BookExpo America
-- Tradeshow Week, 5/26/2008
Where: Los Angeles Convention Center (rotates)
When: May 29-June 1 (annual)
Show owner: Reed Exhibitions
Show sponsors: American Booksellers Assn. and Assn. of American Publishers
Who exhibits: Book publishers, wholesalers and suppliers of book-related products
Who attends: Booksellers, librarians, educators, writers and critics
First year of show: 1901
2007 show statistics: 257,077 net sq. ft.; approximately 2,000 exhibitors; 15,634 professional attendees
Rank on 2008 TSW 200: 94
New this year: Graphic Novel Day with a breakfast panel featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and “Heroes” producer Jeph Loeb, evidence that the graphic novel has finally arrived.
The bottom line: Well … HarperCollins plans to break the news to its booksellers during BookExpo that it's eliminating its traditional paper catalogue. From now on, the list of print editions of the books it has to offer will only be available … online. HarperCollins President Jane Friedman has promised to be gentle. Penguin and Random House already took the leap.
