![]() Usually held in Frankfurt the day before the book fair, the seminar this year is a free online event and focuses on book, e-book and audiobook metadata. Participation is free but registration is required.ĮDItEUR's 42nd annual International Supply Chain Seminar will take place on Tuesday, October 13, 7-11 a.m., Eastern time. Panelists include Meryl Halls, managing director of the Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Maria Edsman, CEO of Bokhandelsgruppen (Sweden) Neil Springall, head of operations at Penguin Random House UK Mathijs Suidman, commercial director of media distribution of the Centraal Boekhuis (Netherlands) and Frédérique Massot, president of the committee for sustainable development at SLF (the French independent bookstore association). Eastern, the European and International Booksellers Federation is holding " Towards a Greener Book Sector," which will focus on how to make the book chain more environmentally friendly. The editors are: Juan Milà of Harper Via, Peter Blackstock of Grove Atlantic, Gabriella Page-Fort of Amazon Crossing, Michael Reynolds of Europa Editions, John Siciliano of Penguin Classics, Michael Wise of New Vessel Press, Jenna Johnson of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Lauren Wein of Avid Reader Press/S&S, Nathan Rostron of Restless Books and Kendall Storey of Catapult Books. on the process of acquiring books in translation, what they are looking for, and how they are making acquisitions decisions. Editors panel features editors from large and small publishing houses in the U.S. ![]() Eastern, the Meet the Editors: An Hour with U.S. The panel is moderated by Shelf Awareness's own John Mutter. Panelists are a sterling group of booksellers and publishers: Ramunda Lark Young of MahoganyBooks, Washington, D.C., Cristina Rodriguez of Deep Vellum Bookstore, Dallas, Tex., Jeff Deutsch of the Seminary Co-op Bookstore and 57th Street Books, Chicago, Ill., John McDonald of Haymarket Books and Anne Rumberger of Verso Books. Part of the 20-20 Vision program and sponsored by Books Across Borders (the former Bookselling Without Borders), the panel will focus on the rise of political publishing and social justice handselling in the U.S. " Selling Political and Social Justice Books in the U.S." will take place on Monday, October 12, noon-1 p.m. (Most events require only that a viewer register with the book fair.) Among them: Last year, Snyder said that the first floor will be a traditional bookstore and include a coffee bar the second floor will be a multi-functional space for workshops, yoga classes, summer camps and more the upper floor will be a studio apartment for a writing residency and the outdoor grounds, including meditation gardens, will eventually be a site for outdoor concerts, theater performances, salon dinners, etc.Īlthough the Frankfurt Book Fair won't take place in the usual way next week, organizers have arranged for an extensive virtual program that includes panels and seminars addressing topics of great interest to booksellers. Ivy Bookshop completely renovated the space. More than a year ago, owner Emma Snyder had announced the move to the former site of the Divine Life Church, which has about 2,700 square feet of space, plus a basement, and nearly 2.5 acres of outside grounds. Tomorrow the store will begin offering private browsing sessions and curbside pickup, and starting Saturday, October 17, it will offer "special weekend activities on our covered patio and across our gardens." According to the Baltimore Sun, a coffee bar will open later this fall, "with help from the store's sister outpost, Bird in Hand." "Our drywall-dusted, paint-spattered, paper-cut selves have missed you deeply, and The Ivy Bookshop is ready to open our new doors and welcome you to our new location." "We made it!" the store wrote on Facebook. The Ivy Bookshop, Baltimore, Md., has opened in its new, larger location, a move postponed for several months by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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