Aiming to make BookExpo America "a year-round convention without
walls," BEA is expanding its podcasting offerings and launching video
streaming coverage of events from the show as well as other material
related to books, authors and the industry. Via its podcast site, BEA is offering the material both to the industry and the general public.
Besides coverage of events at May's BEA in Washington, which includes some 36 speeches, talks and other material and has been available for podcasts since the show, BEA is now offering podcast coverage of the National Book Awards and podcast and streaming video coverage of the panel "Protecting Privacy, Challenging Secrecy, and Standing Up for the First Amendment," held September 28 in Washington. For next year's show in New York City, BEA is setting up the BEA Authors' Studio; under the program, authors and publishers will be able to record 5- to 10-minute audio interviews for booksellers, other industry members and the general public.
"BEA is about relationships and the exchange of information and ideas," BEA event director Lance Fensterman said in a statement. "Our new digital ventures extend those principles beyond the three physical days of the show and typify the course I have set for BEA in coming years. The podcast program marks the beginning of a vision for BEA which utilizes the platform we have within the book and publishing industry to better serve the industry 365 days a year."
Rob Simon, president and CEO of BurstMarketing, which is working with BEA on this project, said, "The buzz about books which typically begins at BEA may now be further leveraged, and the audience for the books and authors featured at BEA as well as at other events will now be more inclusive."
Besides coverage of events at May's BEA in Washington, which includes some 36 speeches, talks and other material and has been available for podcasts since the show, BEA is now offering podcast coverage of the National Book Awards and podcast and streaming video coverage of the panel "Protecting Privacy, Challenging Secrecy, and Standing Up for the First Amendment," held September 28 in Washington. For next year's show in New York City, BEA is setting up the BEA Authors' Studio; under the program, authors and publishers will be able to record 5- to 10-minute audio interviews for booksellers, other industry members and the general public.
"BEA is about relationships and the exchange of information and ideas," BEA event director Lance Fensterman said in a statement. "Our new digital ventures extend those principles beyond the three physical days of the show and typify the course I have set for BEA in coming years. The podcast program marks the beginning of a vision for BEA which utilizes the platform we have within the book and publishing industry to better serve the industry 365 days a year."
Rob Simon, president and CEO of BurstMarketing, which is working with BEA on this project, said, "The buzz about books which typically begins at BEA may now be further leveraged, and the audience for the books and authors featured at BEA as well as at other events will now be more inclusive."