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BookExpo America (BEA) combines the largest selection of English language titles on the planet with special industry and author events along with unparalleled educational content delivering a dynamic environment for networking, sourcing, and relationship building. BEA offers three event-packed days, more than 500 authors, hundreds of new titles, 1,300+ exhibitors, and multiple Author Stages, along with the Digital Discovery Zone (D2Z) brought to you by IDPF. The BEA Conference Program features content that addresses critical industry issues and offers you insights and information about conducting and expanding your business.

BEA is a totally unique book fair! It is a trade only event that delivers the largest gathering of booksellers, librarians, retailers, and industry professionals anywhere in North America. It is where the latest technology trends are discovered, explained and on display. BEA is a content event as the leading rights fair in North and South America for agents, scouts, sub-rights as well as movie/television production and development personnel. It is the media event for publishing with more than 2,000 credentialed media personnel.

Executive Steering Committee

The BookExpo America (BEA) Executive Steering Committee consists of leading experts in publishing. This committee of experts is helping to ensure that the BEA event continues to evolve to keep pace with the industry.

Alison Lazarus
President Sales
Macmillan

Dick Heffernan
President
Trade Sales
Penguin Group USA

Jaci Updike
Senior Vice President
Random House

Jack Jensen
President
Chronicle Books

Josh Marwell
President
HarperCollins

Martha Otis
Senior Vice President
Hachette Book Group

Rick Joyce
Senior Vice President
Perseus

Terry Nathan
Executive Director
Independent Book Publishers Group

Liz Perl
Senior Vice President
Simon & Schuster

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