Hosted by ForeWord Magazine and the New York Center for Independent Publishing, and sponsored by BookExpo America. Anchoring the Premium Independent Publishers Area on the show floor in the West Hall, the Lounge is a comfortable place for meetings, events, and relaxing. ForeWord editors will be available, and NYCIP is providing opportunities to engage with industry leaders through mini-workshops. Watch the BEA (www.bookexpoamerica.com, ForeWord (www.forewordmagazine.com/BEA), and NYCIP (www.nycip.org) websites for updated lists of guest speakers and publishing experts. Find us at Booth numbers, 5631 through 5641.

REGISTER NOW in our free Galleys2Grab program, a list of galleys available at BEA, distributed in both PDF and print form at the show. Register your books to help the publishing community find your book! Deadlline to register is May 15!

Coming soon... a PDF file of the Galleys2Grab list with booth location and title information, check back here to download the PDF document or pick up a print copy at the show from The Independent Press Lounge, booth number 5641.

2:00-3:30 pm
Level Two Concourse
Theatre Room #411

ForeWord's Tenth Annual Book of the Year program celebrates the best from the independent publishing community. Gold, Silver and Bronze award-winners will be named in 60 categories. Also to be announced is the Editor's Choice Prize in Fiction and Nonfiction, featuring a $1500 prize.

4:00-5:00pm
Booth number 5641

Join us as ForeWord Magazine toasts 10 years of celebrating the best books from independent presses. The reception begins immediately after the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards at the Independent Publishers Lounge.

The New York Center for Independent Publishing (formerly known as the Small Press Center) is both a cultural center and a national organization, dedicated to promoting free expression of ideas through awareness of independently published books, by creating a community that supports independent publishers and fosters learning and the advancement of knowledge of book publishing through workshops, lectures, exhibits, an annual book fair, a writers' conference and other initiatives.