BEA Potpourri Post

BEA is the midst of our busy fall as the team will be participating in NAIBA, NEIBA, Frankfurt & the Heartland Fall Forum over the the next few weeks.  Frankfurt is important for BEA as we get access to so many current customers as well as meeting many new prospects.  It will be s different feel as Frankfurt has consolidated the fair, closing Hall 8 (the English language Hall) and I suspect this will be a good thing and save me a couple of miles of walking between halls on a daily basis.  If you will be in Frankfurt, please visit the BEA booth: Hall 6.0 Stand B35 for a visit, we will have snacks and refreshments! 

We also enjoy going to as many of the regional events as we can staff, appreciating the direct feedback with booksellers as well as the time to talk with exhibitors one on one.  I am particularly excited about the Heartland Fall Forum for a number of reasons.  One, we are taking advantage of the chance to do a site inspection of McCormick.  That will be on Friday Oct. 9th at 9:30 - email me if you are interested in participating (srosato@reedexpo.com).  It has been 11 years since BEA was last in Chicago and it will be helpful to see the venue in person.  Here is the main reason for my excitement:  BEA will be doing a focus group with booksellers to hear first hand on the things we can be doing that better serve their needs at BEA.  I am very grateful to the ABA, the Great Lakes and Midwest Booksellers Association to helping BEA do this at the Heartland event.  

Some random thoughts and a couple of interesting links to share:

• Thank you Hurricane Joaquin for exiting stage right (apologies and prayers anyone to the Bahamas).   
• While the Yankees have limped their way into the 2015 Post Season, they are in the playoffs, and anything is possible, but it is feeling like a Mets or Pirates year
• Here is a terrific interview with Sonny Mehta and the Vogue slideshow is a perfect accompanyment:
• Vanity Fair interview with Sonny Mehta  
• Vogue.com Slideshow from the Alfred-Knopf Anniversary Party
• As publishers well know, part of the Amazon playbook is controlling access to their customers.  It is interesting to see that this tactic rolls across their business and is not just books in going after Apple and Google.   
• Amazon to Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices