steerforth (general
interest fiction and narrative nonfiction);
Campfire (graphic novels for tweens and
teens); New Europe Books (works from
and about Eastern Europe); Archipelago
(classic and contemporary world litera-
ture); and For Beginners (documentary
comic books).
Featured titles: Minik: The New York
Eskimo by Kenn Harper; and “I Heard
You Paint Houses”: Frank “The Irishman”
Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy
Hoffa, Updated Edition by Charles Brandt.
Sterling
Booth 420
With more than 5,000 titles in print and
60 years in business, Sterling publishes
books under a variety of imprints.
Featured titles: Eat Smart by Niomi
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Cactus by Dusti Bowling; and Bodyism by
James Duigan.
Storey
Booth 2807
Storey Publishing’s books, distributed to
the trade by Workman, focus on gar-
dening, cooking, building, nature, horse-
manship, animal husbandry, crafts, and
home reference.
Tantor Media
Booth 276, 278
Based in Connecticut, this independent
audiobook publisher produces more than
100 new titles every month.
Timber
Booth 2807
The publisher strives to share the won-
ders of the natural world by publishing
books from experts in the fields of gar-
dening, horticulture, and natural
history.
Time Books
Booths 2402, 2403
The book publishing arm of Time Inc.
creates editorial content for books, boo-
kazines, and e-books in partnership
with internal brands including Cooking
Light, Southern Living, Sports
Illustrated, Sunset, Time and Time for
Kids, as well as external brands such as
Animal Planet, Ball Home Canning,
Discovery, and the Mayo Clinic.
Featured titles: Valerie’s Home Cooking
by Valerie Bertinelli; Stock the Crock by
Phyllis Good; and What Can I Bring? by
Elizabeth Heiskell.
Trafalgar Square
Booth 1703
Through IPG, Trafalga r S quare
Publishing is the leading U.S. distrib-
utor for British and Australian pub-
lishers, including Allen & Unwin,
Ammonite Press, Bonnier Zaffre, Collins
UK, Egmont, Legend Press, Michael
O’Mara, Orenda Books, Pavilion, and
Penguin Random House UK.

Triumph
Booth 1703
This sports book publisher issues biog-
raphies, memoirs, reference books, and
“instant” collectible keepsakes cele-
brating championship sporting events.
Trusted Media Brands
Booth 1430
The parent company for Reader’s Digest
Trade Publishing and Studio Fun
International.
Tuttle
Booth 414
Tuttle, a member of the Periplus
Publishing Group, produces books on
cooking, interior design and architec-
ture, martial arts, travel, language, lit-
erature, gardening, and crafts.
Tyndale House
Booth 767
This Christian publisher of fiction, non-
fiction, children’s books, Bibles, and
digital media also distributes the product
lines of Navpress and Focus on the Family.
Univ. of Chicago
Booth 863
UCP publishes more than 60 journals
and 300 books a year in reference, the
sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Through Chicago Distribution Services,
UCP provides warehousing and fulfill-
ment for over 100 publishers and pro-
vides digital asset management through
BiblioVault.
Univ. of Hawaii
Booth 866
Publisher of books on Hawaii, Asia, and
the Pacific.
Univ. of Illinois
Booth 858
This press’s offerings include The Chicago
Food Encyclopedia; American Oligarchy: The
Permanent Political Class by Ron
Formisano; The Revolt of the Black Athlete
by Harry Edwards (50th anniversary edi-
tion); Curious Encounters with the Natural
World by Michael Jeffords and Susan
Post; and Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music,
Love, and Politics by Jean R. Freedman.
Univ. of Minnesota
Booth 966
Publisher of trade and scholarly titles in
cultural studies, film and media, art and
architecture, African American and
Native American culture, lesbian/gay
studies, and regional interest.
