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Authors and editors discussed the importance of university presses and the role they play in American society.

Kwame Anthony Appiah (author and New York Times columnist), Jane Ciabattari (book columnist and former president of the National Book Critics Circle), John Freeman (author and former editor…

Ariana Paliobagis, owner of Country Bookshelf bookstore, talked about the state of the independent bookstore industry and the literary landscape in Bozeman, Montana.

BookTV visited independent bookstores to mark the 5th annual Independent Bookstore Day.

Linna Thomas, founder and Coalesce bookstore owner, shared the history of her local staple as well as the bookstore’s role in the literary community. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop…

Founded in 1894, Vroman’s Bookstore is the oldest and largest independent book store in Southern California. President Allison Hill gave a tour of the store and shared some of her favorite stories from this…

In 1992, Angel City Press was established in Santa Monica with the goal to publish the non-fiction stories of California. Publishers Paddy Calistro and Scott McAuley spoke about the vision of this locally…

Former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman, She Writes Press publisher Brooke Warner, and self-published author Julie Barton talked about the future of book publishing.

BookTV visits Black Classic Press and talks to its founder and director Paul Coates.

Cary Goldstein, executive director of publicity at Simon & Schuster, previewed many of the publisher’s forthcoming books.

Janet Jones and Alison Turner, owners of Detroit’s Source Booksellers, discussed their bookstore and their favorite books about the city.

Julia Reidhead, president of W.W. Norton, previewed several of the publishing house’s 2017 fall titles, from the publishing industry’s annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.

Marji Ross, president and publisher of Regnery, previewed many of the publisher’s forthcoming books.

Publishing executives Carolyn Reidy, president and CEO of Simon & Schuster; Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House; and John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan discussed the current state of book…

A discussion on the 20th anniversary of the book publisher PublicAffairs, featuring its founder Peter Osnos as well as authors Vernon Jordan, Bradley Graham, and Maya Rao.

From the 2018 National Black Writers Conference, authors discussed the state of publishing for black writers.

Presentation of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Awards chosen by nearly 1,000 critics, authors, and members of the publishing world.

Panelists discussed the 100 year history of the University of Illinois Press.

Representatives of Columbia University Press talked about the value of university presses and how to publish with them.

Peter Ginna, former publisher and editorial director at Bloomsbury Press, described the duties of a book editor. He was joined in conversation by literary agent Gail Ross and Cal Morgan,…