Saturday, June 09, 2012

News from Publishing Perspectives


What really goes into making a BEA buzz book? Authorial obsessions, personal histories, medical redemption, the art and deliberate artifice of voice. 

You can trace the success of titles ranging from Eat Pray Love to The Art of Fielding to early BEA buzz. Which BEA 2012 title left the strongest impression? 
Publishing the World Book Club is attended by young publishing pros interested in reading, promoting and publishing literature in translation. 

"As subsequent stories creep out from the epicenter, the work becomes more diluted," said one novelist at BEA's YA Buzz panel, where hot titles were showcased. 

BEA is a showcase for the best new books from the United States. What was the hottest YA or children's title you discovered at BookExpo America this year? 

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