On Sept. 27, Eat Right America will be at the American Diabetes Association Expo presenting their Eat for Health books. This event will take place from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Javits Center in New York City. Admission is free so come for multi-cultural diabetes information, free health screenings, cooking demonstrations and everything you need to know about diabetes under one roof.

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
11th Ave., between 34th & 39th Streets
New York, NY

Admission: Free

On Sept. 22, from 9am-6pm at the NYU Kimmel Center Publishers Weekly magazine, will hold this 1 day course for authors about how the publishing industry really works. Karen Strauss will speak at 2:30pm on the topics of book marketing and publicity. The day will include many influential book agents, authors, editors and book marketing professionals, who will speak on a variety of topics, from nuts and bolts to alternative publishing.

NYU Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

On Sept. 19 at 12:30pm, the Publishers Advertising and Marketing Association (PAMA) will be hosting a luncheon with Arianna Huffington as the guest speaker. Arianna Huffington is an accomplished author of 12 books, nationally syndicated columnist, lobbyist, and founder of The Huffington Post. The topic she will discuss will be, “Game Change: How New Media Affects the Marketing of Books, Candidates, and Ideas.” This is a great opportunity to hear the thoughts of such an influential person and network with others in the book industry.

Place:
Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel
569 Lexington (at 51st Street)

Cost:
$75.00 per person

RSVP with company and attendee names to rsvp@pama-ny.org

Amazon acquired Shelfari yesterday. Amazon has been buying up book related companies so this purchase seems fitting. Shelfari.com is a fantastic social networking site for book lovers. With features that allow you to build your own virtual bookshelf, get book recommendations from others, join groups, and review books, one can only imagine what this new Amazon partnership will bring in the future.