Whom You Know: #ReadThis #LegalPeachy @BookExpoAmerica #BookExpo #WhomYouKnow BOOKEXPO AND NEW YORK RIGHTS FAIR FORGE A MULTIYEAR PARTNERSHIP TO SERVE THE GLOBAL BOOK INDUSTRY FROM RIGHTS TO RETAIL

Monday, June 11, 2018

#ReadThis #LegalPeachy @BookExpoAmerica #BookExpo #WhomYouKnow BOOKEXPO AND NEW YORK RIGHTS FAIR FORGE A MULTIYEAR PARTNERSHIP TO SERVE THE GLOBAL BOOK INDUSTRY FROM RIGHTS TO RETAIL

BookExpo and New York Rights Fair (NYRF) today announced a multiyear partnership agreement for the joint management of the New York Rights Fair, formalizing the parties’ strategic vision for the future of the shows. With the success of the inaugural NYRF and the success in reimagining BookExpo in 2018, this new partnership will enhance the publisher, agent and author experience in an effort to better service the global publishing community.

BookExpo and New York Rights Fair are currently administering surveys of this year’s participants to ascertain the shows’ respective strengths and better evaluate future opportunities for continued improvement and growth. After analyzing the survey results, BookExpo and NYRF will determine the 2019 structure of NYRF, as well as its location. The team anticipates announcing these details later this month after the customer surveys are completed and analyzed.

“With BookExpo, this multiyear partnership agreement ensures that the New York Rights Fair, with New York City as its home for the foreseeable future, continues to grow and to serve the international rights community,” said George Slowik, Jr., president of NYRF and co-owner of Publishers Weekly.

“The New York Rights Fair is the perfect complement to BookExpo, in that both are shaping and reshaping the U.S. publishing landscape,” said Ed Several, Senior Vice President, Reed Exhibitions, owner of BookExpo. “Rights are important; retail is important. Working together, we go forward to continue to expand the industry and the opportunities associated with it.”

“Bringing together the international community was the core mission, and we accomplished that in year one of NYRF,” said Marco Momoli, commercial director of BolognaFiere, co-owner of NYRF. “Now we build upon that initial success with a trusted partner that is well-respected by the U.S. publishing industry.”

Jon Malinowski, president of Combined Book Exhibit, co-owner of NYRF, said, “NYRF this year was a starting point. From here, we can only grow. With the new partnership with BookExpo, together we benefit from each other’s experience and expertise.” He noted that the inaugural NYRF hosted exhibitors and agents from 19 countries and approximately 3,000 visitors, including many who visited from BookExpo.

“Both parties are committed to providing a seamless, comfortable and professionally rewarding experience for fair exhibitors and attendees,” said Slowik.

ABOUT BOOKEXPO

BookExpo is North America’s largest gathering of book trade professionals, attracting an audience from around the globe. The event is being reimagined to be the place where the business of bookselling gets done in North America. It’s the place where industry, authors and readers converge to define the direction of the publishing industry for years to come. BookExpo provides a focused professional environment to discover emerging authors and the next blockbuster titles, engage with the world’s most influential publishers and learn from industry leaders and peers. BookExpo is organized with the support of association partners including the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR).

ABOUT NEW YORK RIGHTS FAIR

The New York Rights Fair is produced by BolognaFiere S.p.A, the leading European exhibition organizer, Publishers Weekly, the international news platform of the book publishing industry, and Combined Book Exhibit, a publishing marketing and promotion resource. It is the first trade and licensing show in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to the international rights, distribution and licensing of content, both adult and children’s. The inaugural New York Rights Fair took place May 30 – June 1, 2018, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. The fair offers a unique venue for U.S. publishers, agents and rights professionals across adult and children’s markets to network with their global counterparts in the publishing capital of the world. The three-day fair presented 70 speakers from around the world and covered rights sales negotiation and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels.

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