REPORT BOOKEXPO AMERICA NEW TITLE SHOWCASE May 28-31, 2009 New York, NY Close to 1,200 titles were on display in the New Title Showcase. The display was once again positioned in the Crystal Palace lobby area of the Jacob Javits Convention Center giving it prime visibility. It was visible immediately when you walked into the convention center on the main level and was right near one of the two main entrances to the larger hall. Over 5,000 catalogs and addendums were printed for this years display. By the conclusion of the show, only about 750 remained in the exhibit. Overall, BEA and CBE was pleased with the activity and amount of people who stopped and perused the titles on display. Much of the time, we had 20 or more people walking through the exhibit and reviewing the titles on the shelves. There were other times when the amount of people in the area was limited but those busier times far outnumbered the slower times. We found that the quality of people who stopped was very good and they went walking around the entire exhibit looking at each bookcase and seeing which books were there. Upon seeing a book cover which interested them, they would go pick it up and look through it and then make notations about the book in the note pages of the catalog. Our staff reminded the attendees that the title all can be found at www.newtitleshowcase.com. This was noted and numerous people said they that they found the searchable database a valuable tool when they returned home. A nice balance of bookbuyers came by. Librarians, independent store owners, representatives from amazon and barnes and noble, publishers from companies around the world came by and looked around or just made sure they brought back with them the catalog listings for review upon their return home. With the worldwide growth of publishing, we believe that our participants should know also about a new website, www.pubmatch.org. It is a social network of the worldwide publishing community bringing authors, illustrators, publishers and agents together in an easy site where registrants. PubMatch.org is more than just a place to meet your industry peers; it's a place to develop business relationships specifically catered to the international publishing industry. Your free account includes your contact information, types of books you work with (subject tags), what you're looking for on PubMatch.org, what trade shows you're attending, and if you're a publisher or agent/agency, whether your accepting new submissions or not, and your submission guidelines. Once your account is created, you can add titles to your profile, and include all pertinent information including title, author, illustrator, if it's been published yet, a book image, preview pages of the book (or the entire manuscript), and most importantly, what rights you're trying to sell! This year, BEA decided to have the opportunity for the visitors to choose the Buzz Books and select the best Illustrated and Non-Illustrated books on display. See the winners at www.newtitleshowcase.com .