Univ. of Nebraska
Booth 2909
Founded in 1941, this scholarly and gen-
eral interest press publishes 180+ new
and reprint titles annually under its
Nebraska, Bison Books, the Jewish
Publication Society, and Potomac Books
imprints.
Featured titles: Urban Shocker by Steve
Steinberg; One Nation Under Baseball by
John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro; and Vice
Capades by Mark Stein
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Booth 376
Publisher of trade and scholarly books in
the social sciences and humanities.
Univ. of Toronto
Booth 868
Founded in 1901, UTP publishes
approximately 200 new scholarly, course,
reference, and general-interest books
each year, and maintains a backlist of
more than 3,500 titles.
Univ. Press of New England
Booth 964
UPNE is supported by a consortium of
schools, including Brandeis University
and Dartmouth College. Its publishing
program focuses on history, politics,
music, art, true crime, nature, sustain-
ability, and sports.
USA Pavilion
Booth 1745
This collective of individual stands rep-
resenting all segments of the U.S. pub-
lishing industry, book trade, and elec-
tronic sectors is organized by American
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Exhibit and attends major book fairs
worldwide.
Visible Ink
Booth 2446A
Publishes popular reference, including
the Handy Answer Book Series.
Featured titles: The Handy Diabetes
Answer Book by Patricia Barnes-Svarney
and Thomas E. Svarney; Supernatural Gods:
Scientific Truths, Spiritual Mysteries and
Psychic Experiences by Jim Willis; Demons,
the Devil, and Fallen Angels by Marie D.
Jones and Larry Flaxman; and The New
World Order Book by Nick Redfern.
Vision Street
Booth 275
Publisher of children’s coloring and
activity books, children’s story and board
books, bilingual books, and both chil-
dren’s and adult puzzle books.
Warner Bros. Global
Booths 375, 474
This entertainment licensing company
represents more than 2,100 animated
characters, 6,000 feature films, and
12,000 hours of TV programming,
including Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo.
Wednesday Books
Booths 3008, 3009
An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
Featured title: I Hate Everyone but You by
Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin.
Weinstein Books
Booth 2502, 2503
Exhibiting new and forthcoming titles.
Featured titles: The Hawkweed Legacy by
Irena Brignull; Secret Agents Jack and Max
Stalwart, Book 1: The Battle for the Emerald
Buddha: Thailand by Elizabeth Singer
Hunt, illus. by Brian Williamson; and The
Sacrifice of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie
with Nancy Ohlin.
Weldon Owen/Blue Streak
Booth 1520
A publisher of illustrated books with
major brands like Field & Stream, Outdoor
Life, Saveur, and Williams-Sonoma.
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Featured titles: RuPaul’s Drag Race: Paper Doll Book (Blue

Streak Books); The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl by Tess
Holiday (Weldon Owen); and America: The Great Cookbook by
Joe Yonan (Weldon Owen).

Whitaker House
Booth 967
This publisher of inspirational books has a backlist of more than
500 titles.

Wiley
Booth 510
Wiley is a global provider of knowledge in the areas of research,
professional practice, and education.

Workman
Booth 2807
Founded in 1968, Workman is an independent publisher of
adult and juvenile trade books, as well as the original Page-
a-Day calendars. Bestsellers include the What to Expect series,
Brain Quest, the Barbecue Bible cookbooks, Boynton board
books, and the 1,000... Before You Die series.

Worthy
Booth 332
This inspirational publisher releases books under the following
imprints: Worthy Books publishes a broad spectrum of genres;
WorthyKids/Ideals issues interactive children’s books; Ellie
Claire produces journals and gift books; and Worthy Inspired
focuses on personal growth and inspirational books.

Yale Univ.
Booth 864
One of the largest American university presses, Yale publishes
across a variety of disciplines and is dedicated to the discovery
and dissemination of light and truth, lux et veritas, a central
purpose of Yale University.
