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Thoughts on books, publicity, and the media from our Cave Henricks staff.

BEA takes us into the future

Book Expo 2011 is now just a memory, a blur of long aisles, new books, the latest publishing news and three days of meeting live with those we do business with all year.  In other words, our pleasure. New York greeted the booklovers who descended upon the city with sunny skies and gorgeous spring weather, […]

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The Biggest Show of all for Book Lovers

That headline could easily be disputed – even among book lovers.  But after twenty years of walking the floors, manning booths, attending panels and hitting the after parties with my publishing colleagues, I cop to still being ready to pack a bag and head to where the action is come the end of May. BookExpo […]

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800-CEO-REcap

Barbara, Dennis and I spent the week trading ideas with some of business book publishing’s brightest stars in Milwaukee at the 800-CEO-READ Author Pow Wow. We watched Sally Hogshead convince Jack Covert to take a shot of Jagermeister before noon, played Personality Poker and were reminded of how wonderful Austin, TX is in the winter […]

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A Case for the Book Festival

Here in Austin, October is festival month. I kicked it off with Austin City Limits, where I channeled my inner hipster and left with a wicked sunburn. Next weekend is a double-whammy, with the Austin Film Festival AND our first-ever Freak Show Festival. It’s a logical pairing, actually – our charmingly weird little city incarnate. […]

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The Power of Pull Launches in New York

John Hagel and John Seely Brown were at the Times Center in New York Monday night launching their just-released book, THE POWER OF PULL (Basic, hardcover.) In a lively discussion led by New York Magazine’s John Heileman, they discussed how their new book moves beyond the mere technological changes in our world, to the serious, […]

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The Full Plate Diet becomes a bestseller

Our hats off to THE FULL PLATE DIET, publisher Ray Bard and authors, Dr. Stuart Seale, Dr. Teresa Sherard and Dr. Diana Fleming, who just made the New York Times bestseller list. BookPeople in Austin hosted the authors this week for an event where everyone learned how to drop pounds and get healthy without gimmicks, […]

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