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This week, BookExpo America [1] (BEA) announced that, for the first time, the show’s author appearances will be available to the public for viewing live and on demand. BEA’s Author Breakfasts will be broadcast via Livestream across the web and on mobile devices. The streamed events will showcase “buy buttons” from IndieBound, Sony, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble to allow viewers to order current titles or place a pre-order for titles that have not yet been released.
Other BEA author events will be recorded, including programming on the Downtown Stage and the Editors Buzz panels. Both the live and recorded programming will be archived and will be available for viewing on demand during and after the show at www.bookexpoamerica.com [1] and www.facebook.com/bookexpoamerica [2]. The programs will also be available to dedicated industry trade sites and bloggers.
BEA plans to broadcast 20 hours of live coverage from the convention and will add recorded events to the BEA website for several weeks following the close of the show. Viewers will be able to share live events on Twitter and Facebook, and an interactive chat feature will allow viewers from around the globe to interact. A select few questions will be taken from outside viewers for BEA panelists.
In other news this week, BEA announced the addition of two authors from the entertainment world to its events lineup. Jimmy Fallon, the host of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, whose Thank You Notes 2 was published this month by Grand Central Publishing, will make a special guest appearance at the 8:00 a.m. Author Breakfast on Thursday, June 7, in the Special Events Hall. The breakfast will also feature the presentation of the 20th annual PW Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year Award.
Singer-song writer Patti Smith, the 2010 National Book Award winner for Fiction for Just Kids (Ecco), was added this week to the Wednesday, June 6, free noon-time event in the Special Events Hall. Smith will interview Neil Young about his upcoming memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, to be published in North America by Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), in fall of 2012. BEA attendees are invited to bring their lunch to the event.
Previously announced BEA Author Event participants are:
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Adult Book & Author Breakfast (Special Events Hall)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Children’s Book & Author Breakfast (Special Events Hall)
THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Adult Book & Author Breakfast (Special Events Hall)
Tickets for all BEA Author Breakfasts are currently on sale for $45 for breakfast roundtable seating and $25 for no breakfast theater seating. You must be a registered BEA attendee in order to purchase a ticket. Doors open at 7:45 a.m.
Links:
[1] http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/
[2] http://www.facebook.com/bookexpoamerica