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BookExpo America (BEA) has formalized plans to host China at its Global Market Forum in 2015.
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...Chinese publishers were being feted as international guests of honor. To mark the event, the Chinese government sent a 500-person delegation from 100 publishing houses, and 26 of its top authors. Chinese publishers claimed close to 25,000 square feet of floor space at the hall….
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