The US Book Show, a one-day publishing industry event, takes place this year on May 22 at New York University’s Kimmel Center—in person only. The show was founded in 2021 by Publishers Weekly to help fill the void left by BookExpo and is being presented in cooperation with the Association of American Literary Agents.
The day’s events will open with a CEO roundtable with Jonathan Karp of Simon & Schuster, Aman Kochar of Baker & Taylor, Mary McAveney of Abrams, and Peter Warwick of Scholastic. Panels will cover topics such as auctions, artificial intelligence, book P&Ls, contracts and copyright, and sales. The day closes with a cocktail party sponsored by Spotify. Jane will attend and feature coverage of the event in the June 5 issue. Learn more and register.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
