Tag: Book Expo America
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BookExpo America 2015: Day 2
On Thursday, I attended the YA Editors’ Buzz panel. I always enjoy these panels; it’s interesting to hear the editors talking about the story behind the book. For example, Laura Chasen from St. Martin’s Griffin talked about sitting down to read the manuscript of Dreams Things True by…
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BookExpo America 2015: Day1
The main conference and exhibit halls for BEA 2015 started mid-day on Wednesday, and ran for half a day. This unusual late opening was convenient for travel, because I was able to drive up in the morning and save a day in the hotel. However, it gave an odd feel…
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Lassie, Devil Horns, Hot Men, and Worldbuilding: Day 2 at BEA
Anyone training for a marathon should consider three days at BookExpo America for building endurance. By the end of day 2, every muscle and joint in my body aches. But it’s so worth it to spend three days surrounded by books and book people. I spent the first part…
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YA books, Star Wars, and Graphic Novels: BookExpo America 2014 Day 1
My day started bright and early at 8am, as I attended the Harlequin Teen Blogger Breakfast. I sat next to the friendly bloggers from Bookcrastinators in wonderland, who have the fun tagline, “Why put off until tomorrow what you can read today?” This was their first BEA, and I enjoyed…
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Thoughts on BookExpo America and BookCon
So, yesterday I read this article in PW about Reed Exhibitions’ plans for the new BookCon on the last day of BookExpo America (BEA). I posted an off-hand comment on Twitter and Facebook that I thought the new plan was great. Apparently, my comments weren’t clear, and some people…
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Things I learned today at BEA
Acquiring copies of the buzz books after a buzz panel requires combat skills usually only needed in post-apocalyptic survival settings. The Jikji Buddhist teachings were printed in Korea using metal movable type in 1377, which was 78 years before Gutenberg’s Bible. (from the Korean Printers Association) Drinking chocolate is…
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Post-BEA Blues: A Book Blogger's Lament
I’m not much of a poet, but this came to me as I was walking up 37th Street from the Javits Center at the end of BEA on Thursday, carrying my heavy bags of books: Post-BEA Blues: A Book Blogger’s Lament Books are heavy on my shoulders. Sore…
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BookExpo America (BEA) 2010
Today was the first day of the exhibit halls for BookExpo America, or BEA, the (hopefully still) annual U.S. trade show for the book business. This year the exhibit part of the show is compressed into two days instead of three, and one floor of the Javits Center instead…
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Book Expo America, Day 3
Sunday was the last day of BEA, and, as expected, it was somewhat quiet. I actually found that to be a good thing, though; I got more accomplished on Sunday than any other day, because the lack of crowds meant that people had more time to talk. Throughout the weekend,…
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Book Expo America: Day 2
We slept a little later on Saturday, thankfully, since we weren’t trying to get any autographing tickets. I was still pretty exhausted from the previous day, though. We started the day walking the floor and standing in a few autographing lines. I tried to enter every Kindle & Sony…