Featured titles: Devotion by Patti Smith; Fishing: How the Sea
Fed Civilization by Brian Fagan; and Stephen Mitchell’s transla-
tion of Beowulf. ■

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in the U.S. and abroad, where rights have
sold in 16 territories.
In her new novel, The Life She Was
Given, Wiseman once again weaves
together the stories of two 20th century
women, and Kensington is excited for her
growing legions of fans to experience this
enthralling read. The Life She Was Given
follows Lilly Blackwood, a young albino
The Life She Was Given
gives readers the chance
to discover what it might
have been like to be
hidden away in an attic
bedroom, with an
in-depth look behind
the lurid curtain of
circus life.
—Ellen Marie Wiseman
girl kept in a secret attic room all her life
until she is sold to a traveling circus freak
show, and Julia Blackwood, who, two
decades later, returns to the family horse
farm after the deaths of her estranged
parents and discovers that attic room and
the dark history hidden there.
Wiseman says What She Left Behind
spoke to so many readers because
“asylums have always fascinated a lot of
people, and reading about the disturbing
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things that happened within their walls is
a safe way to satisfy their curiosity about
the different, frightening, and unknown.”
The new novel answers a similar curiosity,
in Wiseman’s view: “The Life She Was
Given lets readers discover what it might
have been like to be hidden away in an
attic bedroom, with an in-depth look
behind the lurid curtain of circus life.” To
recreate Lilly’s world, Wiseman did deep
research: “there were plenty of things to
investigate, like circus slang, the different
kinds of sideshow performers, animal
tricks and training, elephant behaviors and
noises, circus superstitions, and the proper
names for the parts of a big top,” she says.
“At a freak show,” notes Wiseman, “it’s
okay for people to stare at something they
think they shouldn’t. They don’t have to,
and actually aren’t supposed to, look
away, even if something frightens them.”
But, Wiseman points out, freak shows
weren’t exactly as we might expect. “In
the heyday of the sideshow, human
curiosities were respected as the bread
and butter of the circus, and revered all
over the world. In many cases, the freaks
were treated like royalty, not victims or
monsters,” she says, though, “certainly
there was exploitation.”
The book also takes a compassionate
look at the plight of circus animals.
Wiseman has always loved animals, and
The Life She Was Given affords her the
chance to deeply explore the ways
animals are treated—and mistreated—by
humans. She includes a reimagining of the
true story of Mary the elephant, who was
hanged in 1916 from a train-mounted crane
for killing a handler who had prodded near
her infected tooth. “I was shocked and
heartbroken by her story and wanted to
include it because I’m passionate about
the humane treatment of animals,” says
Wiseman. “We can’t be mad at animals for
acting like animals,” she continues,
“especially when we’re the ones who put
them in positions where they feel the
need to defend themselves. We’re shocked
when we read about children being locked
up and beaten, but we do it to animals all
the time and don’t understand when they
fight back.” In the novel, this makes for
obvious parallels with mistreatment of
humans—Lilly develops a deep connec-
tion with the animals, who in turn shed
light on who she is.
Kensington is excited to share The
Life She Was Given with advance
readers. Print or digital ARCs can be
requested through Vida Engstrand
at Kensington Publishing
(vengstrand@kensingtonbooks.com).
Wiseman will also be signing ARCs at
BookExpo in the Autographing Area,
table 15 on Thursday, June 4 at 10:30
a.m., as well as at the Kensington
booth, #1924, during BookCon.

SPOTLIGHT ON
Kate Moore
Moore’s action-packed history brings the true story of the
radium girls, who were poisoned while working with
radioactive paint in WWI-era factories, to life
T
he story of the radium girls
represents a watershed
moment in the history of
workers’ rights and stands as a
horrifying reminder of how big compa-
nies have taken advantage of their
employees. It’s a shocking story, though
surprisingly few people know it: female
workers at a series of U.S. factories were
hired in the 1910s and 1920s to paint
watch dials with luminous radium-infused
paint, unknowingly contracting radium
poisoning. As their illnesses came to light
and their employers attempted cover-ups,
legal battles raged, and one group of
radium girls won a landmark 1938 ruling.
