Walter Frederick Osborne's 1889 "The Dublin Streets; a vendor of Books" in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Daily Thoughts 05/29/2019
I went to Book Expo America this
morning and registered early. I went to the VIP lounge and read
through the show planner and the Show Daily from Publishers Weekly.
I went and watched the keynote
speakers. This is an article from Publishers Weekly on the keynote.
Dominique Raccah also talked about the
wide variety of formats which are available for books in addition to
the idea that books can be designed so that there are different
versions for children, adults, and young adults.
Jacqueline Woodson mentioned We Need
Diverse Books, http://www.diversebooks.org
After the keynote, I went and visited
several different booths. I collected business cards from publicists
for graphic novels, picked up a wide variety of catalogs and books
including Identity Leadership by Graham Stedman, National
Geographic Almanac 2019, Hotel Dare by Terry Blas and
Claudia Aguirre which is a teen graphic novel, Young Frederick
Douglass by Dickson J. Preston, Life and Death in Rikers
Island by Homer Venters, and Berlin Noir Edited by Thomas
Wortche which is mystery. I also picked an Advanced Reading Copy of
Trouble Maker for Justice The Story of Bayard Rustin, The Man Behind
the March On Washington by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, and
Michael G. Long and an Advanced Reading Copy of Bill Marriott
Success Is Never Final His Life and Decisions That Built a Hotel
Empire by Dale Van Atta.
I had some coffee in the Librarians
Lounge where I sorted through some books. I wrote down a number of
titles which I plan to order because there is a limit on how much I
can carry. This includes Brooklyn the Once and Future City
by Thomas J. Campanella.
I went to second program in the
afternoon Learn How Public Libraries Impact Title/Author Discovery
and Book Sales: Data Driven Insights From the Panorama Project. This
was a panel discussion on Readers Advisory and book clubs. There
were some interesting ideas about advertising for book clubs as well
as partnering with local bookstores. https://www.panoramaproject.org/
I finished visiting more booths after
the Panorama Project panel. There were quite a few sidelines like
bookmarks and games. They even had the distributor for Madlibs.
On the way home, I finished reading Keep Going 10 Ways to Stay Creative In Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon. This book is a self help book focused on creativity. It reminds you to stay focused on creating things and not get districted. Part of this is being consistent, taking time each day to create, and staying focused. I enjoy reading Austin Kleon's books.
I also read some more of Aristotle's Way. I am reading about mortality and the importance of leading a good life.
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