BookExpo America (BEA)
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The granddaddy of book expos, BookExpo America (BEA) is the largest annual book trade fair in the United States. Last year more than 37,000 people attended BEA from over 80 countries, including librarians, booksellers, authors, agents, editors, educators and others. This year BEA will be held in Los Angeles from May 29 to June 1 and as usual many major publishers will have booths and exhibits.

According to BookExpo America, the Exhibition Hall will include more than 2,000 companies from around the world showcasing products and services in the following categories—

• African American—now in its fifth year, the African American Pavilion at BEA is the marketplace for thousands of African American publishing industry professionals
• Children’s Books—hundreds of books and publishers covering the entire span of young adult publishing and its products
• Education Connection—books and products for children, schools and children’s libraries
• Independent Publishers—drop in and find yourself engaged with editors, publishers and other progressive leaders of this robust arm of the publishing industry
• International Rights Center—where literary rights are bought and sold.
• Remainders—from recent to the unique and hard to find titles, including books, music and sidelines
• Spanish Language Publishing—featuring publishers from Spanish speaking nations and U.S. publishers with Spanish titles
• University Press—books intended for academic use produced and published by universities
• Writers Row—new authors with one to two titles under their belts
• Other Pavilions include Graphic Novel, Travel, Art, and Audio

Register before May 23 and you may be eligible for a discount!

BEA 2008

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