But who were these women, really,
behind the headlines and legal histories?
Bestselling author Kate Moore delves into
their lives in her finely researched
nonfiction page-turner The Radium Girls.
Moore’s goal in writing the book was
to bring the historical record to life: “I
wanted to walk in step with the women
and describe each moment as though it
were happening here and now,” she says.
“I hoped that, in this way, readers would be
able to engage with the twists and turns of
this decades-old history and to empathize
with the individual radium girls. I wanted
the women to feel like friends.”
Moore dives into the booming business
of Radium Luminous Materials Corpora-
tion in early 20th-century Newark and
Orange, N.J. She focuses her story on a
few of those factories’ new employees in
the lead-up to World War I, particularly on
Katherine Schaub in New Jersey and on
Catherine Wolfe, who worked at a similar
factory in Ottawa, Ill.
Only 14 years old when she landed the
job, Katherine had no idea that the “liquid
sunshine” she was painting on watch dials
was actually poisoning her. Her employer
and other companies who employed these
girls ignored pleas to do more research
into the effects of the paint after evidence
suggesting its dangers was found. Women
working in these factories were told to
“lip-point” their brushes—dipping them
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into the radium solution, then putting the
brushes in their mouths to create a fine
tip—as they painted the dials, causing them
to actually ingest the dangerous chemical.
The book got its start while Moore was
directing a play about the radium girls.
Her interest was piqued, and she began
to do deeper research, realizing that
these particular women’s powerful
stories were collecting dust in archives,
waiting to be told.
Coming to the stories through the play
“had a massive impact” on how she
decided to write the book, Moore says:
“My actors and I strove to create
well-rounded, believable characters, and
I wanted to do the same with the book. I
wanted to tell the story in a dramatic way:
not dry and dusty, but gripping and
page-turning. Most of all, I think, having
got to know the women and their
sacrifice through the play, I felt close to
them and I wanted to bring their story to
as wide an audience as possible.”
The Radium Girls moves seamlessly
back and forth between daily struggles in
the factory—and later in the courtroom—
and the world-shaking events that
brought booming business to radium
factories in 1917. With America entering
World War I, demand for all things glow in
the dark skyrocketed and the factories
expanded. The book’s marvelous
interplay of macro and micro details
required years of research—including
tracking down many living relatives of the
radium girls—and a novelist’s ability to
create a lived environment out of those
facts. The book, Moore says, “reads like a
novel, but it still has to be rooted in fact.”
I felt close to them and
I wanted to bring their
story to as wide an
audience as possible.
—Kate Moore
In fact, there was too much information
to fit it all into the book, so Moore is
building a website as an added resource
for readers. The more information
available the better, Moore believes,
because factories are still exploiting their
workers. “Companies don’t adhere to
safety standards; they obstruct investiga-
tions; there is negligence as well as
orchestrated cover-ups. Today, I also think
companies are closer to legislators than
ever before, something I find worrying,”
Moore says. “I think when we read similar
stories in the press today we need to
remember that behind the headlines and
statistics there are always human
beings—and wildlife—whose lives are
being irreparably damaged.” As with the
blockbuster films The Imitation Game and
Hidden Figures, The Radium Girls brings a
crucial historical moment to vivid life,
standing as a cautionary tale for the
present and future.

SPOTLIGHT ON
Marc Elsberg
Blackout, Elsberg’s international-hit thriller about
a catastrophic power outage throughout Europe,
comes to the U.S.
I
t was on a lark that Marc Elsberg
started writing the story that would
become Blackout. An art-school
graduate who went on to work in
the advertising business, Elsberg, who is
Austrian, started sketching ideas for the
novel—which imagines a continent-wide
blackout that plunges Europe into
chaos—when he went looking for a good
book and couldn’t find something he
wanted to read.
