Day of Dialog 2007 Registration

-- Library Journal, 3/5/2007

2007 Day of Dialog for Publishers, Vendors, and Librarians
Thursday, May 31, 2007

McGraw-Hill Conference Center
1221 6th Ave. (between 48th & 49th St.)
New York, NY 10020

This perennially popular—and free—all-day program for collection development/management librarians and library directors brings together several hundred librarians, along with distributors, publishers, and authors. You don't need to register for the Book Expo America to attend.

Check-in will begin at 8:15 a.m. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The wrap-up: a networking happy hour from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.. No fee. Registration is limited.

Preliminary Program

8:15–9:00 a.m.: Breakfast and Registration

9:00–9:15 a.m.: Welcome

9:15–10:15 a.m.: The Most Banned Children's Book of the Year—And Tango Makes Three (S. & S.)
The authors, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, and the editor, David Gale, who conceived, wrote, and published And Tango Makes Three as well as a noted librarian/intellectual freedom advocate Pat Scales will discuss the book's genesis, impact, and the efforts to censor it.

• Justin Richardson, MD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell and co-author (with Mark Schuster) of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know about Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask). He has appeared on the Today show and NPR’s Morning Edition.
• Peter Parnell is a playwright whose drama QED was produced by the Lincoln Center Theatre Company on Broadway. He has written extensively for television as a producer for both The West Wing and The Guardian.

Moderator: Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief, School Library Journal

10:15–11:30 a.m.: Editor's Hot Picks
Top editors from adult trade houses reveal what fall fiction and nonfiction titles are must-have, as well as discuss the latest trends to watch for.
Jonathan Burnham, Senior VP & Publisher, Harper: HarperCollins
Sarah Crichton, Publisher, Sarah Crichton Books: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Jennifer Enderlin, Associate Publisher & Executive Editor, St. Martin's Press
Paul Slovak, VP & Associate Publisher, Viking
Moderator: Barbara Hoffert, Book Review Editor, LJ

11:30–11:40 a.m.: Break

11:40–12:15 p.m.: LJ Talks to Carl Lennertz
Carl Lennertz, VP of Independent Retailing, HarperCollins, and author (Cursed By a Happy Childhood)
Barbara Genco, Director of Collection Development, Brooklyn Public Library

12:15–1:15 p.m.: Lunch

1:15–2:30 p.m.: YA Crossover
Many books speak to both adults and young adults, but how do editors and authors make the decision to pitch them to one audience or the other—or both?
Angelina Benedetti, Selection & Order Manager, King County Library System, WA
Farrin Jacobs, Executive Editor, HarperCollins Children's Books
Barry Lyga, author (The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, Houghton)
John Sherer, Publisher, Basic Books: Perseus
Victoria Stapleton, Manager of Library Services, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Moderator: Barbara Hoffert, Book Review Editor, LJ

2:30–2:40 p.m.: Break

2:40–3:55 p.m.: Romance
The latest trends in the most popular genre, including erotica, ebooks, and e-marketing, and more.
Kate Duffy, Editorial Director, Kensington Publishing
Mary-Theresa Hussey, Executive Editor, Silhouette Books: Harlequin
Kristin Ramsdell, LJ's Romance columnist and Reference Librarian, California State University, East Bay
Eloisa James, author, Avon
Moderator: Bette-Lee Fox, Managing Editor, LJ

3:55–4:00 p.m.: Wrap Up

4:00–5:00 p.m.: Networking Happy Hour

We extend a special thanks to those sponsors who make this day possible: HarperCollins, Holtzbrinck, iUniverse, McGraw-Hill, Perseus Books, and Sterling

DUE TO OVERWHELMING RESPONSE, REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.