Book Blogger Con Recap

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Last week, I attended the Book Blogger Conference held in conjunction with BookExpo America.  I was thrilled to be able to participate this year.  In previous years, the conference was held on the Friday after BEA, when all I want …

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2012 Guide to BookExpo America for BlogWorld Expo Attendees

Last year, BlogWorld Expo officially became a bi-coastal event by co-locating with BookExpo America in New York City.  It was such a success, they are going to do it again next week. I’m not sure of how the locations will …

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When Worlds Collide – BEA + BlogWorld Expo = Hectic IT Girl

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Last  week was the first co-locating of BlogWorld Expo and Book Expo America – two conferences that usually take up a lot of my time separately.  Putting them together was completely and totally overwhelming, and only sometimes in a bad …

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Dummies Man LIVE at NYSE

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There’s a big event in the Wiley world happening today.  As if it weren’t already BookExpo, BlogWorld Expo East AND the 20th Anniversary of the For Dummies brand, today Dummies Man himself will be on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ringing …

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Making the most of BEA @ BWENY

This post is also running on the official BlogWorld Expo blog.  If you are attending BlogWorld East at the Javits Center this week, you may not be familiar with the other conference that is co-located with BWE – Book Expo …

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New Book Review: "This Is Where I Leave You"

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One of my better grabs from BookExpo was a copy of  Jonathan Tropper‘s new novel.  Remarkably, I have already finished it, a scant 2 months after receiving it.  Sure, that may not seem like a big deal.  But let’s be honest here…I have …

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BEA Galley Roundup

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One of the best parts of BEA is getting advance reader copies of books due to hit the shelves in fall or winter.  While Dan Brown’s bestseller in waiting was not among the crop of titles I ran off with, …

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BEA Day 0

Wanted to post a couple of notes from BEA (BookExpo America), which took place this past weekend.  The Expo part runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  BEA holds educational sessions on Thursday, as does the ABA who run their “Day of …

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Blood Lust for Books

When I was at BEA earlier this summer, I picked up a few galleys and books to read.  OK, if you were with me or saw me at the show, you are falling over laughing right now.  I’m well known …

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BEA – on the cutting edge

Thanks to Lance, the writer behind Mediumatlarge.net, I got a heads-up to check out the schedule of sessions and presentations going on at BookExpo America.  While it’s not exactly going to rival the slate of a conference that’s all about …

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LA Stories

If you work in publishing, odds are you and your company are working on your presence at BookExpo right now.  The main conference in the publishing industry, BookExpo America, aka BEA, takes place the last weekend of May in Los …

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