The result, which was published
in Germany in 2012, has gone on to
become an international bestseller.
The novel, which has sold over two
million copies worldwide, will be
released in the U.S. in June by
Sourcebooks.
Elsberg began researching what
would actually happen in the case of
a massive loss of power in 2007. He
was drawn to the idea, he explains,
by a strong desire to expose the
precariousness of the man-made
systems people depend so heavily
on: “I wanted to tell the story of how
this world works. Or doesn’t work, if
the system breaks,” he says.
In Blackout, masses of people are
plunged into darkness, without
access to most modern necessities.
Far beyond dealing with mere
darkened houses, Elsberg’s
characters are suddenly living in a
world where supermarkets can’t
keep food from spoiling, cash
machines can’t dispense money,
and gas stations can’t pump gas.
Elsberg’s hero, former computer
hacker Piero Manzano, takes it upon
himself to find out what happened.
As Manzano goes from detective to
suspect, with the authorities convinced
he’s responsible for the blackout, the
book exposes the fragility of the
infrastructure that supports our societies.
“We take many modern structures—like
power and water supply—for granted,”
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Elsberg says. He notes that this phenom-
enon has only become more pronounced
in recent decades. “It shows how much
we rely on the smooth functioning of
these modern systems. Thirty years ago
the consequences [of a major blackout]
would have been far less dramatic,
because we lived in a world that was not
as heavily connected.”
The book also puts into stark relief one
of the most pressing problems facing the
world today: cyberterrorism. The blackout
in the novel, it becomes clear early on, is
the work of a hacker. Elsberg wants to
show just how much carnage a talented
cyberterrorist can unleash. “A clever
terrorist no longer needs to travel,”
Elsberg says. “He can throw a digital
bomb, sitting anywhere in the world.”
The novel’s prescience has been
demonstrated by world events. When
Elsberg was writing the book, the idea of
a hacker-induced blackout was just that—
an idea. It may already have become a
reality recently, though, when, in late 2015,
Russian hackers allegedly brought down
the grid in Ukraine. And what happened
in Ukraine, Elsberg notes, was no
fluke: “Experts agree that we will see
many more events like this one in
the future, and at a larger scale.”
So while Blackout is fiction, it also
depicts an uncomfortable reality:
the systems we rely so heavily on
are very much under threat. And, as
Elsberg explains, our deepest
concerns about cybercrime are often
misplaced. While many of us fret
over identity theft or cyberbullying,
the greatest risks are posed by
I wanted to tell the
story of how this
world works. Or
doesn’t work, if the
system breaks.
—Marc Elsberg
more-widespread attacks. “The real
threat,” Elsberg explains, “looms on
the large-scale level—bringing down
whole societies as I show in Blackout. Or,
possibly, meddling with elections.”
Blackout has proven so relevant that
Elsberg has become a mainstay in some
unexpected circles. “I continue to be
invited to speak to companies and
politicians about these topics,” he says,
adding that it’s a position that is “rather
unusual for an author of thrillers.”

SPOTLIGHT ON
Marieke Nijkamp
In her first two novels, the Dutch YA sensation is unafraid
to take on the most complex situations teenagers face
I
“ always gravitate toward the intense
subjects,” explains Dutch YA author
Marieke Nijkamp, whose debut and
follow-up are being brought to U.S.
readers by Sourcebooks. “I greatly admire
people who can write romance or
comedy well, but I love writing tragedy. I
love how all-encompassing it is. I love
how it’s about extremes. I
love how it’s about change.
And I love trying to find
hope in the darkness.”
Nijkamp certainly does
not shy away from heavy
subjects. Her first book, This
Is Where It Ends (Source-
books, 2016), follows four
teens whose world is being
turned upside down during
a school shooting. Her next
novel, Before I Let Go
(Sourcebooks, 2018), deals
with teenage depression,
suicide, and the guilt
harbored by a girl who feels
that she didn’t do enough to
prevent her friend’s
untimely death.
