BookExpo America
BookExpo America | |
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Genre | Reed Exhibitions |
Website | http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/ |
BookExpo America (commonly referred to within the
In later years, it was accompanied by the spin-off event BookCon, a literature fan convention oriented towards the general public.[1][2]
History
The event was founded as the
From its beginning until 1970, it was held in Washington, D.C.[3] Starting in 1971, it rotated through different cities (1971 Boston, 1972 Washington, 1973 Los Angeles, 1974 Washington, 1975 New York, and so on).[4] In the 1990s and early 2000s, BEA was often held in
The 2015 book fair featured Chinese publishers for the first time.[8][9]
For a time, DigiCon from the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) ran concurrently with BEA.
The 2020 edition was initially delayed from May 2020 to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was later canceled. In December 2020, Reed Exhibitions announced that BookExpo America and sister events BookCon and Unbound would be "retired" indefinitely in order to "explore new ways to meet the community's needs through a fusion of in-person and virtual events."[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "BookExpo and BookCon Are No More". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ a b "A landmark publishing fair is on ice. Booksellers are wistful but hardly surprised". Los Angeles Times. 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ a b "Past And Future". tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
- ^ Search for "American Booksellers Association" at timesmachine.nytimes.com
- ^ "BookExpo America homepage". Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "BookExpo America Show Page". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- ^ "BookExpo America Show Page". Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ "BookExpo America Formalizes Plans to Host China at 2015 Show". bookexpoamerica.com. BookExpo America. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original (press release) on May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
BookExpo America (BEA) has formalized plans to host China at its Global Market Forum in 2015.
- ^ Alexandra Alter (May 28, 2015). "China's Publishers Court America as Its Authors Scorn Censorship". The New York Times. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
...Chinese publishers were being feted as international guests of honor. To mark the event, the Chinese government sent a 500-person delegation from 100 publishing houses, and 26 of its top authors. Chinese publishers claimed close to 25,000 square feet of floor space at the hall….
- ^ "IDPF DigiCon". Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "IDPF Has Combined with W3C". Retrieved 2018-03-25.