BEA Startup Challenge: Applications Now Open

By Dianna Dilworth 

Book Expo America (BEA) is looking for book-related startups to feature at the show this year in Startup Alley.

Sponsored by Sourcebooks and Ingram, twenty startups will be selected to showcase their companies at the show. These emerging companies will compete for the opportunity to be named BEA’s 2015 Most Promising Publishing Startup. Follow this link to apply. Here is more from the press release:

In addition, this year the BEA Startup Challenge will add the People’s Choice Award, selected by the attendees and exhibitors to BEA.  All Startups selected to be included in the event are eligible for prize consideration. A select few will have the opportunity to make their case to the judges at this year’s event.

The judges for the event include: Jordan Bettman, Bain Capital Ventures, Dominique Raccah, CEO of Sourcebooks, Brian Napack, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity, Jason Saltzman, Alley NYC and Ed Klaris, Managing Director, DiSilva+Philips.