Nijkamp began to write This Is Where It
Ends after having a conversation with a
friend about high school experiences and
school safety after a high-profile school
shooting, an incident that prompted
Nijkamp to try to understand the personal
circumstances of the people involved. “I
wanted to understand the human stories
of a school shooting,” Nijkamp says.
“Writing This Is Where It Ends, and,
specifically, writing it from four points of
view, let me explore those stories.” In the
novel the story takes place in one day,
unfolding minute by minute.
Before I Let Go developed in a different
way. Nijkamp wanted to explore the
themes of grief, friendship, and isolation,
which she calls “the stories that shape
us.” The book tells the story of two girls
trapped in a small town. Corey moves
away but promises to come back for her
best friend, Kyra. But shortly before Corey
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returns, Kyra dies. “Corey is left to figure
out not only what happened, but also
what role she herself played in it, and
whether she was the best friend she could
have been,” Nijkamp says. “That’s where
a lot of her guilt comes from, and I think
that’s a struggle a lot of us recognize.”
The book is set in Lost Creek, Alaska, a
moody place that feels destined for
tragedy. Nijkamp explains that she loves
the idea of setting as character. “As a
reader, I love it when a story has such a
strong sense of place that whatever
happens there couldn’t happen
anywhere else, for better or for worse,”
she says. “Before I Let Go allowed me to
play with that, with this isolated commu-
nity that has very consciously turned its
back on the rest of the world and lives by
its own rules. In Lost Creek, winter is
harsh and there is no way to escape.”
Working on these emotionally intense
stories can be stressful, and Nijkamp
says that she makes time to decompress
while writing. “I had to very consciously
make time for things that were not
writing related,” she says. “So that meant
going for long walks, reading a lot,
hanging out with friends.”
It’s not just the writing that keeps
Nijkamp busy. Nijkamp has degrees in
history and medieval studies, so it’s no
surprise that she does deep research on
her novels’ subjects. This research has
included reading firsthand accounts of
shootings, listening to 911 calls, reading
through hundreds of pages of investigative
reports, and talking to real-life victims.
She has also kept up with
news and social-media
feeds as active-shooter
situations develop and
familiarized herself with the
psychology of being held at
gunpoint. “As much as
possible, I immersed myself
in what we know about
school shootings, though it
surprised me at times how
very little that is,” Nijkamp
says.
Nijkamp hopes that her
books will help start
conversations among teens
so that those with depres-
sion or mental illness will
feel less alone and less
stigmatized. But she
stresses the importance of seeking help
beyond books. “Books can certainly be
therapeutic, but so is actual therapy or
finding the right medication,” she says.
I love writing
tragedy. I love how
all-encompassing it is.
I love how it’s about
extremes. I love how
it’s about change.
—Marieke Nijkamp
“Books can be safe havens, but it’s far
more important that teens have safety
around them in real life too.”

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SPOTLIGHT ON
Dusti Bowling
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, Bowling’s middle grade
novel about a girl born without arms, looks beyond disability into
the complex inner life of a teen whose life is changing rapidly
T
he 13-year-old protagonist of
Bowling’s first traditionally
published novel, Aven Green, is
so fed up with explaining how
she lost her arms that she offers a
different story each time anybody asks—
the more gross and outlandish, the better.
The truth is that Aven was born without
arms due to a rare genetic condition. But
her identity is much more than her
disability; Bowling’s novel is a sensitive and
fresh middle grade book ultimately about
a girl adjusting to new circumstances.
Aven’s story begins with her family’s
move to Arizona, where her father has
been hired to manage a run-down
Western-themed park named Stage-
coach Pass. As the unusual setting—and
the title—might suggest, Insignificant
Events in the Life of a Cactus is filled with
humor. Bowling says, “There are so many
serious books dealing with disabilities. I
wanted this story to be fun, not
heart-wrenching. Well, maybe it’s a tiny
bit heart-wrenching at times.”
Bowling (who previously self-pub-
lished the YA novel The Day We Met)
began thinking about those who—whether
from genetic causes or accidents—live
without limbs after her cousin was
injured in Iraq. He had lost his eye and
was going to lose his arm. Wanting to
understand his new perspective, she
began researching life with missing
limbs. Her cousin passed away shortly
after being injured, and she didn’t think
about limb differences again until years
later when she happened upon a video of
a young Barbie Thomas (who would later
go on to become an armless bodybuilder):
“At that moment, it no longer felt painful to
think about people with limb differences.
It felt important,” Bowling says.
As she began to appreciate how much
most people take for granted, Aven also
fully took shape: “I knew I wanted her to
have a positive attitude. I didn’t want
anyone to pity her because of her
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disability or find inspiration at her
expense. I also didn’t want her disability
to be negative or something she had to
overcome. If Aven needed to overcome
anything, it was these major changes in
her life, and dealing with other people’s
perceptions and reactions.”
The book communicates how having a
physical difference means constantly
navigating other people’s discomfort. “It’s
only when people try to expand their
viewpoints that they can begin to embrace
differences instead of feeling uncomfort-
able about them,” Bowling says. Especially
cognizant of her limitations in writing
from Aven’s perspective, she contacted a
woman whose online videos had helped
foster her awareness: “Tisha of Tisha
Unarmed taught me so much through her
videos that I decided to contact her after
writing my story. She graciously agreed
to do a sensitivity reading for me.”
The novel includes other characters
with differences—notably Aven’s friend
Connor, who has Tourette's syndrome.
Bowling’s research into the lives of people
with Tourette's syndrome began close to
home: her husband and children have
related disorders. As she learned more
about Tourette's syndrome, she became
aware of many stereotypes that she
wants replaced with more nuanced
understandings. “I hope I’ve done my part
to help spread awareness about the
realities of Tourette's syndrome.
If empathy and
inclusiveness are what
people take away from
my story, then I don’t
think I could ask for
more than that.
—Dusti Bowling
It’s not just about people shouting cuss
words, which only about five percent of
people with TS actually do,” she says.
For readers who may have limb
differences, tic disorders, or Tourette's
syndrome, Bowling hopes that they might
feel validated by seeing an aspect of
themselves represented. “When you can’t
find books that reflect your life experiences,
it’s like saying you’re not worth writing
about,” she says. Both Aven and Connor
offer readers a chance to get to know
characters whose disabilities are merely
one facet of their identities. Bowling has
already heard from readers who tell her
that the book has helped them see
disabilities in new and different ways. She
says, “If empathy and inclusiveness are
what people take away from my story, then
I don’t think I could ask for more than that.”
 New York’s Finest... Coffee
Where to get a great cuppa joe
SELECTED BY LIZ HARTMAN
Sure, there’s plenty of coffee
to be had on the Jacob Javits
convention floor, but why
not take a break from the
aisles, get some fresh air, and
find New York’s finest pur-
veyors of caffeine. Better yet,
energize on your way to the
Javits with a stop at any one
of the following places
deemed good enough by Liz
Clayton and Avidan Ross to make it into
their forthcoming book Where to Drink
Coffee, coming from Phaidon in July. In
this chock-full-of-caffeine tome, 150
baristas and coffee experts offer 600 spots
in 50 countries. We’ve narrowed the vast
selections from all five boroughs to the
top 10 Manhattan locales.
Intelligentsia Mini-bar
180 10th Ave.
212-933-9736
intelligentsiacoffee.com
Neighborhood: Chelsea
Opens: Daily from 8 a.m., weather
permitting
Style: Coffee truck
“Coffee outside is always really fun.”
—Aaron Ultimo
Blue Bottle (on the High Line)
10th Ave. and W. 16th St.
510-653-3394
bluebottlecoffee.com
Neighborhood: Chelsea
Opens: Daily from 9 a.m.
Style: Coffee bar
“Innovative food pairings.” —Cora Lambert
Café Grumpy
224 W. 20th St.
212-255-5511
cafegrumpy.com
Neighborhood: Chelsea
Opens: Monday–Friday, 7 a.m.; Saturday–
Sunday, 7:30 a.m.
Style: Coffee bar
“I think of Café Grumpy when I’m in New York
City. I still remember being blown away by an
espresso they served a few years back. I
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remember raspberry being one themed signature beverages are innovative
of the tasting notes, and they and delicious, and the coffee never disap-
nailed it. So sweet and com- points.” —Jeff Steffy
plex and tasty.”
Abraço
—Andy Sprenger
86 E. 7th St.
Joe Pro Shop No phone
131 W. 21st St. abraconyc.com
212-924-7400 Neighborhood: East Village
joenewyork.com Opens: Tuesday–Saturday, 8 a.m.;
Neighborhood: Chelsea Sunday, 9 a.m.
Opens: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.; Style: Coffee and baked goods
Saturday–Sunday, 9 a.m. “Pretty essentially New York City for me...
Style: Coffee bar tiny, bustling, and great pastries.”
“One of my favorite filter coffees ever was —Ryan Fisher
served to me at Joe Pro, which serves a great Amor y Amargo
selection of coffees that are difficult to find in 443 E. 6th St.
the States.” —Camila Ramos 212-614-6818
Little Collins amoryamargo.com
Neighborhood: East Village
667 Lexington Ave.
Opens: Monday–Friday, 5 p.m.;
212-308-1969
Saturday–Sunday, 3 p.m.
littlecollins.com
Style: Coffee and cocktails
Neighborhood: Midtown East
Opens: Monday–Friday, 7 a.m.; “Top marks for drinks and coffee would have
to go to the folks at Amor y Amargo and their
Saturday–Sunday, 8 a.m.
Double Buzz Sundays. I’ve never had coffee/
Style: Coffee and food
drink pairings like this before, and I love the way
“The best filter coffee I’ve been served in
their bottled iced coffee is nestled among
a cafe in recent memory was a Kalita Wave of
bottles of spirits, and used as an ingredient
Finca Kilimanjaro, brewed using the Modbar
like any other component in a cocktail. It’s like
machine at Little Collins in New York. It
coffee is hanging out with the cool kids rather
was... everything you could ever want in a
than being pushed in a fridge with the sticky
cup of filter coffee.” —Samuel Lewontin
bottles of pre-squeezed grapefruit juice.”
Third Rail Coffee —Zachary Carlsen
240 Sullivan St.
646-580-1240 Voyager Espresso
thirdrailcoffee.com 110 William St.
Neighborhood: Greenwich Village 646-885-6792
Opens: Monday–Friday, 7 a.m.; Saturday– voyagerespresso.com
Sunday, 8 a.m. Neighborhood: East Village
Style: Coffee bar Opens: Monday–Friday, 7:30 a.m.
“Best charmer.” —Alice Quillet Style: Coffee bar
“For a coffee shop to do something truly
Everyman Espresso different in design or conception is unusual
301 W. Broadway nowadays, but there’s nothing usual about
212-226-2362 Voyager Espresso. It is stowed away in a
everymanespresso.com downstairs subway-access corridor (near
Neighborhood: Soho the 2/3 trains) in the Financial District.
Opens: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.; There is a vague Carl Sagan theme and a
Saturday–Sunday, 9 a.m. quarterly rotation of elite roasters; it’s one
Style: Coffee and waffles of the best coffee spots going—in one of
“The ambience is clean, hip, and intimate, the city’s most unlikely places.”
and the service is on point. The (often) tiki- —Liz Clayton and Avidan Ross
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